Do you know what a poetry reading is? It's when people read poems they wrote out loud for other people to hear. Well, the Calgary International Spoken Word Festival is a big event where a whole bunch of people get together to listen to people from all over the world read their poems out loud.
Think of it like a big party for poetry lovers! People come to the festival to hear poems about all sorts of things, like love, sadness, happiness, and even silly things like cats and ice cream. And it's not just reading poems, sometimes people perform their poems by singing, dancing, or even rapping.
The festival lasts for several days, and there are lots of different events happening all around the city. You can go to workshops to learn how to write your own poems, watch competitions where people compete to see who has the best poem, and even go to parties where you can hang out with other poetry lovers and talk about your favorite poets.
So, the Calgary International Spoken Word Festival is basically a really fun and exciting event where people from all over the world get to celebrate their love of poetry and share their own amazing poems with others.