Amy: Happy Wednesday, Cantab! I hope you’re all having a lovely summer! Last week we had a particularly amazing night with more newcomers and friendly faces than we could count! One of those first-timers was Callie, with a great poem repeating the phrase “The trouble is.…” Other first timers Ami and Dio gave us beautiful poems as well, making for a very supportive night with several bonus rounds of applause.
Michael: We also had a showstopper of a poem from current slam team member Mary S, regarding whether or not you would have sex with your clone, and a surprising David Attenborough persona piece from Erika. The highlight of the smoking section was an epic “Corn Maze/Maize” themed group piece from our own Amy and Aparna, which involved many people in the audience holding up pictures of corn as they both walked throughout the entire room. Speaking of Aparna, her family was in the audience this past week! Both her and her father read poems based on the same prompt, to the delight of everyone watching.
Amy: The ✏️Line of the Wednesday✏️ is from Mahathi, with “You’re lucky all we want is equality”
After the open, we had our feature by Blue Nguyen. Blue gave us a more interactive feature, beginning with a grounding exercise, passing an orange around for people to smell, and ending with a communal “group poem” consisting of people in the audience shouting out words or phrases describing what queer love means to them. Outside of that, their clever phrasing and short, cutting lines made for a very profound feature that left you thoughtful and glued to your chair after each poem. Thank you Blue!
Michael: Tonight, we have a fundraiser and hype for the upcoming Northbeast Regional Poetry Slam and Festival, which is happening this weekend at The Foundry in Cambridge! Due to a COVID exposure, the Chicken slam (The BPS slam team vs Their Coaches) that was previously scheduled for tonight will not be happening, but there’ll still be plenty of poetry in our favorite dive bar basement! We’ll be having an extended open mic (with slots extended to 4 minutes for one night only,) some silent auctions for some hot-button items, and plenty of zines for purchase.
See you there! And also at Northbeast this weekend! Get your tickets now if you haven’t already!
– Amy ✈️ and MFG 🚪
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