The Blinks 2025
Monday, April 14, 2025
6:30pm to 9:00pm
Part of: Edmonton Poetry Festival
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The Blinks 2025 is not your robot’s poetry! This year is all about “Putting the Art in Artificial Intelligence”. This event is invented and presented by the Stroll of Poets at the Edmonton Poetry Festival and has been for 20 years, making it one of the Festival’s founding events — and our birthday twin!
The Blinks is a challenge to create a poem (a Blink) to perform in 30 seconds, MAX! Any subject or style is welcome… though do remember there could be kids in the audience! Blinks can be snaps of fun, or searing. They can be sad, inspiring, or silly. Whatever tickles your neural nets.
If you don’t feel like showing off your smARTofficial intelligence, don’t you worry! You can still absolutely come along to sit back and enjoy the algo-rhythms.
Please arrive in good time. Doors open at 6:30pm and the performance starts at 7:00pm.
Reader Sign-Up: If you would like to share a Blink, sign up in advance by sending an email to strollofpoetsblinks@gmail.com to be sent more detailed information.
Registration: No registration is required for general attendance.
Admission: $5 cash at the door.
9314 111 Avenue NW
Edmonton, AB, T5G 0A3
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