[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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