Poetry events are the most consistently attended events for the last 20 years. For years, Rogers developed poetry shows and collectives across the city that enabled young poets to perform and share their art. "Poetry events are the most consistently attended events for the last 20 years [and] the most consistently supported out of all the other artistic communities in the city." Vanessa Cardona is an Edmonton-based poet and one of the highly anticipated artists taking part in VerseFest, one of Canada's largest poetry festivals. (VerseFest)Miles Hodges from New York is another of the acclaimed poets taking part in VerseFest, which gets underway Tuesday.

Source: CBC News March 17, 2018 22:01 UTC