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</font><p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Greeting from the Poets' Asylum.</font></p>
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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 style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" valign="top" width="150"><font size="2">Thursday, Dec. 3</font></td>
<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" valign="top" width="65" align="right"><font size="2">7:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://after9poetry.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">The After Nine Poetry Series</a></font></td>
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<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" valign="top"><font size="2">Friday, Dec. 4</font></td>
<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">10:00 a.m.</font></td>
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<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">Shrewsbury Senior Writers @ Shrewsbury Senior Center
<br>(100 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury)
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<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">6:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">Youth Writing & Performance Workshop @ the WCPA offices (1 Ekman Street,
Worcester)
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<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">7:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">The Poets' Asylum slam team will compete @ the 3rd Annual <a href="http://slamnews.com/northbeast" target="_blank">NorthBEAST
Regional Poetry Slam</a> in Manchester, NH. (</font><font size="2">Follow the link for details.)</font>
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<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" valign="top"><font size="2">Saturday, Dec. 5</font></td>
<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">7:00 p.m.</font></td>
<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" width="10"><font size="2"><br></font></td>
<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">Indy Slam @ the 3rd Annual <a href="http://slamnews.com/northbeast" target="_blank">NorthBEAST Regional Poetry Slam</a> in Manchester, NH.
(</font><font size="2">Follow the link for details.)</font>
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<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" valign="top"><font size="2">Sunday, Dec. 6</font></td>
<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">6:00 p.m.</font></td>
<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><br></font></td>
<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><b>Head-to-Head Haiku Deathmatch</b> @ the
<a href="http://poetsasylum.org/" target="_blank">Poets' Asylum</a></font>
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<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" valign="top"><font size="2">Monday, Dec. 7</font></td>
<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">7:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><b>Niko Para</b> @ <a href="http://theqma.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">The Little "a" Poetry Series</a></font>
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<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">9:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><b>Sue Savoy</b> @ the <a href="http://dirtygerund.com/" target="_blank">Dirty Gerund Poetry Show</a></font></td>
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<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" valign="top"><font size="2">Thursday, Dec. 10</font></td>
<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">9:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><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">Coming up on Sunday, December 6th</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/head-to-head.png" alt="H2HHD icon" title="Join us for the Head-to-Head Haiku Deathmatch on December 6th!" width="92" align="right" height="95" hspace="5">
This week the <u>Poets' Asylum</u> will hold our regular open mic followed by a
<b>Head-to-Head Haiku Death Match</b>. Competitors should bring at least 30
haiku to participate. A descendant and sub-genre of poetry slam, a Haiku Death
Match is a competitive head-to-head poetry duel. The Haiku Death Match has
been a prominent "sideshow" feature at the annual National Poetry Slam since in
the mid 1990s.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry consisting of 17 syllables
in three metrical phrases of five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables.
Haiku in English usually appear in three lines, to parallel the three metrical
phrases of Japanese haiku. Slam haiku used in a Haiku Death Match is far
simpler - just 17 syllables.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Come on down to Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street,
Worcester). The reading starts around 6:00 p.m. 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">November 29th Revisited</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks to everyone who came out Sunday night for the
Thanksgiving weekend edition of the Poets' Asylum. Following the open mic we
held an <b>Open Slam</b>. Four poets participated - Max, Aisha, Danielle and
Nick. Following two rounds, and a killer time penalty, Nick won the slam and
took home the $10 cash prize.</font></p>
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