Engendering a greater appreciation and awareness of poetry and other cultural art forms is the aim of Patricia Niles-Dalrymple, or Pretti Pat with her presentation of Poetry in Bloom IV, a potpourri of spoken word poetry, rapso, calypso and pan.
The event will take place at the City Hall auditorium, on November 21, from 6 to 8.30 pm. Performing alongside Niles-Dalrymple this year will be the poetic sage Selwyn A. Wiltshire, Lawrence Sankar, Christopher Williams, Kern Solomon and Rachael Kennedy.
Calypsonian Marvelous Marva, rapso artiste Jah Mortel, vocalist Rue Ann Cabralis, dancer La Shawna Mc Lean, pannist Augustus Peters and guitarist Michael Edwards will also perform. The first Poetry in Bloom concert was held at City Hall in 2009. In 2010 the event saw a merging of calypso, rapso, pan, dance and other genres.