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</font><p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Greeting
from the Poets' Asylum. We hope you'll join us on Sunday for a feature by local poet Gordo. On with the update...<br></font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Poetry Round-up</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Here's a
quick snapshot of the poetry events taking place in
Central Massachusetts during the next week.</font></p>
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<td valign="top" width="135"><font size="2">Thursday, May 13</font></td>
<td valign="top" width="70" align="right"><font size="2">7:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>Michel Duncan Merle</b> @ the Street Beat (WCPA Offices, 1
Ekman
Street, Worcester)</font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="70" align="right"><font size="2">8:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">The Little "a" Poetry Series (Dr. Gonzo's
All-Natural Mega-Spicy Comestible Emporium, 122 Main Street,
Worcester)</font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Friday, May 14</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">10:00 a.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">Shrewsbury Senior Writers @ the Shrewsbury Senior Center (100
Maple
Avenue, Shrewsbury)</font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Saturday, May 15</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">10:30 a.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>Rodger Martin</b>, <b>Francine D'Allessandro</b> and <b>Kim
Jennings</b> @ <a href="http://www.hcam.tv/series/wakeup/" target="_blank">Wake up and Smell the Poetry</a></font>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Sunday, May 16</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">6:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>Gordo Elliott</b> @ the <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/http;//poetsasylum.org/" target="_blank">Poets'
Asylum</a></font>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Monday, May 17</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">9:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>RC Weslowski</b> @ the <a href="http://dirtygerund.com/" target="_blank">Dirty Gerund Poetry Show</a></font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Thursday, May 20</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">8:00 p.m.</font></td>
<td><font size="2"> </font></td>
<td><font size="2">The Little "a" Poetry Series (Dr. Gonzo's
All-Natural Mega-Spicy Comestible Emporium, 122 Main Street,
Worcester)</font></td>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sunday, May 16th @ the
Poets' Asylum</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/gordo-elliott.png" alt="Gordo
Elliott" title="Gordo Elliott is our feature this week at the Poets'
Asylum!" align="right">This week the <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/" target="_blank">Poets' Asylum</a> welcomes <b>Gordo
Elliott</b> as our feature. Gordo has become a regular of the Asylum
over the
past year. He was born in Illinois, spent most of his life north of
Seattle,
has lived in Utah & New Mexico and now calls central Massachusetts
home. Gordo
started writing poetry while in Santa Fe, NM where he self-published a
chapbook. His poems have appeared in several anthologies including one
of
Ghost Ranch writers. Most of his poetry is based on the things he has
experienced over the years and miles.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Please join
us at Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street,
Worcester). The sign-up list goes out by 6:00 p.m. and the reading
starts by
6:30 p.m. No cover however please put some money in the bucket; it is
how we
pay our features.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">20th Anniversary
Celebration - May 30th</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/20ann1.gif" title="Help us celebrate
20 years of the Poets' Asylum on May 30th!" alt="20th Anniversary logo" align="right" hspace="5">
Twenty years ago the first National Poetry Slam fielded just 2 teams and
the
world wide web was just a glimmer of an idea. Oh yeah, and some central
Massachusetts fans of performance poetry started to meet in Worcester
and
founded the Poets' Asylum. While we've been packing 2010 with local
features
to celebrate the diverse voices that the Poets' Asylum has produced we
decided
to set aside one night of the reading, May 30th, to give as many people
as
possible a chance to take to the mic.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Whether you
once considered yourself a regular at the Poets'
Asylum or if you read only once and remember the cheer when you were
asked if
it was your first time we invite you to come back. If, like your
webmaster,
listening is your thing we hope you'll join us as well. If you are
visiting
from out of state or coming a long distance to take part please let us
know in
advance so we can save a spot for you. Drop an e-mail to <a href="mailto:webmaster@poetsasylum.org">webmaster @ poetsasylum . org</a>
and
let us know your plans.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We have
more in store so check back as we near May 30th for
more information. We hope to see you then!</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">May 9th Revisited</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Bob Gill
was our feature this week and since he happens to
be your friendly webmaster he's going to forgo a recap of his own
feature. If
someone who was there would like to recap the feature and have it
presented
on <a href="http://poetsasylum.org">poetsasylum.org</a> I'd be rather pleased, yes I would.</font></p>
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