Tag: poet
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Stranger 68/100 – Shima
Stranger 68/100 – Shima “We’re from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, so we’ve come a long way.” Meet Shima. “So, we’re here for this convention (Termis, a medical convention focusing on regenerative medicine) as poets… we’re spoken word poets. We’re doing poems on stem cell therapy and regenerative tissue engineering.” Now how does poetry relate to that?…
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Stranger 66/100 – Doug
What brings you uptown? “Just homelessness…” Meet Doug. How long have you been homeless? “This stint… I’ve been about three months out here.” What advice would you give to your younger self? “Stay in school… I stayed through high school just enough to graduate, and then I had to get away… from my father. My…