Posts Tagged ‘ poetry ’

Main Street Rag Poetry Showcase at Prospero’s

November 2, 2012

Sunday, November 25, 2012. 6:00pm Prospero’s Books, 1800 W. 39th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111 This month’s Pit will feature special guests Rhiannon Dickerson and Jonathan Barrett. $3 cover. Open-mic after. Rhiannon Dickerson is a local mom, poet and professor who teaches at Park University and UMKC. She graduated with her MFA from the Iowa […]

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Poetic Gratitude Thanksgiving Reading

November 2, 2012

On Sunday November 25, the Ancient City Poets will gather for the month at The Gallery Café of St. Augustine, Florida (located at 1974 US1 South in the Staples Plaza) from 3 to 5 p.m. A sign-up sheet will be available 15 minutes before start time for all those who would like to read original […]

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Black Kite Poetry #4

November 1, 2012

Monday, November 19th. Black Kite Coffee & Pies 2499 Collingwood, Toledo, Ohio 43620 https://www.facebook.com/events/253234798133204/ Alicia Young from Cincinnati features plus an open mic. Hosted by Michael Grover and Tara Armstrong.

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Handbill: Mothpocalypse

September 29, 2012
Handbill: Mothpocalypse

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Richard Vargas’ “i dream of tongues” Broadside

September 6, 2012
Richard Vargas’ “i dream of tongues” Broadside

Richard Vargas was born and raised in L.A./Orange Counties. He studied under Gerald Locklin at CSULB. Graduated with MFA (awarded with distinction) from Creative Writing Program, University of New Mexico, 2010. Major themes are social injustice, working class issues, immigration, and standing up to institutionalized racism… fuck it, the guy writes political poetry. Served on […]

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Bud Smith’s “Love” Broadside

September 6, 2012
Bud Smith’s “Love” Broadside

Bud Smith is 30, distracted, sleeps on his right side. He lives in Washington Heights, NYC and has written a collection of short stories called Or Something Like That. His car is on the verge of catching fire, so that’s all he dreams about. Putting the car out before it explodes. He also does heavy […]

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Michele McDannold’s “Nothing to Lose” Broadside

September 6, 2012
Michele McDannold’s “Nothing to Lose” Broadside

Michele McDannold lives in central Illinois where she has lived for most of her life. She is the founder of The Literary Underground. She is currently the editor/publisher at Citizens For Decent Literature Press and one of the editors at Punk Hostage Press. Michele will be reading at the Mothpocalypse on November 4th at the […]

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Brian Fugett’s “This Is The Damn Poem” Broadside

September 6, 2012
Brian Fugett’s “This Is The Damn Poem” Broadside

Brian Fugett is a member of the slacker, fast food generation that has been branded with an ‘X’ by that Canadian-born, literary terrorist known as Douglas Coupland. Meanwhile, he sits in his pad all day consuming more oxygen than he’s worth. He’s been doing it for over 35 years now and has become quite effecient […]

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The Mothpocalypse. brought to you by The Literary Underground

July 29, 2012

The mothpocalypse is a gathering of multi-lingual vagabonds, writers and poets- communing like it’s early spring in the middle of fall and making noise while eating pages of history, mythology, science and noise- and spitting out cobwebs of poetry, prose and patented propaganda. The gathering of the wings will take place @ The Harwood Arts […]

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Toxic Abatement

June 8, 2012

Toxic Abatement: Spoken Words, Contaminated World… Full Of Crow’s Fashion For Collapse will host the first Toxic Abatement Poetry and Music Event on July 5, 2012 at Viracocha, San Francisco, California. The event will feature local and visiting poets, and the 3x Bad Band. Thursday, July 5, 2012 from 7:30-10:00 p.m. at Viracocha, 998 Valencia, […]

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Chicago Poetry Bordello Celebrates Double Screw Steamers

May 4, 2012
Chicago Poetry Bordello Handbill for May 19, 2012

May 19, 2012 NEW DATE: Saturday, June 16, 2012 Come aboard before the ship wrecks and we’ll suss out the tramps! 8PM to Midnight May 19 Thalia Hall/Ristorante al Teatro, 1227 W 18th St Chicago Chicago Poetry Bordello Celebrates Double Screw Steamers (It’s a steamship, silly.) Burlesque Beauty debut: Miss B. Special Guests: Pinch and Squeal […]

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