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It was one of those weeks where I (Michael F. Gill) wrote a haiku about each poem on the open mic, and then read them all at the end of the open mic! Here they all are:
Bailey
i’m a mummy
with iridescent scales—
god has a sense of humor
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Open Mic Highlights
• Shawn welcomed the ire and heckles of the audience by performing “Golden Silence” to start off the open mic. You guessed it, it was a silent poem! Some of the heckles included “What makes it golden?” “John Cage?” and “Is this freak shit or thin ice?”
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Open Mic Highlights
02/04/26
• Bobby’s C riffed on gatekeepers and Harold Bloom’s out-of-touch remark that “Poetry slam is the death of art”
• Emmanuel’s “Standing in front of a mirror trying to know what love is”
• Nick Roberts’ “My Curated Pandemonium” and “Lament Of The Finnish Bird Seller”
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