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</font><p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Greeting from the Poets' Asylum. Enjoy the holiday weekend
and join us on Sunday.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Brian Ellis - Tonight</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Regardless of the weather tonight there will be fireworks
of the verbal variety in Kelly Square tonight. <b>Brian S. Ellis</b>, member
of the the last 4 Cantab Slam Teams, former Champion of Champions @ the Cantab
Lounge, and Write Bloody Publishing author will be the feature at <u>The After
Nine Poetry Series</u>. Go expecting a great performance and you won't be
disappointed.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The weekly poetry reading is held every Thursday night in the
Ship Room at the Hotel Vernon (1 Kelly Square, Worcester). The official start
time is 8:00 p.m. but honestly, things gets going closer to 9. Open mic to
start, followed by the feature. Bring some bills to throw in the captain's hat.
21+ and proper id is required.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Coming up on Sunday, July 5th</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/boxing.gif" alt="Poetic Boxing" title="Poetry Slam - July 5th!" align="right" width="71" height="75" hspace="5">
This week the <u>Poets' Asylum</u> will host the first of two <b>open
qualifying slam</b> to determine who will battle it out to be the
2009 Worcester representative to the <a href="http://www.iwps2009.com/" target="_blank">Individual World Poetry Championship</a>. This will
be a two round slam with 3 minute time limits. The <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/slam.html#SPIEL" title="Check out the MC Spiel">usual rules</a>
apply. The top finishers tonight moves on to the iWPS Finals on August
30th.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Join us at 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
reading and the slam team.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">June 28th Revisited</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks to all who joined the Poets' Asylum this week for our
feature <b>Chad Anderson</b>. Chad gave a whirlwind performance that drew
appreciative applause throughout with a mix of snaps, moans and laughter as
appropriate. From the first poem for his dad to the sing-a-long about having
the roadways all to himself it was a fine evening of words. Great pieces about
soundwaves and Cracker Barrel added to the fun. Thanks Chad for a fun night
and thanks to all those who came out to listen.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">2009 Poets' Asylum T-shirt</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img alt="2009 t-shirt design" src="http://www.poetsasylum.org/images/2009tshirt-proof.jpg" title="2009 Poets' Asylum T-shirt Design" align="right" border="1" width="245" height="175" hspace="5">
We've ordered the 2009 Poets' Asylum t-shirts and should have
them within a couple of weeks. Unisex sizes small through XXXL have been
ordered. Shirts will sell for $15 and all proceeds will help fund the 2009
Worcester Slam Team.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">You can reserve a shirt in your size by e-mailing <a href="mailto:webmaster@poetsasylum.org">webmaster @ poetsasylum.org</a> with
your shirt size. View a larger version of the t-shirt design by visiting the
<a href="http://www.poetsasylum.org/tlink.html">Fundraising Page</a>
at <a href="http://poetsasylum.org">poetsasylum.org</a>.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We have a limited quantity of Poets' Asylum t-shirt from
previous years still available. Visit the <a href="http://www.poetsasylum.org/merchlink.html">Merchandise</a> page to look at the past designs and check out
the available sizes and pricing.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Slam Circus - July 17th</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/slam-circus-sm.png" alt="Slam Circus flyer" title="Run away to the Slam Circus - July 17th!" align="right" hspace="5">
The 2009 Worcester Slam Team take the show on the road in a
<b>Slam Circus</b> on Friday, July 17th at PACE - the <a href="http://www.pioneerarts.org/" target="_blank">Pioneer Art Center of
Easthampton</a>. The team will put on a stellar performance for (hopefully) a
packed house. After the feature, audience members will have a chance to
compete with their own poems for prizes and poetic glory. </font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The performance will be held at the PACE Theatre, 41 Union
Street, Easthampton, MA. $8 general admission. $7 for PACE members. Start
time is 8:00 p.m. This is going to be a major fundraiser for the slam team
and the Poets' Asylum. Please join us if you can.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Team member Dani Carriveau has crafted a lovely flyer. We'd
appreciate your help in peppering the universe with copies of it. You can
download the PDF by <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/slam-circus.pdf" target="_blank" title="Download the flyer - be warned, it is 8meg">clicking here</a>. You'll
need <a href="http://get.adobe.com/reader/" target="_blank">Acrobat Reader</a>
to view the flyer. Thank you for your support!</font></p>
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<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Poets' Asylum is in its eighteenth 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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