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Open Mic Highlights
• Mary’s Heated Rivalry poem and “I have no one I can give my power to who can also protect it”
• Jennifer’s “Confession of An Emotional Intelligent Avoidant” (great title / relatable!)
• Ember wasn’t supposed to be in town but got to say goodbye for a …
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• It’s the end of year, which brought a share of open mic regulars leaving (good luck in Denver, Ember!) and returning (welcome back from Ireland, Abbie!) to the stage, as well as surprise visits from Sophie (first time on the mic in 11 years!) and the always …
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Note: Tonight’s show (11/19) will start a little later than usual (8:15-8:30), due to the secret music show happening upstairs at the Cantab! While we wait to start, we plan on having a little writing workshop based on lines of poetry gathered by our staff!
Open Mic Highlights
• Bailey’s …
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Open Mic Highlights
• Back-to-back FIRST POEMS EVER by Yoyo and Kamran, who read about “The pizza I can’t eat” and the voice of a river travelling through Iceland
• Former open mic regulars returning back-to-Boston: Dani’s “The God I don’t believe in has office hours from 2 to 4 am” …
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• The return of old slam team member Bobby Crawford, who found parallels to the traditional bouquet toss at weddings at a funeral when an uncle fell into an open grave
• Great first-timer poems from Megash, Dyre, Auden, and Madison
• Sue Savoy writing candidly about …
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We had a great time at the Middlesex Lounge this week hosting our open mic and video feature! This Wednesday we are back in the Cantab Lounge basement.
Open Mic Highlights
• Ty covering Harry Baker’s extremely alliterative poem “Paper People”
• Edie’s response poem to yours truly telling …
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• Ren’s poem examining the Chinese greeting of “Have you eaten yet?”
• “Unrequited Love is Like Organized Religion” – Mica Rich on the unreachable and promises people make to us
• “Don’t talk to me, I need time for my sublunar calculations” – Charlie R
• “I …
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• Kaitie D’s “This Is My Fat Girl Poem” inspired by True Kwene
• River’s love poem that was both approved by his partner and rejected by his poetry teacher
• Shenanigans: the audience snapping their fingers in rhythm while waiting for Myles to open in the …
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Open Mic Highlights
• It was another great night for first-timers! We heard great subtly rhyming work from Isaac and Kay brought us the words of other poets who are consistently speak to her
• Helena’s striking poem about trying to learn how to draw and sketching their partner the …
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Open Mic Highlights
• For our second community night, we had bilingual spotlight features from Mariana (Portuguese), Kaitie D (Spanish), and John Lee (Taiwanese). Each performed beautifully, with a special shout out to John for reading and translating a poem from 700 A.D.!
• Joshua forgot the poem they were …
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