IWPS slam tonight! (With Obligatory Trash Talk!)
As I've mentioned elsewhere, tonight marks the Worcester iWPS finals, where Lea Deschenes, Jenith Charpentier, Sam Linstrude, Dave Macpherson, Bill MacMillan and myself will battle it out to for an opportunity to represent Wormtown at the Individual World Poetry Slam Finals next month in Fayetteville, Arkansas!
Dave and Bill are replacing the previously announced Paulie Lipman and Bobby Gibbs, who had to bow out. One can only presume that, in order to maintain the original balance, Dave will perform with an electronic music soundtrack and Bill will "keep it real." Or something like that.
Lea and Jenith have the whole "eye of the tiger" thing going on with this, and to tell the truth, I'm a little scared of them right now. Seriously. You jostle them in the supermarket right now and they explode into "YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME, PUNK? YOU'RE GOING DOWN!!!" I'm begining to think the rest of us are in trouble.
I don't know Sam at all, so I won't make fun of him. He seems very nice on Facebook.
Me? I'm barely practicing, and debuting at least two brand-new poems. I can only presume that Taylor Mali is twitching somewhere and has no idea why. On the other hand, there may be Juggalo haiku ... Maybe.
In any case, come on down and join in the chaos! I really want a packed house of people whooping and hollering for everybody tonight. I honestly don't much care who wins. I just want it to be an amazing night.
The Worcester iWPS Finals
7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9
The WCUW Front Room
910 Main Street, Worcester
Free, but there's a hat pass
See you there!
Dave and Bill are replacing the previously announced Paulie Lipman and Bobby Gibbs, who had to bow out. One can only presume that, in order to maintain the original balance, Dave will perform with an electronic music soundtrack and Bill will "keep it real." Or something like that.
Lea and Jenith have the whole "eye of the tiger" thing going on with this, and to tell the truth, I'm a little scared of them right now. Seriously. You jostle them in the supermarket right now and they explode into "YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME, PUNK? YOU'RE GOING DOWN!!!" I'm begining to think the rest of us are in trouble.
I don't know Sam at all, so I won't make fun of him. He seems very nice on Facebook.
Me? I'm barely practicing, and debuting at least two brand-new poems. I can only presume that Taylor Mali is twitching somewhere and has no idea why. On the other hand, there may be Juggalo haiku ... Maybe.
In any case, come on down and join in the chaos! I really want a packed house of people whooping and hollering for everybody tonight. I honestly don't much care who wins. I just want it to be an amazing night.
The Worcester iWPS Finals
7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9
The WCUW Front Room
910 Main Street, Worcester
Free, but there's a hat pass
See you there!
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