Discover poet Kelsey Klip in this video-poem from the second season of anthology Poésie Moncton Poetry.
Text: Kelsey Klip Film and music:
Étienne Boivin (Atlas Films)
ABOUT KELSEY KLIP
Kelsey Klip reigns from a long line of ancestors who have something to say. She established herself as a poet in Nelson (BC) where she was actively involved with Nelson Poetry Slam by organizing monthly events, emceeing, and performing as a slam contestant. Since stepping into her natural role she has been featured on ShawTV Okanagan’s Inspired Word Cafe series, held workshops around freestyle and vocal embodiment, performed at a variety of venues between BC and Alberta, has written and self published one chapbook and is working on an EP and second chapbook. Having found her voice in the mountains of BC, she moved back to her home in Edmonton in 2017. During this time she helped establish the all-femme performance collective, Goddessa, where herself and up to 30 womxn performed at Astral Harvest Festival, The Works Festival Gala, CKUA radio’s mental health awareness campaign, and hosted numerous sold out events. In that time she also hosted an open mic with Cheshire Productions called Cheshire Chats. Now, calling Moncton home since 2019, she has launched a multilingual poets society called the Petitcodiac Poets Society. Their first event was an intimate reading by Mi’kmaq poet Natasha Barlow. She also will be performing in Hub City Theatre’s rendition of the Vagina Monolgues this year. Creatively orchestrating her experience, she aims to inspire people to “speak with conviction and loving intention” as a way to empower consciousness as a whole and to make life a bit more tender.
ABOUT POÉSIE MONCTON POETRY
Greater Moncton has long been a vibrant locale thriving with poets and writers. “A city of words”, as Gérald Leblanc wrote, our city is a place where many languages and cultures meet. The unique oral and literary excellence of the region is celebrated in this project: Poésie Moncton Poetry. Poésie Moncton Poetry is a living archive of video poetry that honours poets who live or have lived in Moncton and in the Mi’gmaq communities of Amlamgog (Fort Folly), Elsipogtog (Big Cove), Tjipõgtõtjg (Bouctouche) and L’nui Menikuk (Indian Island). Poésie Moncton Poetry was conceptualized by inaugural Poets Laureate/Poets Flyés, Kayla Geitzler and Jean-Philippe Raîche, as a legacy of unity and literary excellence to be carried on by future Poets Laureate.
AU SUJET DE POÉSIE MONCTON POETRY
Le Grand Moncton est depuis longtemps un lieu dynamique foisonnant de poètes, et d’écrivain·es. « Ville de mots », comme l’écrivait Gérald Leblanc, Moncton est un lieu où se rencontrent de nombreuses langues, de multiples cultures. Archive vivante constituée de vidéo-poèmes, le projet Poésie Moncton Poetry rend hommage à la poésie et aux poètes qui vivent ou ont vécu à Moncton et dans les communautés mi’gmaques d’Amlamgog (Fort Folly), Elsipogtog (Big Cove), Tjipõgtõtjg (Bouctouche) et L’nui Menikuk (Indian Island). Conçu par les premier·ères Poètes lauréat·es / Poètes flyé·es Jean-Philippe Raîche et Kayla Geitzler, Poésie Moncton Poetry est à la fois un legs littéraire et un symbole d’unité que feront fructifier les Poètes lauréat·es à venir.
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Kelsey Klip
Kelsey Klip is a Canadian poet-performer whose work is deeply rooted in social justice and feminine power. A mother and earth-lover, she blends words with performance to create art that champions authenticity and activism. Host of the show The Vibe Swap on nr92.ca, she uses the platform to share poems, reflections and community-oriented content. Her practice—at the intersection of poetry, spoken word and performance—makes her a vibrant and conscious voice in the contemporary art scene.
