Welcome to the final week of O, Miami – time to get poetic with James Franco. Also on tap this week? Painting poetry on public buildings, a literary death match at Purdy Lounge, the Anthology of Rap, DJ Le Spam and US Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin. Read on for all the details…

When: April 25 – Arts Charter Wrap-Around Jen Karetnick, director of the Miami Arts Charter Creative Writing Program, wraps Miami Arts Charter’s building with a blank canvas of paper. Students, local and visiting poets are encouraged to stop by and paint their own poem on the school.

When: April 27 – 7:00pm What: Poetry & Poesia Where: >>>New World Center | SunTrust Pavilion Who: Forrest Gander, Victor Rodriguez-Nunez & Kate Hedeen Info: Bi-lingual (Spanish/English).

Thurs, April 28 When: April 28 – 7:00pm What: Yale Anthology of Rap Where: >>>New World Center | Performance Hall Who: Adam Bradley, Adrian Castro, Adrian Matejka + special guests Info: Nationally renowned poets and MCs share a reading of lyrics and poems, celebrating the nexus of poetry and rap.

When: April 28 – 10:00pm What: Opium Magazine’s Literary Death Match Where: >>>Purdy Lounge Who: Judges: Ben Greenman, Andrew Whiteman, Patricia Engel Contestants: Matt Gajewski, Dave Landsberger, Hialeah Haiku, and Mary Sheffield. Info: Opium Magazine presents its first Miami edition of the internationally acclaimed Literary Death Match. Celebrity judges rate local performers in a winner-take-all literary talent show. Admission free.

Fri., April 29

When: 5:30pm What: Poetry in the Park Where: >>>Lincoln Park Who: Talking Head Transmitters, and the Miami Poetry Collective. Info: Poetic happenings in Lincoln Park, leading up to the reading in the New World Center.

When: 7:30pm What: Poetry & Persona Where: >>>New World Center | SunTrust Pavilion Who: Actor, writer, artist, and international renaissance man extraordinaire James Franco will read his poetry, alongside his poetic mentor Tony Hoagland, and Miami’s own hometown poetry hero Campbell McGrath Ticket Info: >>>Click here to purchase tickets from the New World Symphony Box Office.

When: 9:30pm What: Broken Social Spam Where: >>>Purdy Lounge Who: Andrew Whiteman (Broken Social Scene) & DJ Le Spam (Spam All-Stars) Info: A special night of experimental poetry, featuring DJ Le Spam’s epically deep collection of poetry vinyl. Admission free.

Sat., April 30

When: 3:00pm What: Poetry & Violence Where: >>>New World Center | SunTrust Pavilion Who: Jill McDonough, Brian Turner, & Raul Zurita Info: A discussion and reading of poetry written for contexts of political violence.

When: 7:00pm What: US Poet Laureate Reading Where: >>>New World Center | SunTrust Pavilion Who: W.S. Merwin, Carla Faesler Info: A reading with the current US Poet Laureate. With Mexican poet Carla Faesler, presenting video and projection poems, along with traditional poems. Bi-lingual (English/Spanish) reading.