From pa-info at poetsasylum.org  Thu Jan  7 08:17:36 2010
From: pa-info at poetsasylum.org (Info mailing list of the Poets' Asylum)
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 08:17:36 -0500
Subject: [pa-info] Asylum update (01/07/10)
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Greeting from the Poets' Asylum.
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Poetry Round-up

Here's a quick snapshot of the poetry events taking place in Central
Massachusetts during the next 8 days.
 Thursday, 01/07 9:00 p.m.
The After Nine Poetry Series <http://after9poetry.wordpress.com/>  Friday,
01/08 8:00 p.m.
*Nick Davis* @ Worcester Storytellers (1 Ekman Street, Worcester)  Sunday,
01/10 8:00 p.m.
*Sierra DeMulder* @ the Poets' Asylum <http://poetsasylum.org/>  Monday,
01/11 7:00 p.m.
The Little "a" Poetry Series <http://theqma.wordpress.com/>
9:00 p.m.
*Sierra DeMulder* @ The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show
<http://dirtygerund.com/>  Thursday,
01/14
7:00 p.m.

*Carle A. Johnson* @ The Street Beat (1 Ekman Street, Worcester)
9:00 p.m.
 The After Nine Poetry Series <http://after9poetry.wordpress.com/>


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Sunday, January 10th @ the Poets' Asylum

[image: Sierra DeMulder] The Poets' Asylum <http://poetsasylum.org/>welcomes
*Sierra DeMulder* as our feature this week. DeMulder is a member of the NPS
'09 Championship team from St. Paul, MN. She was awarded the Spirit of Slam
award at NPS '07 and has been taking part in
CUPSI<http://www.acui.org/content.aspx?menu_id=14&id=9107>since 2005.
If that isn't enough she is a member of the Intangible
Collective <http://www.intangiblecollective.com/members.html>, has gone on
several poetry tours, and is a publish author with Write Bloody
Publishing<http://writebloody.com/>.
While dividing her poetry between New York and the Twin Cities, she enjoys
goosebumps, cranberry juice and feminism. Sierra has been trying not to trip
since 1986.

Come on down to 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; please put some money in the bucket to pay the feature.
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January 3rd Revisited

*Paulie Lipman* was our first feature of 2010 and he performed to a full
house. Before Paulie took the stage we had the regular open mic which
included a group piece called *Night of the Zombie Go-Go Dancers*. That was
a fine set-up for Paulie's high energy set. With topics as varied as record
release day, tattoos and Roswell phantom radio he captured the attention of
the audience and left us wanting more. Thanks for starting the year off for
us Paulie.
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WoMag Poetry Contest

Worcester Magazine <http://worcestermagazine.com/> is hosting its
annual *Poetry
Contest* and they want to hear from you! Submit your poem (one per person)
to A&E editor Doreen Manning via email at doreen @
worcestermagazine.com<doreen at worcestermagazine.com>by January 22.

Judges this year are local poets Matthew "Cowboy" Hopewell (2009 WoMag
Poetry Contest Winner) and Alex Charalambides (organizer of the Worcester
Youth Poetry Slam among other things).

Categories are first, second and third place, plus an addition first place
youth category! Winner will be published in the February 11th issue of
Worcester Magazine, and introduced at a live event and poetry reading that
month.
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From pa-info at poetsasylum.org  Thu Jan 14 09:59:13 2010
From: pa-info at poetsasylum.org (Info mailing list of the Poets' Asylum)
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:59:13 -0500
Subject: [pa-info] Asylum update (01/14/10)
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Greeting from the Poets' Asylum.  If you are free tonight please consider
catching Carle Johnson at the Street Beat (address & time below).  He's a
great poet and an amazing supporter of all things poetic in the Worcester
area.

On with the update.
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Poetry Round-up

Here's a quick snapshot of the poetry events taking place in Central
Massachusetts during the next 8 days.
 Thursday, Jan. 14 7:00 p.m.   *Carle A. Johnson* @ The Street Beat (1 Ekman
Street, Worcester)
9:00 p.m.
The After Nine Poetry Series <http://after9poetry.wordpress.com/>  Friday,
Jan. 15 10:00 a.m.
Shrewsbury Senior Writers @ the Shrewsbury Senior Center (100 Maple Avenue,
Shrewsbury)
6:00 p.m.
Youth Poetry Slam writing workshop @ WCPA offices (1 Ekman Street,
Worcester)
6:30 p.m.
Open Mic Night @ Shrewsbury Public Library (609 Main Street,
Shrewsbury)  Sunday,
Jan. 17 8:00 p.m.
*Dianne Haas* @ the Poets' Asylum <http://poetsasylum.org/>  Monday,
Jan. 18 7:00
p.m.
The Little "a" Poetry Series <http://theqma.wordpress.com/>
9:00 p.m.
*Mike McGee* @ The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show <http://dirtygerund.com/>  Tuesday,
Jan. 19 5:00 p.m.
*Peter Filkins* @ WPI Gordon Library (100 Institue Road, Worcester)  Thursday,
Jan. 21 9:00 p.m.
 The After Nine Poetry Series <http://after9poetry.wordpress.com/>
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Coming up on Sunday, January 17th

This week the Poets' Asylum welcomes back *Dianne Haas*. Haas is returning
to Worcester after recovering from a fifteen year writers block she refers
to as "her career". In 1994, Diane performed at Lollapalooza and played on
the Worcester Slam Team at Nationals. Tragically, In 1995, she suffered a
nearly fatal attack of capitalism. No one heard from her again until she was
laid off in 2009 and stumbled into the Bridge Cafe in Manchester, NH
sputtering something about bees beating off. However, it was her poem "Not
The Girl Next Door" that earned her the feature slot for Erotic Poetry Night
in February, despite the fact that it rhymes. Diane's blender has many
speeds but she generally oscillates between puree and chop. She is happy to
call Manchester, NH her new poetry home but Worcester will always be her
first love.

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's how we pay the
feature.
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January 10th Revisited

*Sierra DeMulder* was our feature this week at the Poets' Asylum. With poise
and confidence she approached the mic. Nevermind that the place the packed
with full, full, full. Nevermind the overcapacity open mic full of voices
new and regular alike. Sierra took to the mic with practiced ease and
delivered the goods. Moving between slam length offerings and shorter, more
intimate pieces she spoke out on Marilyn Monroe, working at a coffee shope,
a school shooting and Jeffrey Dahlmer. Great stuff received with hearty
applause. Thanks for the words Sierra.
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WoMag Poetry Contest

Worcester Magazine <http://worcestermagazine.com/> is hosting its
annual *Poetry
Contest* and they want to hear from you! Submit your poem (one per person)
to A&E editor Doreen Manning via email at doreen @
worcestermagazine.com<doreen at worcestermagazine.com>by January 22.

Judges this year are local poets Matthew "Cowboy" Hopewell (2009 WoMag
Poetry Contest Winner) and Alex Charalambides (organizer of the Worcester
Youth Poetry Slam among other things).

Categories are first, second and third place, plus an addition first place
youth category! Winner will be published in the February 11th issue of
Worcester Magazine, and introduced at a live event and poetry reading that
month.
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From pa-info at poetsasylum.org  Thu Jan 21 14:25:58 2010
From: pa-info at poetsasylum.org (Info mailing list of the Poets' Asylum)
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:25:58 -0500
Subject: [pa-info] Asylum update (01/21/10)
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Greeting from the Poets' Asylum.  The Youth Slam returns Friday night!
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Poetry Round-up

Here's a quick snapshot of the poetry events taking place in Central
Massachusetts during the next 8 days.
 Thursday, Jan. 21 9:00 p.m.   The After Nine Poetry
Series<http://after9poetry.wordpress.com/>  Friday,
Jan. 22 10:00 a.m.
Shrewsbury Senior Writers @ the Shrewsbury Senior Center (100 Maple Avenue,
Shrewsbury)
7:00 p.m.
*Blair* @ the Worcester Youth Slam
<http://www.worcesteryouthslam.com/>(Clark University, Higgins
University Center, 950 Main Street, Worcester)  Saturday,
Jan. 25 7:00 p.m.
*Jim Fay* @ the Saturday Evening Open Mic (Barnes & Noble, (541D Lincoln
Street, Worcester)  Sunday, Jan. 24 8:00 p.m.
*Something Old Something New Slam* @ the Poets'
Asylum<http://poetsasylum.org/>  Monday,
Jan. 18 7:00 p.m.
The Little "a" Poetry Series <http://theqma.wordpress.com/>
9:00 p.m.
*David Blair* @ The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show <http://dirtygerund.com/>
 Thursday,
Jan. 28 9:00 p.m.
Rumor is this will be the last After Nine Poetry
Series<http://after9poetry.wordpress.com/>
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Coming up on Sunday, January 24th

Join the Poets' Asylum <http://poetsasylum.org/> for our regular poetry open
mic followed by the *Something Old-Something New Slam*. This will be a two
round slam with a 3 minute time limit. The usual rules apply (no props,
randomly chosen judges, etc.) One of the poems has to be "brand new", as in,
never before performed for an audience. The other poem can be something
you've read out for a week or a decade. The winner takes home half of the
bucket (usually around $25). This should be a lot of fun so please join us.

Come on down to 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 helps to support the
reading.
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WoMag Poetry Contest ends Friday

Worcester Magazine <http://worcestermagazine.com/> is hosting its
annual *Poetry
Contest* and they want to hear from you! Submit your poem (one per person)
to A&E editor Doreen Manning via email at doreen @
worcestermagazine.com<doreen at worcestermagazine.com>by January 22.

Judges this year are local poets Matthew "Cowboy" Hopewell (2009 WoMag
Poetry Contest Winner) and Alex Charalambides (organizer of the Worcester
Youth Poetry Slam among other things).

Categories are first, second and third place, plus an addition first place
youth category! Winner will be published in the February 11th issue of
Worcester Magazine, and introduced at a live event and poetry reading that

Email your poem today!
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January 17th Revisited

We had a pretty good night this week despite a loud room. The open mic was
full, a handful of old-school regulars were in the house to catch our
feature and a new voice or two took to the mic. Our feature, *Diane
Haas*(formerly Diane Brown), returned to the Poets' Asylum after a
fifteen year
absence. She read some older stuff and some new work including a fresh piece
just a week old. She exclaimed "the apostrophe is not a g-spot, stop
fumbling with it" and made sure we understood she wasn't the girl next door.
Glad to have you back on the mic in Worcester Diane.
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From pa-info at poetsasylum.org  Thu Jan 28 09:56:56 2010
From: pa-info at poetsasylum.org (Info mailing list of the Poets' Asylum)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:56:56 -0500
Subject: [pa-info] Asylum update (01/28/10)
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Greeting from the Poets' Asylum.  While not poetry related you might want to
check out the annual Flora in Winter
exhibit<http://www.worcesterart.org/Events/Flora/Flora_10/flora_in_winter_2010.html>at
the Worcester Art Museum.  It starts tonight and runs through Sunday.
A
lovely respite from the doldrums of mid-winter.
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Poetry Round-up

Here's a quick snapshot of the poetry events taking place in Central
Massachusetts during the next 8 days.
 Thursday, Jan. 28 3:00 p.m.   One Poem And... @ Worcester State College
(Sullivan Building, Room S-305, 486 Chandler Street, Worcester)
9:00 p.m.   Rumor is this will be the last After Nine
Poetry<http://after9poetry.wordpress.com/>reading.  Friday,
Jan. 29 10:00 a.m.
Shrewsbury Senior Writers @ the Shrewsbury Senior Center (100 Maple Avenue,
Shrewsbury)
7:00 p.m.
Youth Poetry Writing & Performance Workshop @ the WCPA offices (1 Ekman
Street, Worcester)  Sunday, Jan. 31 8:00 p.m.
*Megan Thoma* @ the Poets' Asylum <http://poetsasylum.org/>  Monday,
Feb. 1 7:00
p.m.
The Little "a" Poetry Series <http://theqma.wordpress.com/>
7:30 p.m.
*Jim Fay* @ First Monday Poetry (First Unitarian Church, 90 Main Street,
Worcester)
9:00 p.m.
The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show <http://dirtygerund.com/>  Thursday, Feb. 4 7:30
p.m.
*Paul Muldoon* @ Holy Cross College (Rehm Library, 1 College Street,
Worcester)
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Sunday, January 31st @ the Poets' Asylum

[image: Mega Thoma] This Sunday, January 31st, the Poets' Asylum welcomes
the 2009 NorthBeast Indy Champion *Megan Thoma* as our feature. Thoma is a
writer and teacher in Providence, RI. Her students don't believe teachers
are real human beings that "drive cars or have dance parties in their
basements." She does both these things. She is very, very real. She recently
joined the slam poetry community and has performed all over New England and
the United States. She is Providence's co slam-master, their 2009 Grand Slam
Champ, and represented the city at the 2009 National Poetry Slam and 2009
Individual World Poetry Slam. She will also be representing the city at the
2010 Women of the World Poetry Slam. She's an amazing poet, writer and
performer. Come check out what she has to share!

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's how we pay the
feature.
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January 24th Revisited

There was a small audience this week for the weekly Asylum reading. Only one
person signed up for the open mic so we quickly moved on to the *Something
Old Something New Slam*. Seven competitors took part in the two round event
with poems ranging from the nemesis of Sesame Street to an off-key song. At
the end of the night *Dave Mac* took home half the bucket with a 3/10th of a
point win over second place finisher Liz Heath. Thanks to all the
competitors and other audience members for coming out.
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