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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"><font size="2">Friday, June 25</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 26</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">3:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>John Hodgen</b> @ Barnes & Noble (541D Lincoln Street,
Worcester)
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Sunday, June 27</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">2:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>Jon Wolf</b> @ the <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/" target="_blank">Poets' Asylum</a></font>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Monday, June 28</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">9:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">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, July 1</font></td>
<td valign="top" 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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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sunday, Jun 27th @ the
Poets' Asylum</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/jwolf08.jpg" alt="Jon Wolf" title="Jon Wolf will feature at the Poets' Asylum on June 27th!" width="92" align="right" height="97" hspace="5">
It's been a long while since he's taken to the <u>Poets' Asylum</u> mic.
This week we welcome <b>Jon Wolf</b> as our feature. Jonathan Wolf is
a poet and hacker who has been involved as both a coach and a
competitor for several Worcester slam teams. A fixture in the local
performance poetry community, he is currently working on a book of
poems involving birds, mathematics, and the Bible. On good days, he's a
hopeless romantic. He currently resides in Worcester with his cat and
several computers.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Come down
to the Nu Cafe (formerly Jumpin' Juice & Java, 335
Chandler Street, Worcester). The sign-up list goes out at 6:00 p.m.
and the
reading starts by 6:30. No cover; donations accepted to pay the
feature.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">June 20th Revisited</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It's tough
to be the featured poet sometimes, especially when
the reading falls on one of those "days". You know, the days that
aready have
some other signifance, like Father's Day. "Days" like those almost
always run
to lower attendance and/or late arrivals. Some features might take that
as a
sign that they can give less than their best effort. That was not the
case
with our feature Sunday night. <b>Nick Fox</b> took to the mic before
maybe
a dozen folks in the audience and he performed as if he were speaking to
200.
With confidence he shared pieces on-page and off-page, connecting with
the
audience on topics such as fathers (how apropos) and love lost. Toss in
a few
facts about mules, a couple of covers and the premiere of a persona
piece named
"Scrap Metal Angel" and you have one heck of a feature. Many thanks
Nick.</font></p>
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