[pa-info] Asylum update (08/06/09)

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Greeting from the Poets' Asylum.
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Coming up on Sunday, August 9th

[image: Jeff Stumpo] The team is heading back from Nationals and the poetry
goes on... On Sunday, August 9th, the Poets'
Asylum<http://poetsasylum.org/>holds our regular open poetry reading
and a feature by
*Jeff Stumpo*. Stumpo is a Ph.D. student in English at Texas A&M University.
He is a poet who crafts work that is meant to be read, seen, and heard. An
active participant in the local arts scene, he is the founder & co-host of
Javashock, the Brazos Valley's poetry slam. Check out his work by visiting
www.jeffstumpo.com.

Please join us at Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester).
The reading starts at 6:00 p.m. No cover; please throw some money in the
bucket to pay the feature.
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Poetry in the Local News

[image: Extra Extra] The Worcester Telegram & Gazette has an story in the
paper and online today about Massachusetts lawmakers taking up a bill to
create a state poet laureate post. A handful of Poets' Asylum associated
folks are quoted in the story plus a number of other area poets. Check it
out if you have a chance and leave a comment if you think such a position
should be created (or even if you just want to counter the "don't they have
better things to do crowd").

Here's a link to the story... Lawmakers mull creation of poet
laureate<http://www.telegram.com/article/20090804/NEWS/908040393/1101>
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August 2nd Revisited

Thanks to everyone who came to the Asylum this past Sunday for the *Team
Send-off Feature*. After a short open four of the five team members shared
well practice slam pieces, newer work and a handful of haiku and other
poetic tributes to their team members. We thank Danielle Carriveau, Dave
Keali'i, Danny Balel and McKendy Fils-Aime for sharing their work with us
and wish them well at the 2009National Poetry Slam <http://www.nps2009.com/>.
Team member Trevor Byrne-Smith was already in route to West Palm Beach so he
couldn't share in the festivities. His voice was missed.
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Fundraising Wrap-up

[image: Fundraising] The Worcester Slam team is now in beautiful West Palm
Beach, FL for the 2009 National Poetry Slam <http://nps2009.com/> and they
wouldn't be there without the generous support of the people who make up the
Poets' Asylum. Back in April slammaster Bill MacMillan put forth the
challenge of raising $1000 by the end of the month. On the last Sunday of
the month we raised enough to meet that goal and commit to sending a team to
NPS.

The larger goal was to raise $2500 before the team left for Florida. This
was not an easy task yet it was met with the resilence we've come to expect
from the community that gathers each Sunday night to share the poetry that
moves them. With a buck here and a $20 there, through the sale of chapbooks
& t-shirts, with a special performance and a regional or two we have come
within $175 of our goal. While we didn't quite meet the final hurdle we
raised enough to cover registration, lodging and most of the travel costs
for the five member team & their coach. On their behalf we thank you for
your continued support.


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