🖤📖 Poetry Afternoon - What We Hold Through Change

Reading and discussion only. No open mic, no writing exercises.

What this is
Poetry gets ruined when people treat it like a code to crack.
It also gets ruined when people treat it like vague emotional wallpaper.
This is a return to our existing reading package: What We Hold Through Change.
The goal is simple: read the poems beforehand, come with a few lines still echoing, and talk about what they actually do.
Not school voice.
Not performance voice.
Not everyone politely saying “that was beautiful” and moving on.
A small afternoon room for reading closely, disagreeing gently, and noticing what language can carry when life keeps shifting.

Reading
Please read the PDF beforehand:
What We Hold Through Change
https://drive.google.com/file/d/148b1HEJ6BoNo2bvswF2O7Xec9hKbq-/view?usp=drivesdk

When and where
🗓️ Date: Sunday, October 18th, 2026
🕒 Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
📍 Location: Vancouver Public Library - Central Library
350 W Georgia St, Vancouver, BC V6B 6B1, Canada
Meeting point: L4 North (492) Meeting Room, 4th floor.
Cap: 8 + waitlist

Weekend RSVP policy
Our weekend events regularly have waitlists of 20 or more people. If you can no longer attend, please update your RSVP by Thursday evening. This gives someone on the waitlist enough time to make plans and take the available spot.
Members who remain marked as attending and miss two events without cancelling may be removed from the group. Emergencies happen; if something unavoidable comes up, please message the organizer.
Keeping your RSVP accurate helps limited seats go to people who can actually attend.