Canadian Festival of Spoken Word

Up From The Roots win national poetry slam tournament at the 2019 Canadian Festival of Spoken Word On behalf of the Spoken Word Canada (now speakNORTH) Board of Directors, as well as the Canadian Festival of Spoken… instagram.com/p/B3-cFJGnpVS/…

Congrats #CFSW2019 on an incredible event - for celebrating, honouring and speaking so honestly to all #grateful

Watch Finals Live #cfsw2019 #spokenword #canada ⬇️ m.youtube.com/watch?v=1O4yn_…

In case you were like, "I really want to see The Canadian Festival of Spoken Word Finals". Well, they got you! Live stream can be found here youtube.com/watch?v=1O4yn_… #Cfsw2019

Did we mention finals are now LIVE #Guelph #spokenword @BLewisPublicity @GuelphBugle @spokenwordfest @guelphpoetry

#cfsw2019 Finals m.youtube.com/watch?v=1O4yn_…

@AdreamerQwh Yes! Here's the link m.youtube.com/watch?v=1O4yn_…

@CFSW_FCSW Are you streaming?

Going live in just under 2 hours #cfsw2019 m.youtube.com/user/SpokenWor…

Finals will be LIVE STREAMED TONIGHT @ 7pm #cfsw2019 @upfromtheroots @BIP_Collective @guelphpoetry @LDNPoetrySlam @GuelphBugle @BLewisPublicity @riverruncentre @spokenwordfest #guelphontario @guelpharts @PrideGuelph

@AnotherNisha It will be drawn at the beginning of the night.

@CFSW_FCSW what's the bout order for tonight 🥺🥺🥺

Good morning everyone, The @SpokenWordCan AGM is being held at 10C this morning I’m Guelph. There will also be an unofficial lunch held afterward to discuss poetry from #cfsw2019 semifinals that were harmful to members of the community. All are welcome to attend.

Results are in for semi finals bout 2! Teams with stars ** are moving on to finals: 4th place: 107.2 @SlamPTBO 3rd place: 110.9 Emotional Baggage **2nd place: 114.5 @LDNPoetrySlam **1st place: 116.5 @upfromtheroots #cfsw2019

Emotional Baggage does a 4 person team piece! (Did you know this team was only formed on Sunday??) “scatter a future of chances to hold” 9.0 9.0 9.6 9.5 9.8 #cfsw2019

@LDNPoetrySlam sends up Zayn “surviving feels like a burden sometimes” 9.3 9.4 9.8 9.8 10 #cfsw2019

“Sometimes I’m just the rest of the world. Sometimes it’s just disaster.” “How does one say goodbye to a wave if they never leave the shore?” @upfromtheroots sends up Shelly and Desiree for a team piece! 9.5, 9.5, 9.2, 9.9, 10! #cfsw2019

@SlamPTBO sends up DJ Ash and DJ Ray for a team piece! 8.3 7.8 9.1 8.0 9.0 #cfsw2019

@upfromtheroots sends up Dwayne Morgan “my heart breaks on those days that he doesn’t remember who I am” “apparently, I lit up his world when I was born” 9.3 9.4 9.7 9.9 10 #cfsw2019

Kristal Jones from @SlamPTBO “we say no nudity, as though I can’t have on all of these clothes, say these lines, and still be totally, completely bare naked” 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.1 9.1 #cfsw2019

Queen of Harpies from Emotional Baggage “paradise is a pile of napkins, everything is better messy, except this” 9.3 9.0 9.6 9.0 8.4 but a time penalty of 3:29 #cfsw2019