Recaps from the Boston Poetry Slam @ the Cantab Lounge's weekly show.
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Open Mic Highlights
• Tyrone’s delightful memorized (or are they improvised?) miniature pieces continue! No one else could shout out “Enjoy your daily suffering!” with such perverse glee.
• Wholesome vibes: Brandon not onl read a poem to their best friend who was in the audience, but also gave them a …
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Open Mic Highlights
• “I grew up / the world begged for more observation” – Alex Kist reflecting on watching television and coming of age
•Newcomer Erica’s startling poem where they wrote a letter to their former self, after having lost a good amount of their personal memories after an …
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Michael: We are jamming two recaps into one during this Thanksgiving holiday season!
Open Mic Highlights 11/19
• Kamran surprised his wife (who was in the audience) by covering “Wedding Song” by Bob Dylan. (“Straight men take notes!” – Myles, who was hosting after Kamran left the stage)
• “The …
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Note: Tonight’s show (11/19) will start a little later than usual (8:15-8:30), due to the secret music show happening upstairs at the Cantab! While we wait to start, we plan on having a little writing workshop based on lines of poetry gathered by our staff!
Open Mic Highlights
• Bailey’s …
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Open Mic Highlights
• In our new “staff sacrifice” that now begins our open mic, Amy spontaneously wrote a golden shovel about a comment in Myles opening spiel regarding “America’s next great top talent”
• River’s “Poem In Which I Remove Myself”
• Jake’s wild piece about how chewing is a …
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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
• The return of old slam team member Bobby Crawford, who found parallels to the traditional bouquet toss at weddings at a funeral when an uncle fell into an open grave
• Great first-timer poems from Megash, Dyre, Auden, and Madison
• Sue Savoy writing candidly about …
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We had a great time at the Middlesex Lounge this week hosting our open mic and video feature! This Wednesday we are back in the Cantab Lounge basement.
Open Mic Highlights
• Ty covering Harry Baker’s extremely alliterative poem “Paper People”
• Edie’s response poem to yours truly telling …
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Please note: WE ARE NOT AT THE CANTAB LOUNGE THIS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15TH! This week Boston Poetry Slam is partnering with Middlesex Lounge (315 Mass Ave in Central Square Cambridge) to launch our YOUTUBE CHANNEL and celebrate archived Boston Poetry Slam footage!
Open Mic Highlights
• Mariana opened the mic …
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Open Mic Highlights
• Ren’s poem examining the Chinese greeting of “Have you eaten yet?”
• “Unrequited Love is Like Organized Religion” – Mica Rich on the unreachable and promises people make to us
• “Don’t talk to me, I need time for my sublunar calculations” – Charlie R
• “I …
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