Lucia Misch

Hullabaloo: More For Everyone

Hullabaloo: More For Everyone

The 3rd and final day of the youth stream of Verses Festival of Words

Hullabaloo 2017 wrapped up yesterday with its most poetry-packed schedule yet. Young writers participating in the festival, which is the youth stream of Verses Festival of Words, started the day by taking two of four possible workshops from professional poets and performers. The workshops included everything from methods for maintaining good vocal health to tips […]

 Lucia Misch

The Alchemy of Feeling Into Words

The Alchemy of Feeling Into Words

Day 1 of Hullabaloo at Verses Festival of Words, 2017

What do the phases “Breakdown Babes,” “Mad But Rad,” “Gibberish and the Hootenannies,” “Mediocre at Best,” “What Would Bert and Ernie’s Legs Look Like?,” and “The 2013 Bocce Championship Runners Up” have in common? If your answer is that they’re what six of the sixteen teams in Hullabaloo, BC’s youth poetry festival, have christened themselves, […]