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</font><p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Holiday Greetings from the Poets' Asylum. We are thankful
for the last year of Central Massachusetts poetry and for all those who
support us, especially you.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Speakout! Youth Poetry Slam<br>Every Saturday Night</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The <b>SpeakOut! Youth Poetry Slam</b> now meets every
Saturday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The format is an open mic, youth slam (open to
poets age 13-19) and a feature. Share a poem at the open mic, take part in
the youth slam or come see the feature. This week their feature will be
<u>Rosalie Patricia Botkin</u>, a member of the 2007 & 2008 Providence
Youth Slam teams. Join them in The Bistro in Higgins Student Center (950 Main
Street, Worcester).</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Coming up on Sunday, November 30th</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://www.poetsasylum.org/images/microphone.gif" alt="Step up to the Mic" title="Step up to the Mic and Speak!" width="71" align="left" height="75" hspace="5">
Join the Poets' Asylum this week for the <b>Rookie Slam</b>. If you have ever
thought "hey, I could do that" when you watched a slam but you haven't given it
a go yet then this is the night for you. The slam will be open to anyone who
has never slammed before. The standard slam rules apply (3 minute time limit,
your own original work, no props, etc.) and we'll have randomly chosen judges
from the audience providing the scores. It'll be a great opportunity to see
what all the noise is about and why for some folks the best poetry is slam
poetry.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Come on down to Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street,
Worcester). The reading starts at <b><font color="red">6:00 p.m.</font></b><font color="red"> </font>.
No cover; please throw some money in the bucket to support the reading.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">November 23rd Revisited</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Great feature this week from Asylum regular <b>Heather
Macpherson</b>. With a mix of new work, older pieces and covers she rocked
the mic. Hitting on relationships, rejection and love she captured the
attention of the audience and held it firmly throughout her set. Great work
all around. Thanks for the words Heather.</font></p>
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<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Poets' Asylum is in its seventeenth year of bringing the
best in Performance and Slam Poetry to Central Massachusetts and beyond.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Find us online at <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/" target="_blank">http://poetsasylum.org/</a>.</font></p>
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