For the 6th year in a row, the Winnipeg Free Press is publishing poetry by Manitoba writers for National Poetry Month in partnership with the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. Hosted by editors Ariel Gordon and Tamar Rubin, this event will feature readings on the theme of resilience by the 2021 Writes of Spring poets: Alero Tenumah, Alison Wong, Carolyn Joy Creed, Delshan Anqele, Harvey Jenkins, James Scoles, Libby Jeffrey, melanie brannagan frederiksen, Noah Cain, Özten Shebahkeget, Seream, Tazi Rodrigues.