Poet Roscoe Burnems, (left) engages with the crowd at last year’s Richmond Poetry Fest. This
year’s free festival, hosted April 11-12 at VisArts, features workshops, a youth anthology reading and Burnems hosting the 1-2-3 Slam competition.
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Richmond Poetry Fest celebrates community through verse
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond will host its second annual Poetry Fest this weekend, April 11 and 12, featuring free workshops, readings and performances. The event showcases Richmond’s literary community with former City Poet Laureate Roscoe Burnems hosting Saturday’s poetry slam.
