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Steve Miller undresses reciting “Nice guys,” at the Calgary Spoken Word Festival event Smart Men Hot Words on March 31 at the Auburn.

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Steve Miller, a “best story teller” since he was five years old, chanted “Hotter than Hot” phrases at the Calgary Spoken Word Festival event Smart Men Hot Words on March 31.

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Anushka In-Repair, who performed at the Calgary Spoken Word Festival event Wild Woman - Morning Magic on April 3, said that poetry offers, “a sense of love, a sense of belonging and sometimes it’s a call of arms to open yourself up.”

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Eugene Stickland performed at the Calgary Spoken Word Festival event Hot Men Smart Words on March 31.

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Eugene Stickland told a story about the power of two viagra at the Calgary Spoken Word Festival event Smart Men Hot Words.

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Elyse Maltin performed at the Calgary Spoken Word Festival event Wild Woman - Morning Magic on April 3.

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Calgary native, Christian Bok, spoke of a single unconquerable organism during the Spoken Word Festival event Smart Men Hot Words.

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Deanna Smith, who performed at the Calgary Spoken Word Festival event Wild Woman - Morning Magic, said that she hopes the poetry helped the audience realize that we can discuss the things that we feel we can't.

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Jose Acquelin, a Montreal poet, recited "le future interieur" at the Calgary Spoken Word Festival event Smart Men Hot Words.

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Heather Haley, the "siren from Howe Sound," performed at the Calgary Spoken Word Festival event Wild Women Morning Magic.

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Award winning poet Paul Dutton continued to explore consciousness and perception through his experimentation in sound at the Calgary Spoken Word Festival.

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Jen Kunlire said she hoped listeners would have a good feeling about themselves after listening to her poetry at the Calgary Spoken Word Festival event Wild Woman - Morning Magic, on April 3.

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Torontonian George Elliott Clarke, a poet extraordinaire, appointed to the Order of Canada in 2008, performed at the Calgary Spoken Word Festival event Smart Men Hot Words.

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Mary Pinkoski recited poems "for lonely microphones" at the Calgary Spoken Word Festival event Wild Woman - Morning Magic.

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Poetry transcends the boundaries of language as Monica Caldeiro recited Spanish poetry with passion, expression and fire.

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