[pa-info] Asylum update (10/22/09)

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Greeting from the Poets' Asylum.  There's a lot of great poetry happening
over the next week with an event for every poetic taste.  Hope to see you
somewhere soon.
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Poetry Round-up

Here's a quick snapshot of the poetry events taking place in Central
Massachusetts during the next 8 days.
 Thursday, Oct. 22 9:00 p.m.
Mark Palos & Ryan McLellan @ The After Nine Poetry
Series<http://after9poetry.wordpress.com/>  Friday,
Oct. 23 10:00 a.m.
Shrewsbury Senior Writers @ Shrewsbury Senior Center
(100 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury)
6:00 p.m.
Worcester Youth Poetry Slam workshop @ WCPA office
(1 Ekman Street, Worcester)
evening
Jack McCarthy @ Kichen Sessions
(contact ilikemike @ gmail.com <ilikemike at gmail.com> for the details)
Saturday,
Oct. 24 7:00 p.m.
Emily Ferrara @ Saturday Evening Open Mic
(Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Plaza, 541D Lincoln Street, Worcester)  Sunday,
Oct. 25 6:00 p.m.
Open Slam @ the Poets' Asylum <http://poetsasylum.org/>  Monday, Oct. 26 7:00
p.m.
Jon Shyllberg @ The Little "a" Poetry Series <http://theqma.wordpress.com/>
7:00 p.m.
Evening of Poetry @ the Lunenberg Public Library
(1023 Massachusetts Avenue, Lunenburg)
9:00 p.m.
Megan Thoma @ the Dirty Gerund Poetry Show <http://dirtygerund.com/>  Thursday,
Oct. 29 7:00 p.m.
Fall Harvest Poetry Festival @ Quinsigamond Community College,
Harrington Learning Center (670 West Boylston Street Worcester)
9:00 p.m.
Little "a" Showcase & a Costume Slam @ The After Nine Poetry
Series<http://after9poetry.wordpress.com/>


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Coming up on Sunday, October 25th

[image: Open Slam] This week the Poets' Asylum
<http://poetsasylum.org/>will hold a just-for-fun
*Open Slam*. This will be a two round slam with all the usual
rules<http://poetsasylum.org/spiellink.html>in play. There will be a
small cash prize for the winner. Simply put, poetry
slam is the competitive art of performance poetry. It puts a dual emphasis
on writing and performance, encouraging poets to focus on what they're
saying and how they're saying it. Slam poetry can be moving, funny and
deadly serious, sometimes all in the same poem.

If that sounds like a good time then join us for some great words. Come on
down to Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester). The sign-up
list goes up around 6:00 p.m. with the reading starting closer to 6:30. No
cover; please put some money in the bucket to support reading.
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October 18th Revisited

Thanks to all those who braved the lovely New England weather to join the
Poets' Asylum this week. Those who were there heard several new voices and a
feature by New Hampshire poets *Mark Palos* & *Ryan McLellan*. With a mix of
slam throwdowns and page pieces Mark & Ryan offered their take on coffee,
jazz, poems about poetry, values, Bob Dylan and two spins of Oz. It was a
fun night with lots of interest after the feature.
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