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</font><p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Greeting
from the Poets' Asylum.</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 20</font></td>
<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 21</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 22</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>Eve Rifkah</b> @ <a href="http://socialweb.net/Events/109765.lasso" target="_blank">Saturday
Evening Open Mic</a></font>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Sunday, May 23</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">1:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">Poetry Reading for Kids 12 and Under @ the Rabbit Hole Bookstore
(805
Main Street, Fitchburg)
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<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">6:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>RC Weslowski</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 24</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>Puma Perl</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">Tuesday, May 25</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">6:30 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>Eve Rifkah</b> @ Marlborough Public Library (35 West Main
Street,
Marlborough)
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Thursday, May 27</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 23rd @ the
Poets' Asylum</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/RCGabBunny.png" alt="RC Weslowski" title="RC Weslowski will be our feature on May 23rd!" align="right" hspace="5">
The Poets' Asylum welcomes Vancouver, BC poet <b>RC Weslowski</b> as our
feature this week. RC is the 2009 Vancouver Poetry Slam-Grand Slam
Champion
and he was also the 2008 Poet of Honour at the '08 Canadian Festival of
Spoken
Word, 2007 runner up at the World Cup of Poetry in Bobigny, France, 2006
Canadian National Poetry Slam Team Champion and a multi-team member of
the
Vancouver Poetry Slam. He's toured the UK and Europe with performances
at many
different festivals in England and Canada. He also has plans to be your
friend.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We hope
you'll check out this great international poet by
coming down to Jumpin' Juice & Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester)
on Sunday
night. 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">May 16th Revisited</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The
gathered had a great time this week hearing <b>Gordo
Elliott</b> perform his poetry as our feature. His poems hit a variety
of
topics ranging from family to nature, from the value of the poet to life
as a senior citizen. His work was strong and well presented. Thank you
for sharing your word Gordo.</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" 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>
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