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</font><p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Greeting from the Poets' Asylum. There's a lot of great poetry happening over the next week with an event for every poetic taste. Hope to see you somewhere soon.<br>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Poetry Round-up</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Here's a quick snapshot of the poetry events taking place in
Central Massachusetts during the next 8 days.</font></p>
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<td valign="top" width="130"><font size="2">Thursday, Oct. 22</font></td>
<td valign="top" width="70" align="right"><font size="2">9:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">Mark Palos & Ryan McLellan @ <a href="http://after9poetry.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">The After Nine Poetry Series</a></font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Friday, Oct. 23</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">10:00 a.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">Shrewsbury Senior Writers @ Shrewsbury Senior Center
<br>(100 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury)
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<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">6:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">Worcester Youth Poetry Slam workshop @ WCPA office
<br>(1 Ekman Street, Worcester)
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<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">evening</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">Jack McCarthy @ Kichen Sessions
<br>(contact <a href="mailto:ilikemike@gmail.com">ilikemike @
gmail.com</a> for the details)
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Saturday, Oct. 24</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">7:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">Emily Ferrara @ Saturday Evening Open Mic <br>(Barnes & Noble, Lincoln
Plaza, 541D Lincoln Street, Worcester)
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Sunday, Oct. 25</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">6:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">Open Slam @ the <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/" target="_blank">Poets'
Asylum</a></font>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Monday, Oct. 26</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">7:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">Jon Shyllberg @ <a href="http://theqma.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">
The Little "a" Poetry Series</a></font>
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<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">7:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">Evening of Poetry @ the Lunenberg Public Library <br>(1023 Massachusetts
Avenue, Lunenburg)
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<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">9:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">Megan Thoma @ the <a href="http://dirtygerund.com/" target="_blank">Dirty Gerund Poetry Show</a></font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Thursday, Oct. 29</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">7:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">Fall Harvest Poetry Festival @ Quinsigamond Community College,
<br>Harrington Learning Center (670 West Boylston Street Worcester)
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<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">9:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">Little "a" Showcase & a Costume Slam @ <a href="http://after9poetry.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">The After
Nine Poetry Series</a></font></td>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Coming up on Sunday, October 25th</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://www.poetsasylum.org/images/boxing.gif" alt="Open Slam" title="Open Poetry Slam on October 25th!" width="71" align="right" height="75" hspace="5">
This week the <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/" target="_blank">Poets' Asylum</a>
will hold a just-for-fun <b>Open Slam</b>. This will be a two round slam with
all the <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/spiellink.html">usual rules</a> in
play. There will be a small cash prize for the winner. Simply put, poetry
slam is the competitive art of performance poetry. It puts a dual emphasis on
writing and performance, encouraging poets to focus on what they're saying and
how they're saying it. Slam poetry can be moving, funny and deadly serious,
sometimes all in the same poem. </font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">If that sounds like a good time then join us for some great
words. Come on down to Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester).
The sign-up list goes up around 6:00 p.m. with the reading starting closer to
6:30. No cover; please put some money in the bucket to support reading.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">October 18th Revisited</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks to all those who braved the lovely New England weather
to join the Poets' Asylum this week. Those who were there heard several new
voices and a feature by New Hampshire poets <b>Mark Palos</b> & <b>Ryan
McLellan</b>. With a mix of slam throwdowns and page pieces Mark & Ryan offered
their take on coffee, jazz, poems about poetry, values, Bob Dylan and two spins
of Oz. It was a fun night with lots of interest after the feature.</font></p>
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