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Open Mic Highlights
• It was a great night for newcomers, with the first 6 people on the mic reading for first or second time!
• “It’s a miracle to me to speak into the dawn / ponder away a broken heart” – Christina
• Sahfa’s repeated their poem “I …
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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
• 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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• 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 …
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Open Mic Highlights
• Pre-open mic, we had an early bird “Childhood Favorites Food workshop” by Keaton Howl where workshoppers explored and wrote on their food histories as individuals and within their own cultures
• Cam S delivered a beautiful piece on his failing vision and reflecting on how he may …
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Michael: February is the hottest month in the world of the Boston Poetry Slam, and we had a very packed show and slam this past week! Before we get to our epic slam, our open mic did feature some amazing highlights, like Marissa’s sexy-and-fun piece revolving around rhymes for “ratatouille”, River’s …
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