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</font><p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Greeting from the Poets' Asylum.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Poetry Round-up</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">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="150"><font size="2">Thursday, Nov. 12</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">7:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>Sharon Ann Harmon</b> @ The Street Beat (1 Ekman Street,
Worcester)</font></td>
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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"><b>April Ranger</b> @ <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, Nov. 13</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">8:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>Ed Fuqua</b> @ Worcester Storytellers (1 Ekman Street,
Worcester)</font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Saturday, Nov. 14</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">2:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">Demo Slam @ Marlboro Public Library (35 West Main Street, Marlboro)
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Sunday, Nov. 15</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">6:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>Rachel McKibbens</b> @ the <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/" target="_blank">Poets' Asylum</a></font>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Monday, Nov. 16</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">7:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">Surrealist Open Mic @ <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">9:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>Kate "Tak" Mogel</b> @ 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">Wednesday, Nov. 18</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">4:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">Demo Slam @ Rutland Free Public Library (280 Main Street, Rutland)</font></td>
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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">Demo Slam @ Grafton Public Library (35 Grafton Common, Grafton)</font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Thursday, Nov. 19</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">7:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">Frank O'Hara Celebration featuring <b>Gerrit Lansing</b><br>
@ Worcester Art Museum (55 Salisbury 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"><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" size="2">Coming up on Sunday, November 15th</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><img src="http://www.poetsasylum.org/images/rac.jpg" alt="Rachel McKibbens" title="Rachel McKibbens will be our feature on November 15th!" align="right" hspace="5">
Our feature this Sunday, November 15th, at the <a href="http://www.poetsasylum.org/http:://poetsasylum.org/" target="_blank">Poets' Asylum</a> will be
<b>Rachel McKibbens</b>. Known for her astonishingly visceral stage presence
and devotion to craft, McKibbens has become one of the most respected poets in
the spoken word community. She is the 2009 <a href="http://wow.poetryslam.com/" target="_blank"> Women of the World poetry slam</a> champion, is an eight-time
National Poetry Slam team member, a three-time NPS finalist, and a 2007 New
York Foundation for the Arts poetry fellow and Pushcart nominee. McKibbens
teaches poetry and creative writing throughout the country. She'll rock your
socks off and leave you wanting more.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Please join us at Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street,
Worcester) for our regular poetry open mic. The reading starts around 6:00
p.m. No cover; please put some money in the bucket to support the feature.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">November 8th Revisited</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">We had a smaller audience than usual this week and an intimate
open mic. There was still great poetry to be heard and a couple of first time
readers shared their work. We hope you'll join us again. Following the open
<b>Rob Sturma</b> took the stage as our feature. Rob shared work from his new
book "Miles of Hallelujah" (<a href="http://writebloody.com/" target="_blank">Write Bloody Publishing</a>) and whether he was reading off
page or working from memory the performance poet shined through. With a lilt
in his voice he share a new poem, a love poem. He asked Questions, lots of
questions. He got the audience involved doing a bit of live looping to back
up a tight little dance number. Great stuff and a lot of fun. Thanks for the
words Rob.</font></p>
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