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Open Mic Highlights 06/17
• There was World cup fever at the beginning of the mic! The Tartan Army from Scotland was in the house, and first-timer Bryan Bonner covered Robert Burns beautifully
• David Sherman’s letter-poem to the Cantab revealing his kinks, which are “talk to me in the subjunctive …
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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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Open Mic Highlights
• “A line of iambic pentameter is a line of iambic pentameter” – from Bobby’s triple sonnet
• Zeke’s poem about the gratitude of still being alive, and an update on his former desire to be a poet that other poets talk about
• “How could you forget …
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NOTE: Tonight’s 05/06/26 show will be held at THE FOUNDRY, 101 ROGERS ST, Cambridge instead of the Cantab Lounge, due to a big concert happening there. Doors will be at 8 pm, Shortened open mic at 8:30, feature at 10 pm.
Open Mic Highlights 05/22
• Alex Kist’s incredible new …
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Open Mic Highlights
• Former BPS graphic designer Jackie B opened up the mic with a poem about German clubbing, drugs, entropy, and the authenticity of the self vs who you are in a group
• Cantab veteran Julie River has moved back to the area, and brought us a …
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Open Mic Highlights
• Max, Lou, and Will S started a (meta) theme as they did open mic poems about….local open mics! The Boston area is full of great ones, like Trident, Just Beloved, The Boston Liberation Center, and BPS. “These rooms save lives” – Will S
• March wrote a …
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Open Mic Highlights
• Shout out to the large group of newcomers who signed up early on the mic this week, including 2nd-timer Shy and Sydney from West Tennessee, and Alyna from Ann Arbor, Michigan.
• Some unexpected onomatopoeia, whispering, singing, and other dynamic “Freak shit” (© Myles Taylor) from Julian
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Open Mic Highlights
01/21/26
• Tyrone’s short and wild ode to flying toilet paper that took a lot of detours within one minuted
• Apologies to Artemis if this does not describe their poem appropriately, but I have written down “gay sex set to the sound of protests” in my notes …
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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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Open Mic Highlights
12/30/25
• Our regular Worcester contingent had Bailey rattling off several sonnets in 3 minutes, and the actual/bonus last time on the mic from Ember before they move out of town!
• “[My father’s anger] is an expensive palette / more silence than I can afford to swallow” …
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