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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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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
• Somaia’s didactic poem on how to do fire eating at the Dyke March
• We got a farewell poem from open-mic regular and haiku finalist Siraj Ali, soon-to-be leaving us for Michigan. Siraj’s wry humor and quietly affecting miniature poems will be missed!
• Kaitie D’s time-traveling …
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This past Wednesday, Boston Poetry Slam was around the corner at Pandemonium, an excellent home for our Nerd Slam event. The open mic included references to worms, meteorites, dinosaurs, video games, Pokemon, nominative determinism and more!
Open Mic Highlights
First timer Scott delivered a moving poem about worms that …
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Hi Cantab! Our show is every Wednesday nearly without fail. How much more orderly can it get? Also every Wednesday, we hear strings of words in poems that no one has ever spoken before. How much more chaotic can it get? We saw both ends of the spectrum during our second-ever …
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Michael: It was another rowdy Wednesday at the Cantab this past week! On the open mic, TJ Jones read a POV-shifting / stop-starting correspondence poem that was dedicated to (2025 slam finalist) Logan Lopez. Cameron and Jack Chasse surprised with a wholesome (not a bad word!) group piece that highlighted both …
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Hi Cantab! Reporting to you live from… a Wednesday! Last week’s show was thrilling, both in the fresh poems on the open mic as well as the powerful last chance slam. On the open, Cam S did a beautiful poem about dragons that put a smile on everyone’s faces. Loc came …
Hi Cantab! Last Wednesday was a beautiful show. On a day when many people in our community woke up disappointed, shocked, and scared, we all still came together and put on a showcase of our art and voices. Many poems centered on the theme of community, which is now more important than ever. As we …
Amy: We had quite the Wednesday last week, with a TON of first timers on the mic showcasing their work. We even broke a small 2024 record for most first timers in a row! Benny Alexander (all the way from Canada) read a beautiful poem about love and acceptance and relying like an outsider. Johnathan …
Hi Cantab! This week was full of love, which brought a lot of sunshine to this rainy Wednesday evening. The mic had a larger than normal amount of “new shit,” but also some prized “old shit” too. We had the infamous horny dentist poem from Kai, and we had the return of Lindsey Michelle with …
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