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Open Mic Highlights
• 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 show (he was in the bathroom)
• It was a great night for first timers! Feng Yee brought us a piece set to movement that brought to mind the rhythms and inspirations of water, Adel (from Dubai) included us on his trip across poetry shows in America, Gaby told us why they started believing in the train, and Erika responded to their friends’ inquiries on why they should even write poetry
• Connor’s extended “Chicken or Beef” metaphor that confronted his family’s biphobia
Feature
Our feature was Tatiana Johnson-Boria, who graced the feature stage for the third time at the Cantab! Taken a note of inspiration to write poetry in 2025 to “drown the universe”, we heard an expertly-crafted set of poems on motherhood, Palestine, black joy, and, in what has been a common theme this year, the aftermath of elections in the U.S. (including a poem where her child wakes up screaming right after the election results were given). Other highlights include meditations on intrusive thoughts while post-partum, how to make love while the world is burning, and possibly the only poem in existence to talk about approaching placenta in the freezer a year after giving birth, and then burying it in the backyard. Tatiana also gave us some form work too–with a ghazal about a miscarriage and her own take on a erasure poem/Burning Haibun form. Thank you so much Tatiana!
Coming Up This Wednesday
This Wednesday is our monthly Community Night, where the community becomes the feature! This week, local legend Zeke Russell will be hosting a celebration of the 36th anniversary of Nirvana’s album Nevermind with a night dedicated to poems after our favorite albums. Zeke will be sharing work after/inspired by Nirvana, and then will open the mic to community members who want to share work inspired by the music that surrounds them.
See you soon!
– MFG 🚪
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