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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, June 3</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, June 4</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, June 4</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>David Daniel</b>, <b>Susan Cattaneo</b> and <b>Peter LaGoy</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, June 5</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>2010 Worcester Youth Poetry Slam Team</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, June 6</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>COle Rodriguez</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, June 10</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, June 6th @ the
Poets' Asylum</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/2010WorcesterYouthTeam-md.png" alt="2010 Worcester Youth Poetry Slam Team" title="Photo by Richard F.
Beaubien - come see the youth slam team!" width="225" align="right" height="150" hspace="5">
The Worcester Youth Poetry Slam recently complete their most successful
season to date and this week they will be our feature. Please come out
to hear <b>Kendel Joseph</b>, <b>Alice Beecher</b>, <b>Anna Meehan</b>,
<b>Devin Samuels</b>, <b>Taylor Liljegren</b> and <b>Eric Devenney</b>.
Gaining grant support from the Worcester Cultural Commission and
collaborating with the newly reformed Clark University Poetry Slam Club
allowed the Worcester Youth Poetry Slam to reach more teen competitors,
audience and supporters this year. The youth team is proud to be
participating in their sixth <a href="http://www.bravenewvoices.org/" target="_blank">Brave New Voices International Youth Festival</a>,
slated for July 19th-25th in Los Angeles, California.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We hope
you'll come 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 30th Revisited</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/20ann1.gif" alt="20th Anniversary
logo" title="Help us celebrate 20 years of the Poets' Asylum on May
30th!" align="right" hspace="5">
The Poets' Asylum 20th Anniversary <b>Big Old Open Mic</b> was a lot of
fun.
We had a full list of 36 slots and kept the triple-J open later than
normal
get all the way through. We welcomed back a couple of long ago
regulars,
heard from a couple of new voices and caught up on the poetic work of
those
who continue to support the reading. It was a heck of a night and we
are
so thankful to all those who have made the Poets' Asylum a sanctuary for
poets
over the past 20 years.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Photos from
the 20th Anniversary Open Mic can be viewed by
clicking the <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/photo.html" target="_blank" title="Lots to see here!">Photo Gallery</a> link on the left side of
<a href="http://poetsasylum.org">poetsasylum.org</a>. Or visit the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=8464&id=100000870653203&l=8c0720bf06" target="_blank">Facebook album</a> of the
same pictures.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The MassPOP Poetry Retreat
for High School<br>
Teachers at the Boston Athenaeum</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The event
below is sponsored by the <a href="http://masspoetry.org/" target="_blank">Massachusetts Poetry Festival</a>. If you are
interested or would like more info please contact <a href="mailto:chloe@masspoetry.org">chloe @ masspoetry . org</a>.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The MassPOP
high school teacher poetry retreat and
professional development training will take place on August 12 and 13th
from
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and will be led by Jill McDonough and Maggie
Dietz,
Boston-area poets and teachers. This two-day workshop will provide
teachers
with an opportunity to work on their own writing in the luxurious and
storied
environment of the Boston Athenaeum--and develop innovative and
engaging ways
of teaching poetry to high school students. Facilitators will
demonstrate
classroom activities based on a range of texts covering a variety of
different
experiences and subject matter, including meter, tone, voice, and
incorporating
historical materials into creative work. The workshop will include
writing
exercises, modeling exercises, poetry readings, class discussions, and
plenty
of quiet time for teachers to work on their own poems in the beautiful
environment of the Athenaeum. Teachers will be presented with a packet
of
lesson plans developed with the class as well as other supplementary
materials
to use in the classroom. For more information or to register, please
email
Chloe Garcia Roberts, at <a href="mailto:chloe@masspoetry.org">chloe @
masspoetry . org</a>.</font></p>
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