Toronto Poetry Project (producers of Toronto Poetry Slam) and stackt are excited to produce the Annual Head-to-Head Haiku Deathmatch, featuring the top haiku poets in the GTA!

Hosted by Cynthia Gould and featuring a special set by national slam champ Gavin Russell, this haiku battle invites any haiku writer to compete in a head-to-head competition where judges selected from the audience pick the haikus they like best.

Our spoken word battle-concert returns to the Drake Hotel on Oct 12, featuring a double-bill feature spot! We not only feature Edmonton Poet Laureate Nisha Patel but also budding poetry star BiCurious Goerge from Montreal!

More about the poets below:

Toronto Poetry Project, the people behind the wildly popular Toronto Story Slam, join Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema for a screening and live performance inspired by the life and art of Tupac Shakur on the anniversary of the day he was infamously shot in 1996.

2Pac: Resurrection (2002) will be screened at 6:30pm which will be preceded by a special poetry performance from Jayda Marley and Eddie Lartey.

Hosted by SPIN El Poeta.

Get ready for one wild night of poetry, because we're featuring an entire slam team!

If you like poetry, you don't want to miss our next slam, when we offer two rounds of powerful poetry action PLUS an open mic PLUS a feature poet coming to us from NYC.