[pa-info] Asylum update (09/03/09)

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Greeting from the Poets' Asylum.
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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, Sept. 3 9:00 p.m.
2nd Anniversary Celebration @ The After Nine Poetry
Series<http://after9poetry.wordpress.com/>  Sunday,
Sept. 6 2:00 p.m.
Lea Deschenes workshop for Ballard Street Poetry
Journal<http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com/> (more
info below)

6:00 p.m.
Scott Woods @ the Poets' Asylum <http://poetsasylum.org/>
 Monday, Sept. 7 7:00 p.m.
Michael Fisher @ The Little "a" Poetry
Series<http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=103045868743&ref=ts>
8:30 p.m.
Jade Sylvan @ the Dirty Gerund Poetry
Show<http://dirtygerund.wordpress.com/>  Thursday,
Sept. 10 9:00 p.m.
the world famous *TBA* @ The After Nine Poetry
Series<http://after9poetry.wordpress.com/>


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Coming up on Sunday, September 6th

[image: Scott Woods] This week the Poets' Asylum
<http://poetsasylum.org/>welcomes
*Scott Woods* as our feature. Woods has published work in a variety of
publications and has been featured multiple times in national press,
including multiple appearances on National Public Radio. He is the President
of Poetry Slam Inc. and MCs the Writers' Block Poetry Night, an open mic
series in Columbus , Ohio . In 2006 he became the first poet to ever
complete a 24-hour solo poetry reading, a feat he bested every year since by
performing for 24 hours each time, but without repeating a single poem.

You can check out his work at www.blackair.org. Then join us at Jumpin'
Juice & Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester) on Sunday night. The sign-up
list goes out around 6:00 p.m. and the reading usually starts by 6:30. No
cover; please put some money in the bucket to pay the feature.
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BSPJ Workshop starts on Sunday

[image: BSPJ image] Ballard Street Poetry
Journal<http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com/>kicks off their
next workshop series this week. The workshop meets from 2:00
to 4:00 p.m. at the offices of the Worcester County Poetry
Association<http://wcpa.homestead.com/>(1 Ekman Street, first floor,
Worcester). In this series
*Lea C. Deschenes* presents *Evolving Imagery: Emodiment and Comparison
Using Simile, Metaphor & Metonym*. Suggested donation of $3 to $5. The
series will be held on Sept. 6th, 13th and 20th.

To sign-up or find more info including a detailed workshop description
please the Worshops & Events page at BSPJ
website<http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com/>
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August 30th Revisited

Congratulations to *Gary Hoare* on winning the *2009 iWPS Selection Slam* in
a startling fifth round haiku showdown! This was an amazing night of poetry
before a packed house with many first timer visitors to the Poets' Asylum
weekly reading. This was intended to be four round slam however at the end
of round 4 we found three poets, Dani, Trevor and Gary, tied at 29.8.
Slammaster Bill MacMillan gave the poets one minute to craft a haiku for a
fifth round. Trevor scored a 26.2, Dani scored a 26.1 and, in the final poem
of the night Gary Hoare snagged the win with a 26.9.

Thanks go out to all the amazing poets who competed. That would be Danny
Balel, Trevor Byrne-Smith, Dani Carriveau, Alex Charalambides, Nick Davis,
McKendy Fils-Aime, Bobby Gibbs, Gary Hoare and Dave Keali'i. Mad props to
Liz Heath and Bill MacMillan for running a great show, the judges for
keeping the scores tight and to the audience for keeping the judges honest.
We couldn't do it without any of you.

A big shout out to the 30 or so new to Worcester folks who joined us. We
hope you'll come back again.
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