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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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• “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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• 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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• 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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• Dave Mingolla’s poem about “quietly interrogating the universe until it speaks”
• First timer Rob M with a short and surprising poem about ladybugs
• The open mic debut of recent BPS feature Kelsey Bigelow, on the road from Iowa
• Donovan’s tribute to Andrea Gibson and …
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Appropriate for our first community-themed night, this Wednesday was the most diverse open mics of the year, with wild swings in topic, mood, and genre!
Open Mic Highlights
• Greg M read John Donne and first-timer Vincent remixed/dismantled Percy Shelley’s “Ozymandias”
• Intricate and layered Golden Shovels from Kaitie D …
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Open Mic Highlights
• Dedicated regular Cam S’s farewell love letter to the Cantab on the eve of his moving away from Boston. We’ll miss you Cam!
• Erica Garcia’s work poem “To The Person Who Steals The Magic Eraser” and the incredible inner monlogue turn that ended Ilse’s new piece …
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Hi Cantab! It was a hot one last Wednesday, and I’m not just talking about the fire poetry we heard. It was the middle of a heat wave, causing some unusual circumstances for our show. Due to The …
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Open Mic Highlights
• Alex Kist’s ode to friendship / “you are who you surround yourself with” that not only invoked our feature Meg Ford but also many others in the audience!
• Otto Vock revisiting a poem they wrote when they were 16, which had the audience doing a call …
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We had another sold-out show this past Wednesday, with an open mic that simultaneously showcased how well the fun and mournful side of poetry can co-exist…3 minutes apart from each other! Donovan and first-timer Elizabeth brought us poignant odes to their LA homes amidst the ongoing fires, Max opened the mic …
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