Hi Cantab! What a jam-packed Wednesday we had last week! On the mic, we had hilarity from Danny, who did an ode to a fart, and not to… gas him up, but it was incredible. Kaitie D performed a very moving piece about Gaza that involved multiple participants symbolically lying flat on stage one-by-one. Edie’s poem passionately responded to Kat Anderson’s recent poem about Furby, consequently making the room enamored with trying to figure out if Furby truly is… demon-spawn.
The ✏️Line of the Wednesday ✏️is from Kaitie D, with “If we can’t see the bodies along the horizon we can trick ourselves out of their existence”
Our feature was Youssef Mohamed, a beloved regular who is moving soon. This feature was not just an incredible display of art and skill, but a proud and bittersweet sendoff for a member of our community. Youssef performed pieces spanning the breadth and depth of his work, from sentimental pieces with carefully-placed imagery to revelations from anime. He ended his feature by finishing his final poem from offstage to convey a powerful message. Lastly, as Youssef has consistently judged multiple slams over the past few months, several members of the audience partook in a project where they raised whiteboards after each poem, triumphantly displaying high scores (several of which well over 10).
Tonight, we have Amelia Díaz Ettinger as our feature! In an earlier version of herself, Amelia Díaz Ettinger studied birds. Birds have been a constant in her life both professionally and personally. In her newest collection, These Hollowed Bones, she merges her love and knowledge of her feather neighbors with the issues that are always present in her mind: immigration, motherhood, racism, and home.
Before the show, we will have a workshop by Alex Kist at 6:30! The entry fee is $10-20 sliding scale. In this generative workshop, we’ll be looking at poems that work to capture a complicated subject: home. We will delve into this subject—questioning what qualifies home, how can the concept cause struggle and what redeems it.
Note: There is a 20-person cap on the workshop, and workshop attendees get first access to open mic sign-up sheet.
See you there!
– Amy ✈️
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