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BPS Recap For Wednesday, August 12th

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Open Mic Highlights

• Edward Gault’s magical realism tale of “The Sink That Ate Hyde Park”, filled with nightmares of dirty dishes howling at him, potential radiation poisoning, and jail time instead of getting the key to the city

• “I want someone to find me in the place where …

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BPS Recap For Wednesday, July 15th & July 22nd, 2026

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The 2026 NORTHBEAST REGIONAL POETRY SLAM AND FESTIVAL is this weekend, July 31 – August 2nd! Buy tickets HERE!

Open Mic Highlights 07/15

• “You do not have to be bitten by a Catholic Saint, you can be bitter by a non-Catholic Saint” – directions for applying to an experiment run …

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BPS Recap For Wednesday, July 8th, 2026

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Open Mic Highlights

• Emma’s wild and ragged “Forced Femme Uncle Sam” which is just what you think it was about, and appropriate for July 4th…

• “We stood there waiting for someone to make the next move” – Gel’s description/conundrum about continuing to be in love / in a …

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BPS Recap For Wednesday, July 1st, 2026

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Open Mic Highlights

• Ave Maria opened the mic off with a memorized and well-crafted piece about honey, despair, and pulling oneself back from the ledge

• River’s ode to bathroom graffiti and the unhinged “conversations” that happen on stalls (PS the Cantab bathroom graffiti is great!)

• What I …

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BPS Recap For Wednesday, May 27th & June 3rd, 2026

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Open Mic Highlights 05/27

• Lynette’s soup-themed sestina ruminating on how “your brain isn’t fully developed until 25”

• Aanchal’s evil dentist poem (yes, a lot of us were thinking of this as a foil to Kai’s sexy dentist poem!

• Shivank taking the well-worn “inside you there are two wolves” …

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BPS Recap For Wednesday, January 14th, 2026

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Open Mic Highlights

• Mary’s Heated Rivalry poem and “I have no one I can give my power to who can also protect it”

• Jennifer’s “Confession of An Emotional Intelligent Avoidant” (great title / relatable!)

• Ember wasn’t supposed to be in town but got to say goodbye for a …

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