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It was another fun night of poetry at the Cantab this past Wednesday! On the open mic, first timer Riva stole the show with an incredible memorized piece revolving around the theme of circles, which appropriately had some stellar rhythm and rhymes that winded their way around the room, and they even got the audience reciting lines without any prompting. There was also great work from Hallie Carton, who read a found poem of sorts using lines from movie reviews they’ve left online. Ask them about the full list of movies they’ve watched this year for all the references! Elsewhere, Ilse had a tremendous poem about love, yearning, and fulfillment, while Kai gave us another in their series of discreet love letters to medical professionals.
Our feature Mila Cuda took the stage dressed in a spider costume (!) and yes, while there were spider poems, we also heard work on femme friendship and dating, some mantra-laden memorized poems, and a good deal of unexpected rhymes. It was a real lovely set that went by too quickly! Be sure to preorder her book Still from Game Over books!
Tonight! We have an OPEN SLAM! Try out for the 2025 Boston Poetry Slam team! Top two placements in each open slam are qualified for team selection next year. Standard slam rules apply: eight poets compete in three rounds with poems that are three minutes or less. No props, costumes, or musical accompaniment. Poems are scored by random members of the audience! Winner gets $50.
See you then!
– MFG 🚪
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