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Angelic Goldsky (also known as angelic vers) is a queer/trans poet working at the crossroads of diasporic lineage repair, queer world-building, angel-wrestling and complex trauma timeline healing through musicality, rhythm, clown-foolery and playful devotion. Their poem Trans Scripts of Crisis is Pushcart nominated (2025), they represented Canada in the 2SLGBTQ+ showcase at the World Poetry Slam Championship, and were shortlisted twice for the Canadian League of Poetry Spoken Word Award (2023, 2024). The former poet in residence at the Roundhouse Community Arts Centre and artist in residence at the Factory Media Centre for their collaborative work, TRANCESTOR AI – a transgender and ancestral poetry machine AI project, Angelic loves building containers and spaces for togetherness, floor time, and tuning to be in sync with life and laughter. Their EP, “but first, burn beautiful, my bb” under their (emergent) name, angelic vers, is available on all streaming services as of March 2025, and they would particularly love if you watched the cinepoems accompanying.
