Meaghan Ford suggests there just might be some joy in sex. Who's arguing with this lady? Photo by Marshall Goff.
Folks, we have somehow survived another Erotic Poetry Night at the Cantab Lounge! It was another night of poets mixing the sensual with the slutty, subtlety with straight-up (or not) sex, and erotica with neurotica… Let’s just say we’re pretty sure Congress doesn’t have a panel to deal with ANY of the propositions we heard last night. Thanks to all our open mic readers, especially the first-timers who chose this particular night to finally give in and come down to the show!
Wow, even slam host Kevin Spak is disgusted with Adam Stone's haiku. Photo by Marshall Goff.
Thanks in no small part to producer Gary Hoare, as well as improvising haiku host Kevin Spak, the Head-to-Head Dirty Haiku Slam was a raging (not infection-like, more hurricane-like) success! An extremely competitive first round saw the elimination of local favorites Cassandra de Alba, and April Penn, as well as warmly-welcomed Worcester guest Jessica Lovina O’Neill. The controversial fourth elimination of the ribald and tipsy Jade Sylvan (at the hands of Patrick S.) actually forced a one-haiku death-match round in which Patrick cemented his win… Only to go down to Harlym125 in the next round of semis. After dirty girl Brandi MacDonald gave it up to Adam Stone in the second semi, it was 125 vs. Adam in the head-to-head.
Naturally, the best-of-seventeen final round came down to an eight-to-eight tie. Despite Adam’s apparent inability to count to seventeen, 125’s [unprintable]bubbles ultimately lost out to the nastiest possible senryu version of the Dozens. Congrats to Adam Stone on his win! –and an extra round of applause for Harlym125, who no doubt has a little brother or sister on the way.
Next week: we’re back with Angel Nafis, rising star who comes to us from Brooklyn, plus an open slam in the 8×8 series. In the meantime, please enjoy this lovely photo set from the evening, courtesy of Marshall Goff.
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- Flashback to EPN 2012: host Jamei Bauer has her erotic poetry listening face on. Photo by Marshall Goff.
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- Harlym125 inquires as to if Adam Stone has merely eaten a canary, as his face suggests, or something more appropriate to the evening. Photo by Marshall Goff.
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- Weekly reader Christopher Kane makes an appearance on the erotic open mic. Photo by Marshall Goff.
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- Adam Stone wants YOU to come to next year’s Erotic Poetry Night! Either that, or he’s pointing out something unsightly in your hair… Photo by Marshall Goff.
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- Meaghan Ford suggests there just might be some joy in sex. Who’s arguing with this lady? Photo by Marshall Goff.
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- We don’t know if it’s poetry, but it happened at Erotic Poetry Night. Photo by Marshall Goff.
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- Cassandra de Alba tells it like it is in seventeen syllables at the Dirty Haiku Slam. Photo by Marshall Goff.
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- The audience gets a nicely lit view of Harlym125’s now-infamous beard. Photo by Marshall Goff.
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- Wow, even slam host Kevin Spak is disgusted with Adam Stone’s haiku. Photo by Marshall Goff.
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