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</font><p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Greeting from the Poets' Asylum. A Regional Slam, Eric Darby,
and something cooking in the kitchen. It's a busy week in poetry coming up.
We hope to see you where good words are spoken.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Regional Slam - Thursday, July 23rd</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/northbeast.jpg" alt="Regional Slam logo" title="Let's get it on - Regional Slam style!" align="right" hspace="5">
On Thursday, July 23rd, the <u>After Nine Poetry Series</u> at the Hotel
Vernon will host a <b>Regional Slam</b>. Teams from the Cantab, Lizard Lounge
and Manchester (NH) battling the Worcester Slam team for accolades & prizes.
It's like going to Nationals without the security hassles at the airport and
the high heat & humidity. This is certain to be a fun night for performance
poetry so come on down.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The reading is held in the Ship Room of the Hotel Vernon (1
Kelly Square, Worcester). The official start time is 8:00 p.m. but honestly,
things gets going closer to 9. Maybe this week will be different. 21+ and
proper id is required.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">2009 T-shirts Available</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/2009tshirt-front.gif" alt="2009 Tshirt" title="The 2009 Poets' Asylum T-shirt" width="175" align="right" height="111" hspace="5">
The 2009 Poets' Asylum t-shirts are now available. The front says "Greeting
from Worcester" and the back offers "Wish you were here!" with our website
address. Sale of the t-shirts is one of our final fundraisers before the
Worcester Slam Team heads to West Palm Beach, FL for the <a href="http://www.nps2009.com/" target="_blank">2009 National Poetry Slam</a>.
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<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shirts are availabe in sizes small through 3XL for the $15
each. Find Bob Gill at a reading near you to pick up your shirt. We'll
have it set-up on the the <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/merch.html">Merchandise</a> page within
the next week or so.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Coming up on Sunday, July 26th</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/darby.jpg" alt="Eric Darby" title="Eric Darby vs. the Microphone - July 26th @ the Poets' Asylum" width="169" align="right" height="126" hspace="5">
Join the Poets' Asylum this Sunday for our regular open mic and a feature by
<b>Eric Darby</b>. Darby is a nationally-recognized writer and performance
poet, who has competed in two Individual World Poetry Slams and five National
Poetry Slams. He has been ranked in the top twenty in two NPS's, and was one
of seven National Finalists in 2005. He is a past host of the Detroit and
Lizard Lounge Poetry Slams. His work has been included in four spoken word
anthologies and two jazz/poetry albums released by Poetry Jam/Rounder Records.
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<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Come down to Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street,
Worcester). The reading starts at 6:00 p.m. 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">The Kitchen Sessions</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Mike McGee and his roommate Melinda will be hosting the first
<u>Kitchen Sessions</u> on Sunday, July 26th following the week Asylum reading.
Things kick off at 9:30 p.m. and run until 11ish. The event will be held in
their apartment on Vernon Hill. Four local poets will open the night with a
pair of poems each then the kitchen will be turned over to <b>Simone Beaubien
</b> who will have up to an hour to share her craft.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">You can read more about the Kitchen Sessions in this <a href="http://www.mikemcgee.net/?p=383" target="_blank">blog entry</a> by Mighty Mike. If you are
interested you should contact <a href="http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=01hm55sEpdWJSrAchU_q5yvA==&c=wCfOGsFl7zeCc3LKnIZAPmheYhFpY_c98FxVqSOHbdk=" target="_blank">Mike McGee</a> for the location. Plan to bring a snack and
beverage to share and $3 to $5 for the feature.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">July 19th Revisited</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We had a fun night at the Poets' Asylum this week with the
2009 Worcester Slam Team competing in a <b>Head-to-Head Regional Slam</b>
against the Worcester All-stars. The All-stars, veteran slammers Bill
MacMillan, Erin Jackson, Mike McGee & Tony Brown, took on this year's team in a
4 round bout for bragging rights. Time penalties took their toll for both
teams. At end of the slam the 2009 team won the slam. Thanks to all who came
out for the poetry.</font></p>
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<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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