Poetry in the Square
with New West PoLo & Friends

Open Mic

SATURDAY August 29 
3:30-5pm

– Relax, enjoy & listen to some poetry
– Maybe even bring a poem to share!
– Bring a take-out picnic from one of the many local eateries

@Hyack Square Market Days https://www.instagram.com/designsbyjulesmarkets/

Janet Kvammen, Poet Laureate of New Westminster
Marlo Browne, Barbara Kmiec, Jessi Gillis and more!

Located in the Heart of New West at Hyack Square Downtown,
Columbia and 8th, just steps away from New Westminster Skytrain Station,  across from Anvil Centre.

Bridging the Gap 2025
RCLAS Co-operative Poem, National Poetry Month, April 2025
© 2025 by the poets
Compiled by Janet Kvammen, New Westminster Poet Laureate  

18 contributing poets in order of appearance: 

  Candice James   Alan Girling
   Jerena Tobiasen
   Susan McCaslin
   Jessica Lee McMillan
   Angus Pratt
   Karen McLaughlin Freeborn
   Cynthia Sharp
   Isabella Mori
   Julia Schoennagel
   Chelsea Comeau
   Emily Molinari
   Jude Neale
   Jennifer Getsinger
   Angela Kenyon
   H.W. Bryce
   Alan Hill
  Janet Kvammen

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