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</font><p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Greeting from the Poets' Asylum. Visit <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/">poetsasylum.org</a> to see what other poetic
events are taking place in the area. Here are a couple of highlights.
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Tonight @ The Spot</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. After the
open they will host a feature by <b>Candice Chounard</b>. The reading starts
at 8:00 p.m. with a brief open mic. 21+ and proper id is required.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">No Youth Slam this Saturday</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The <u>Speakout! Youth Poetry Slam</u> <b>will not meet</b>
this week while Clark University is closed for Spring Break. Join them next
Saturday for a feature by Dave Keali'i.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Coming up on Sunday, March 8th</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/SerenDivine1.jpg" alt="Seren Divine" title="Seren Divine features on Sunday, March 8th!" align="right" border="0">
Join the Asylum this week for a former regular, <b>Seren Divine</b>. Divine is
a feminist, educator, published writer, performance artist, visual artist,
producer, and award winning poet. She has toured and competed across the
country, with over ten years of involvement in the National Poetry Slams; from
competition to volunteering, organizing and hosting (four of those years on the
Worcester Team). Seren earns a living as a Professional Performance Poet,
leading Performance & Writing Workshops for youth from Queens to Brooklyn, and
in colleges and universities along the east coast. She has five collections in
print, two recordings & is widely anthologized; most recently in <u>Bowery
Women Poems</u> (Bowery Arts & Science, Ltd.) Seren recently debuted her first
multi-media one woman show at New York City's historic WOW Cafe Theater; <u>Be
Here Now</u>.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Head down to Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street,
Worcester). The reading starts at <b><font color="red">6:00 p.m.</font></b>
No cover; please throw some money in the bucket to support the feature.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">March 1st Revisited</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">There may have been more folks in the <b>100 Word Slam</b>
than in the open mic this week but that's OK. Hardy poets gathered at Jumpin'
Juice & Java Sunday night despite the pending winter storm for a bit of word
play. The challenge was to craft two poems using 100 words. 8 poets rose
to the task, though one had to drop out because he didn't realize he needed two
pieces. Still there was some interesting work, a couple of real gems and a lot
of new writing going one. At the end of the night <u>Melinda</u> took first
place and the $50 prize that went with it.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks to everyone who competed and came out for the fun.</font></p>
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</font><center><h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">WCPA Poetry Contest 2009</font></h3>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font><p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Prizes: $100 - 1st place, $50 - 2nd place, $25 - 3rd place<br>
plus Honorable Mentions, as merited.</font></p>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font><p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Winning poems published in a
future issue of <a href="http://www.geocities.com/wreview/" target="_blank">The Worcester Review</a>.</font></p>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font><p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">To be judged by James Haug.</font></p>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font><p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Submission deadline is Wednesday, April 1, 2009.</font></p>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font><p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Submission guidelines and additional information available at <a href="http://wcpa.homestead.com/CONTEST_GUIDELINES_2009.html" target="_blank">wcpa.homestead.com</a>.</font></p>
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