[pa-info] Asylum update (04/04/08)

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Greetings from the Poets' Asylum. Happy National Poetry
Month<http://www.poets.org/npm/>!
For the latest on poetic events happening in Centeral Massachusetts and
beyond visit poetsasylum.org.
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24 hour Poetry Feature

[image: Bill MacMillan] *Bill MacMillan* will undertake a 24-hour poetry
feature starting Saturday, April 5th at 8:00 p.m. Bill will read poetry, his
own work and covers, over the following 24 hours, wrapping up as the weekly
Asylum open reading gets underway. The Q Cafe <http://theqma.com/> has
generously agreed to stay open all night long so that Bill may undertake
this endeavor.

Bill is taking part in a coordinated national
movement<http://www.wideopenwest.com/%7Eefavers0976/24n_front.htm>to
have 24-hour readings across the country happening at the same time.
The
Poets' Asylum will be using this as a fundraising opportunity. Visit our
Fundraising <http://www.poetsasylum.org/fundraising.html> page to make a
donation.

Make plans to come down for an hour or two and keep Bill company as he makes
his way through 24 hours of poetry.
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Coming up on Sunday, April 6th

[image: Step up to the Mic] Head over to the *Poets' Asylum* for the
final *Open
Qualifying Slam* for the 2008 Worcester Slam Season. The top two finishers
in tonight's slam move on to the Spring semi-final in May. More info on this
thing called Poetry Slam and how they are run at the Poets' Asylum can be
found on our Slam <http://www.poetsasylum.org/slam.html> page.

Please join us at The Q Cafe <http://theqma.com/> (362 Chandler Street,
Worcester). The open mic sign-up list goes out around 7:00 p.m. and the
reading starts closer to 7:30 p.m. No cover; please throw some money in the
bucket to support the reading.
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BSPJ Workshop by Michael Fisher

[image: BSPJ image]Ballard Street Poetry
Journal<http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com/>will host the first
of four
*Poetry Workshops* this afternoon between 3 and 5 p.m. at the offices of the
Worcester County Poetry Association <http://wcpa.homestead.com/> (1 Ekman
Street, first floor, Worcester). This week *Michael Fisher* will facilitate
a workshop titled *The Poem Can't Say a Thing If It doesn't Sing: A
discussion of Prosody and Tone in Poetry.  *In this workshop we will discuss
the effect of prosody on a poems meaning and tone. We will be looking at
examples from Paul Celen, Anne Waldman and Charles Bukowski. By exploring
these examples, it is my hope that we can grow as poets and expand are "poet
toolbox."


Suggested donation of $3 to $5. For more info please visit the BSPJ
website<http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com/>
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March 30th Revisited

This week the *Hampshire College Slam Team* was our feature. Newcomers
Sophia Holtz, Charley Pope and Andy Locke were joined by seasoned slammers
Sean Conlon and Esme Vanndrager for a high energy set. Their well practiced
set included stories of growth, growing up, missing gloves, marketing rants
and the addiction of poetry. They head off to Albuquerque, NM on Wednesday
to compete at the National College Poetry Slam. Thanks for sharing your
talent folks. Have an amazing adventure.
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The Poets' Asylum is in its fifteenth year of bringing the best in
Performance and Slam Poetry to Central Massachusetts and beyond.

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