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</font><p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Greeting
from the Poets' Asylum. The Worcester County Poetry
Association will celebrate <b>The Charles Olson Centenary</b> this
weekend. For
more information please visit <a href="http://wcpa.homestead.com/CHARLES_OLSON.html" target="_blank">The
Charles
Olson Centenary website</a>.</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 week.</font></p>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Thursday, Mar. 25</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">3:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>One Poem and...</b> @ Worcester State College, Sullivan S-305
(486
Chandler Street, Worcester)
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<td valign="top" width="70" align="right"><font size="2">3:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><a href="http://wcpa.homestead.com/CHARLES_OLSON.html" target="_blank">Talk on Activism & Poetry</a> @ WPI, Higgins Lab,
Room
116 (100 Institute Road, Worcester)
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<td valign="top" width="135"><font size="2"><br></font></td>
<td valign="top" width="70" align="right"><font size="2">7:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><a href="http://wcpa.homestead.com/CHARLES_OLSON.html" target="_blank">
<b>Anne Waldman</b></a> @ WPI, Salisbury Lab, Room 115 (100 Institute
Road, Worcester)
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<td valign="top" width="70" align="right"><font size="2">8:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>Michel Chapman</b> @ The <a href="http://theqma.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Little "a" Poetry
Series</a></font>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Friday, Mar. 26</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 @ the Shrewsbury Senior Center (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"><a href="http://www.worcesteryouthslam.com/" target="_blank">Worcester
Youth Slam</a> Workshop @ the WCPA offices (1 Ekman Street, Worcester,
MA)
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<td><font size="2"><a href="http://wcpa.homestead.com/CHARLES_OLSON.html" target="_blank">
Charles Olson Centenary Symposium</a> takes place Friday & Saturday
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Saturday, Mar. 20</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>Duende</b> @ The Q (362 Chandler Street, Worcester)
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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"><b>Ed Sanders</b> @ <a href="http://wcpa.homestead.com/CHARLES_OLSON.html" target="_blank">
Charles Olson Symposium</a>, Worcester State College, Fuller Theather
(486 Chandler Street, Worcester)
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Sunday, Mar. 28</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">2:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>Poem Swap Cover Slam</b> @ the <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/" target="_blank">Poets' Asylum</a></font>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Monday, Mar. 29</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">9:00 p.m.</font></td>
<td><font size="2"><br></font></td>
<td><font size="2"><b>Jeff Cannon</b> @ the <a href="http://dirtygerund.com/" target="_blank">Dirty Gerund Poetry Show</a></font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="135"><font size="2">Thursday, Apr. 1</font></td>
<td valign="top" width="70" align="right"><font size="2">8:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>Heather Flowers Forhan</b> @ The Little "a" Poetry Series
(Dr. Gonzo's
All-Natural Mega-Spicy Comestible Emporium, 122 Main Street,
Worcester)
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sunday, March 28th @ the
Poets' Asylum</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Please join
the <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/" target="_blank">Poets' Asylum</a>
this Sunday, March 28th for our regular open
mic followed by a <b>Poem Swap Cover Slam</b>. A cover slam features
the
usual <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/spiellink.html" target="_blank">poetry
slam rules</a> with the twist that performers will read another poet's
work.
We're adding an additional wrinkle to this just-for-fun slam. At the
start of
each round the competitors will draw a poem from the bucket and must
perform
another competitors work in the slam. </font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Those who
want to compete need to bring copies of 2 of their
own poems. The winner gets accolades and a small cash prize. The
audience gets
to hear a new take of some great poetry and probably some laughs too.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Come on
down to Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street,
Worcester). The sign-up list goes out by 6:00 p.m. and the reading
starts by
6:30 p.m. No cover however please put some money in the bucket; it is
how we
cover the expenses of the reading.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Asylum Merch Clearance
Sale</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/saleicon.png" alt="Sale icon" title="All Asylum Merch On Sale this Sunday, March 28th" align="right">
Times are tough, money is tight and everyone is looking for a bargain.
This
Sunday, March 28th, the Poets' Asylum will hold a <b>Clearance Sale</b>.
All
t-shirts, CDs and Asylum Anthologies will be on sale at the low, low
price of
$5 each. If you didn't get a <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/tlink.html">2009
<i>Greetings from Worcester</i> t-shirt</a>, need a copy of the 2006
Asylum
Anthology, <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/anth06link.html">...Next Up!</a>
or
anything else available on our <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/merchlink.html">
Merch page</a> this is your chance to get it at a super low price.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Quantities
and sizes are limited so check out the sale table
when you arrive. Hope to see you on Sunday.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">March 21st Revisited</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">And the
hits keep on coming at the Poets' Asylum with another
excellent feature by a local poet. Following the dynamite open mic <b>Alex
Charalambides</b> took to the mic. Alex brought us a full set of brand
new
work in his trademark sing-song style. From the aptly named Preface,
past the
Status Update, all the way through a sonnet and the bass players lament
Alex
brought the words and a bit of laughter. Great stuff from one of the go
to
people in Worcester poetry. Thanks for the words Alex, don't be a
stranger.</font></p>
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