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</font><p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Greetings from the Poets' Asylum. Great week in poetry on
tap so come out and join the fun.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Tonight @ the Ship</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This week <u>The Spot</u>, the weekly poetry reading at the
Hotel Vernon (1 Kelly Square, Worcester), will hold an open mic and a feature.
The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. with an open mic. This week youth slammer
<b>Jeff Seigrist</b> will be the feature. No cover; bring a few bucks to
throw in the captain's hat and to buy a $1 draft. 21+</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Worcester Storytellers on Friday night</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u>Worcester Storytellers</u> meets on the second Friday of
each month at the Village Arts Gallery (1 Ekman Street, Worcester). The
reading starts at 8:00 p.m. There will be an open mic followed by
a feature from <b>Dorinda Wegener</b>. Worcester Storytellers never
charges a cover. They ask you throw some money into the basket to
support the artists who feature. For more info please contact dave<a href="http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=0142vZ8WHctS5HzS0kHjzbGQ==&c=tkV-A-OQyxR5XEE0wLbdiUKkWEHb0B3P8QLQPSkaQrM=" onclick="window.open('http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=0142vZ8WHctS5HzS0kHjzbGQ==&c=tkV-A-OQyxR5XEE0wLbdiUKkWEHb0B3P8QLQPSkaQrM=','', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,width=500,height=300'); return false;" title="Reveal this e-mail address">...</a>@<a href="http://aol.com">aol.com</a>.</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> 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>Ryk McIntyre</u>, a member of the several regional Slam teams and co-host of
GotPoetry Live! reading in Providence. Join them in The Bisto 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, December 14th</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/finneyfrock.jpg" alt="Karen Finneyfrock" title="Karen Finneyfrock features on December 14th!" align="right" hspace="5">
Please join the <u>Poets' Asylum</u> this week for our regular open mic
poetry reading and a feature by <b>Karen Finneyfrock</b>. Finneyfrock
is a veteran of the spoken word movement who was honored as a "Legend"
at the National Poetry Slam in Austin, 2006. She returned to the stage
to represent Seattle as a member of their 2008 National Slam Team. A
recent alumna of the Hedgebrook writers colony, Karen is the author of
two books of poetry and is completing her first book of young adult
fiction. Karen is a Teaching Artist for Arts Corps, Seattle Arts &
Lectures' WITS program and the Richard Hugo House. She is a resident
of the Cooper School Artist Studios in West Seattle.</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">December 7th Revisited</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Another cozy open mic this week which included our iWPS rep
Alex Charalambides. He heads south for the <a href="http://individualworldpoetryslam.com/" target="_blank">2008 Individual
World Poetry Slam</a> this week. Send your happy thoughts in his general
direction.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Michael Brown</b> was our feature this week. After
adjusting the mic he abandoned it for the first 4 or so poems, all strung
together with a bit of song between each. He wandered through the audience,
connecting with those gathered, discussing past lives, the archangel of jazz
and a long slow death. He then took to the mic for the rest of his set,
sharing tales of clockworks, some summer words for a cold night, a couple
of covers from <i>Off the Coast</i> and more. A great set from an excellent
performer. Thanks Michael. </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>
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