The Edmonton Poetry Festival

Return of the Killer Blinks
Thursday April 23 2009 · 7:00pm
The Artery · 9535 Jasper Avenue

Event Details:

En Guard! Edmonton’s own Guardians Against Wordiness* go at it again. Fourscore and more poet blinkers have their marching orders: Be brief. Be brave. Go Forth and Howl.

Participants who mince words will be penalized. Performers who exceed their 30 second time slot will be severely penalized. Audience members are welcome to participate in all penalizations. Coupe! Marche! Attaque!

*Apologies and thanks to E.B. White whose Elements of Style exhorts us to guard against wordiness.

The list of blinking poets includes:

Set #1
  • Ahmed Ali
  • Jennifer R Balan
  • Chris Bell
  • Hank Binnema
  • Audrey Brooks
  • David Brydges
  • Mary Campbell
  • John Chalmers
  • Alison Clarke
  • Adriana Davies
  • Angela Dekort
  • Jannie Edwards
  • Doug Elves
  • Tyler Enfield
  • Scarlett Eyben
  • Carlean Fisher
  • M. Jennie Frost
  • Myrna Garanis
  • Gary Garrison
  • Jo-Ann Godfrey
  • Lisa Guenther
  • C. Joseph Gurba
  • Shanda Hancock
  • Joyce Harries
  • Michelle Hart
  • Tim Harwill
  • Pamella Heikel
  • Melle Huizinga
  • S.E. Ingraham
  • Philip Jagger
  • Sam Jeffery
  • Wendy Joy
  • Ellen Kartz
  • Therezinha Kennedy
  • Katherine Kerr
  • Conor Kerr
  • Allan Knight
  • Wilda Kruize
  • Michelle Labossiere Brandt
  • Carlos Lara
  • Rusti Lehay
  • Connie Lloyd
  • Laurie MacFayden
Set #2
  • Nancy Mackenzie
  • Alice Major
  • Christopher Malayko
  • LS Marley
  • Anne Gerard Marshall
  • Cheryl McConnell
  • Lorraine McFadden
  • Naomi McIlwraith
  • D M McKenzie
  • Jason Mclachlan
  • Marco Melfi
  • Peter Midgly
  • Anna Miodouchowska
  • Majid Moarefvand Moarefvand
  • Travis Morgan
  • Katrine Nielsen
  • Edward Porper
  • Lisa Pruden
  • Juniper Quin
  • Marguerite Redshaw
  • Nick Reilly
  • Pierrette Requier
  • Julie Robinson
  • Rebecca Schellenberg
  • Audrey Seehagen
  • Mehrdad Shokouhi
  • Phyllis Shuell
  • Gail Sidonie Sobat
  • Adam Snider
  • Sonya Solomnovich
  • Titilope Sonuga
  • Mona Struthers
  • Ivan Sundal
  • Kathie Sutherland
  • Peter Takach
  • Peter Taylor
  • Rebecca Traquair
  • Vanda Ulici Petrut
  • Renee van der Putten
  • Nina Varsava
  • Judy Walker
  • Magdalena Witkowski
  • Ella Zeltserman

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