Probably too whiny for some folks. Skip it, then.
First things first: Mike McGee was great. Touring’s really improved his already good showmanship. “Puddin’ ” slew me tonight.
I actively disliked the rest of the reading. But I’m pretty sure it was me, not the show.
I didn’t make it on to the reading list because I got there late, which was ok; I had planned to read a cover (“Permission” by Noel Jones) anyway. (Still got a stack of editing/reading to do; not sure where that will happen. Need a crowd to judge reaction, and SPEAK doesn’t offer that.) I do wish people wouldn’t ask to get on the list after it’s full, though. I think that’s rude.
And nothing bores me more than a plain old garden variety slam these days. I bounced before it started.
I’m really, REALLY getting too old for this. Everyone tells me I’m not but I know I am — it holds less and less interest.
I’ve always been a proponent of the need for both voice and craft in a reading, but tonight was WAY too much voice for me. I need to hear things in new ways. I need to hear poets who have a little more interest in the audience.
I don’t blame the poets; it comes with time. I just don’t have the patience to listen much to it anymore.
I honestly hate and fear the idea of losing the Hut as my home venue. There really isn’t another one for me — I detest Providence, not much fonder of the Cantab. SPEAK is beloved, but is not the whole thing for me.
Other readings are OK, but don’t offer the same large crowd I need to feel — alive. To feel like I’m connecting in a larger way, regardless of the nature of the relationships I have with people in the room. To connect with the anonymous person. To be ignored because I’m just not connecting, and to pull on that person’s ears until we lock into a moment together.
The Hut crowd’s begun to turn into the generic slam crowd — young, social, and more interested in each other than in anything else. Interested mostly in cheering each other on, and not as much in being better poets, or listening to art over expression.
I’ve looked over the feature list for the next couple of months, and I see exactly two features I’m interested in between now and the end of June. TWO.
I love the Asylum — or, have loved it. This description feels harsh. Maybe it is.
But I’m aging away from my home. I have nowhere to go. And it sucks.
Dark Matter 
March 22nd, 2005 at 6:52 am
Re: the asylum etc…
Yeah, it’s my therapy, you wanna make something outta it? 😉
😀
March 22nd, 2005 at 6:52 am
Re: the asylum etc…
Yeah, it’s my therapy, you wanna make something outta it? 😉
😀
March 22nd, 2005 at 6:52 am
Re: the asylum etc…
Yeah, it’s my therapy, you wanna make something outta it? 😉
😀
March 22nd, 2005 at 6:52 am
Re: the asylum etc…
Yeah, it’s my therapy, you wanna make something outta it? 😉
😀
March 22nd, 2005 at 6:52 am
Re: the asylum etc…
Yeah, it’s my therapy, you wanna make something outta it? 😉
😀
March 22nd, 2005 at 6:52 am
Re: the asylum etc…
Yeah, it’s my therapy, you wanna make something outta it? 😉
😀
March 22nd, 2005 at 6:49 am
Re: part 2 or 2
Thank you so much, Sou. I knew there was a reason a guy like Bill would pick someone like you – he seems to have good taste. 🙂 I’ve never gotten a chance to talk to you much – you can be a bit imposing to those of us who don’t know you, although I see you on LJ a lot of the time with a “den mother” quality to you that makes me realize there’s so many different ways to see a person.
I like the idea of mixing it up, and it’s frustrating to see the “read and leave” – it’s a huge problem with the open mic night – I think they would be better served going to your type of system – but then again, I think they’re too much of the high school mentality (aka who’s cool and who’s not) to pull it off.
You guys are great. The people I have gotten to know are wonderful and supportive. As hard (or as easy) as it might be to belive, despite my loud exterior, I can be really shy and insecure. Mostly it’s insecure, which makes me hang back from talking to people. Afraid of rejection and such.
Thank you for taking the time to explain this in more detail, it helps a lot. And thank you for the outlet for some things in my life that poetry helped me work through. 🙂
March 22nd, 2005 at 6:49 am
Re: part 2 or 2
Thank you so much, Sou. I knew there was a reason a guy like Bill would pick someone like you – he seems to have good taste. 🙂 I’ve never gotten a chance to talk to you much – you can be a bit imposing to those of us who don’t know you, although I see you on LJ a lot of the time with a “den mother” quality to you that makes me realize there’s so many different ways to see a person.
I like the idea of mixing it up, and it’s frustrating to see the “read and leave” – it’s a huge problem with the open mic night – I think they would be better served going to your type of system – but then again, I think they’re too much of the high school mentality (aka who’s cool and who’s not) to pull it off.
You guys are great. The people I have gotten to know are wonderful and supportive. As hard (or as easy) as it might be to belive, despite my loud exterior, I can be really shy and insecure. Mostly it’s insecure, which makes me hang back from talking to people. Afraid of rejection and such.
Thank you for taking the time to explain this in more detail, it helps a lot. And thank you for the outlet for some things in my life that poetry helped me work through. 🙂
March 22nd, 2005 at 6:49 am
Re: part 2 or 2
Thank you so much, Sou. I knew there was a reason a guy like Bill would pick someone like you – he seems to have good taste. 🙂 I’ve never gotten a chance to talk to you much – you can be a bit imposing to those of us who don’t know you, although I see you on LJ a lot of the time with a “den mother” quality to you that makes me realize there’s so many different ways to see a person.
I like the idea of mixing it up, and it’s frustrating to see the “read and leave” – it’s a huge problem with the open mic night – I think they would be better served going to your type of system – but then again, I think they’re too much of the high school mentality (aka who’s cool and who’s not) to pull it off.
You guys are great. The people I have gotten to know are wonderful and supportive. As hard (or as easy) as it might be to belive, despite my loud exterior, I can be really shy and insecure. Mostly it’s insecure, which makes me hang back from talking to people. Afraid of rejection and such.
Thank you for taking the time to explain this in more detail, it helps a lot. And thank you for the outlet for some things in my life that poetry helped me work through. 🙂
March 22nd, 2005 at 6:49 am
Re: part 2 or 2
Thank you so much, Sou. I knew there was a reason a guy like Bill would pick someone like you – he seems to have good taste. 🙂 I’ve never gotten a chance to talk to you much – you can be a bit imposing to those of us who don’t know you, although I see you on LJ a lot of the time with a “den mother” quality to you that makes me realize there’s so many different ways to see a person.
I like the idea of mixing it up, and it’s frustrating to see the “read and leave” – it’s a huge problem with the open mic night – I think they would be better served going to your type of system – but then again, I think they’re too much of the high school mentality (aka who’s cool and who’s not) to pull it off.
You guys are great. The people I have gotten to know are wonderful and supportive. As hard (or as easy) as it might be to belive, despite my loud exterior, I can be really shy and insecure. Mostly it’s insecure, which makes me hang back from talking to people. Afraid of rejection and such.
Thank you for taking the time to explain this in more detail, it helps a lot. And thank you for the outlet for some things in my life that poetry helped me work through. 🙂
March 22nd, 2005 at 6:49 am
Re: part 2 or 2
Thank you so much, Sou. I knew there was a reason a guy like Bill would pick someone like you – he seems to have good taste. 🙂 I’ve never gotten a chance to talk to you much – you can be a bit imposing to those of us who don’t know you, although I see you on LJ a lot of the time with a “den mother” quality to you that makes me realize there’s so many different ways to see a person.
I like the idea of mixing it up, and it’s frustrating to see the “read and leave” – it’s a huge problem with the open mic night – I think they would be better served going to your type of system – but then again, I think they’re too much of the high school mentality (aka who’s cool and who’s not) to pull it off.
You guys are great. The people I have gotten to know are wonderful and supportive. As hard (or as easy) as it might be to belive, despite my loud exterior, I can be really shy and insecure. Mostly it’s insecure, which makes me hang back from talking to people. Afraid of rejection and such.
Thank you for taking the time to explain this in more detail, it helps a lot. And thank you for the outlet for some things in my life that poetry helped me work through. 🙂
March 22nd, 2005 at 6:49 am
Re: part 2 or 2
Thank you so much, Sou. I knew there was a reason a guy like Bill would pick someone like you – he seems to have good taste. 🙂 I’ve never gotten a chance to talk to you much – you can be a bit imposing to those of us who don’t know you, although I see you on LJ a lot of the time with a “den mother” quality to you that makes me realize there’s so many different ways to see a person.
I like the idea of mixing it up, and it’s frustrating to see the “read and leave” – it’s a huge problem with the open mic night – I think they would be better served going to your type of system – but then again, I think they’re too much of the high school mentality (aka who’s cool and who’s not) to pull it off.
You guys are great. The people I have gotten to know are wonderful and supportive. As hard (or as easy) as it might be to belive, despite my loud exterior, I can be really shy and insecure. Mostly it’s insecure, which makes me hang back from talking to people. Afraid of rejection and such.
Thank you for taking the time to explain this in more detail, it helps a lot. And thank you for the outlet for some things in my life that poetry helped me work through. 🙂
March 22nd, 2005 at 4:56 am
the asylum etc…
I’ll miss seeing you on Sundays Tony. I keep my mouth shut most of the time when it comes to criticism, for a lot of reasons, but you’re someone whom I admire a lot. As for the rest of the reading, it’s a work night like any other for me, I enjoy some of the poetry, a few of the people, and that’s all I need, for every ten bad poets, there’s a Bob Gill to make me smile, or someone like Jess D. to make me feel like there’s hope for poetry…I’m personally, not a huge fan of slam…most of it seems the self-indulgent narcissism of a self-help book generation raised on overly personal revelations from an episode of Jerry Springer and beneath badly photocopied LP covers…..I like T.S. Eliot and Borges…Saul Williams is cute, but he tries awful hard…poems about girls make me sick..and poems about politics make me sick too…I want imagism and abstraction…i deal with roofing hammer wielding / gat toting psychos and the misery that is the webster square squalor of worcester on a day to day basis….poetry is my escape…not my therapy……yeah..i’m done…i have to stop before I conclude this with that wonderful statement that will make the above make more sense …. but…i’m whipped by so many masters…
*crack* *shaclack-crack*
March 22nd, 2005 at 4:56 am
the asylum etc…
I’ll miss seeing you on Sundays Tony. I keep my mouth shut most of the time when it comes to criticism, for a lot of reasons, but you’re someone whom I admire a lot. As for the rest of the reading, it’s a work night like any other for me, I enjoy some of the poetry, a few of the people, and that’s all I need, for every ten bad poets, there’s a Bob Gill to make me smile, or someone like Jess D. to make me feel like there’s hope for poetry…I’m personally, not a huge fan of slam…most of it seems the self-indulgent narcissism of a self-help book generation raised on overly personal revelations from an episode of Jerry Springer and beneath badly photocopied LP covers…..I like T.S. Eliot and Borges…Saul Williams is cute, but he tries awful hard…poems about girls make me sick..and poems about politics make me sick too…I want imagism and abstraction…i deal with roofing hammer wielding / gat toting psychos and the misery that is the webster square squalor of worcester on a day to day basis….poetry is my escape…not my therapy……yeah..i’m done…i have to stop before I conclude this with that wonderful statement that will make the above make more sense …. but…i’m whipped by so many masters…
*crack* *shaclack-crack*
March 22nd, 2005 at 4:56 am
the asylum etc…
I’ll miss seeing you on Sundays Tony. I keep my mouth shut most of the time when it comes to criticism, for a lot of reasons, but you’re someone whom I admire a lot. As for the rest of the reading, it’s a work night like any other for me, I enjoy some of the poetry, a few of the people, and that’s all I need, for every ten bad poets, there’s a Bob Gill to make me smile, or someone like Jess D. to make me feel like there’s hope for poetry…I’m personally, not a huge fan of slam…most of it seems the self-indulgent narcissism of a self-help book generation raised on overly personal revelations from an episode of Jerry Springer and beneath badly photocopied LP covers…..I like T.S. Eliot and Borges…Saul Williams is cute, but he tries awful hard…poems about girls make me sick..and poems about politics make me sick too…I want imagism and abstraction…i deal with roofing hammer wielding / gat toting psychos and the misery that is the webster square squalor of worcester on a day to day basis….poetry is my escape…not my therapy……yeah..i’m done…i have to stop before I conclude this with that wonderful statement that will make the above make more sense …. but…i’m whipped by so many masters…
*crack* *shaclack-crack*
March 22nd, 2005 at 4:56 am
the asylum etc…
I’ll miss seeing you on Sundays Tony. I keep my mouth shut most of the time when it comes to criticism, for a lot of reasons, but you’re someone whom I admire a lot. As for the rest of the reading, it’s a work night like any other for me, I enjoy some of the poetry, a few of the people, and that’s all I need, for every ten bad poets, there’s a Bob Gill to make me smile, or someone like Jess D. to make me feel like there’s hope for poetry…I’m personally, not a huge fan of slam…most of it seems the self-indulgent narcissism of a self-help book generation raised on overly personal revelations from an episode of Jerry Springer and beneath badly photocopied LP covers…..I like T.S. Eliot and Borges…Saul Williams is cute, but he tries awful hard…poems about girls make me sick..and poems about politics make me sick too…I want imagism and abstraction…i deal with roofing hammer wielding / gat toting psychos and the misery that is the webster square squalor of worcester on a day to day basis….poetry is my escape…not my therapy……yeah..i’m done…i have to stop before I conclude this with that wonderful statement that will make the above make more sense …. but…i’m whipped by so many masters…
*crack* *shaclack-crack*
March 22nd, 2005 at 4:56 am
the asylum etc…
I’ll miss seeing you on Sundays Tony. I keep my mouth shut most of the time when it comes to criticism, for a lot of reasons, but you’re someone whom I admire a lot. As for the rest of the reading, it’s a work night like any other for me, I enjoy some of the poetry, a few of the people, and that’s all I need, for every ten bad poets, there’s a Bob Gill to make me smile, or someone like Jess D. to make me feel like there’s hope for poetry…I’m personally, not a huge fan of slam…most of it seems the self-indulgent narcissism of a self-help book generation raised on overly personal revelations from an episode of Jerry Springer and beneath badly photocopied LP covers…..I like T.S. Eliot and Borges…Saul Williams is cute, but he tries awful hard…poems about girls make me sick..and poems about politics make me sick too…I want imagism and abstraction…i deal with roofing hammer wielding / gat toting psychos and the misery that is the webster square squalor of worcester on a day to day basis….poetry is my escape…not my therapy……yeah..i’m done…i have to stop before I conclude this with that wonderful statement that will make the above make more sense …. but…i’m whipped by so many masters…
*crack* *shaclack-crack*
March 22nd, 2005 at 4:56 am
the asylum etc…
I’ll miss seeing you on Sundays Tony. I keep my mouth shut most of the time when it comes to criticism, for a lot of reasons, but you’re someone whom I admire a lot. As for the rest of the reading, it’s a work night like any other for me, I enjoy some of the poetry, a few of the people, and that’s all I need, for every ten bad poets, there’s a Bob Gill to make me smile, or someone like Jess D. to make me feel like there’s hope for poetry…I’m personally, not a huge fan of slam…most of it seems the self-indulgent narcissism of a self-help book generation raised on overly personal revelations from an episode of Jerry Springer and beneath badly photocopied LP covers…..I like T.S. Eliot and Borges…Saul Williams is cute, but he tries awful hard…poems about girls make me sick..and poems about politics make me sick too…I want imagism and abstraction…i deal with roofing hammer wielding / gat toting psychos and the misery that is the webster square squalor of worcester on a day to day basis….poetry is my escape…not my therapy……yeah..i’m done…i have to stop before I conclude this with that wonderful statement that will make the above make more sense …. but…i’m whipped by so many masters…
*crack* *shaclack-crack*
March 22nd, 2005 at 3:54 am
Re: I must take you to task, my friend
nah…not really.
I just want you to come by some night, is all
i’m too tired and in too much constant ache
to take offense at friends
now, as Monty Python would have it
“smile or I shall sentence you to be hung by the neck
until you cheer up…”
March 22nd, 2005 at 3:54 am
Re: I must take you to task, my friend
nah…not really.
I just want you to come by some night, is all
i’m too tired and in too much constant ache
to take offense at friends
now, as Monty Python would have it
“smile or I shall sentence you to be hung by the neck
until you cheer up…”
March 22nd, 2005 at 3:54 am
Re: I must take you to task, my friend
nah…not really.
I just want you to come by some night, is all
i’m too tired and in too much constant ache
to take offense at friends
now, as Monty Python would have it
“smile or I shall sentence you to be hung by the neck
until you cheer up…”
March 22nd, 2005 at 3:54 am
Re: I must take you to task, my friend
nah…not really.
I just want you to come by some night, is all
i’m too tired and in too much constant ache
to take offense at friends
now, as Monty Python would have it
“smile or I shall sentence you to be hung by the neck
until you cheer up…”
March 22nd, 2005 at 3:54 am
Re: I must take you to task, my friend
nah…not really.
I just want you to come by some night, is all
i’m too tired and in too much constant ache
to take offense at friends
now, as Monty Python would have it
“smile or I shall sentence you to be hung by the neck
until you cheer up…”
March 22nd, 2005 at 3:54 am
Re: I must take you to task, my friend
nah…not really.
I just want you to come by some night, is all
i’m too tired and in too much constant ache
to take offense at friends
now, as Monty Python would have it
“smile or I shall sentence you to be hung by the neck
until you cheer up…”
March 22nd, 2005 at 3:45 am
Re: I must take you to task, my friend
Perhaps; but it’s also much too far away for it ever to be more than an occasional night out for me.
Sorry if I offend.
March 22nd, 2005 at 3:45 am
Re: I must take you to task, my friend
Perhaps; but it’s also much too far away for it ever to be more than an occasional night out for me.
Sorry if I offend.
March 22nd, 2005 at 3:45 am
Re: I must take you to task, my friend
Perhaps; but it’s also much too far away for it ever to be more than an occasional night out for me.
Sorry if I offend.
March 22nd, 2005 at 3:45 am
Re: I must take you to task, my friend
Perhaps; but it’s also much too far away for it ever to be more than an occasional night out for me.
Sorry if I offend.
March 22nd, 2005 at 3:45 am
Re: I must take you to task, my friend
Perhaps; but it’s also much too far away for it ever to be more than an occasional night out for me.
Sorry if I offend.
March 22nd, 2005 at 3:45 am
Re: I must take you to task, my friend
Perhaps; but it’s also much too far away for it ever to be more than an occasional night out for me.
Sorry if I offend.
March 22nd, 2005 at 1:34 am
I must take you to task, my friend
“I honestly hate and fear the idea of losing the Hut as my home venue. There really isn’t another one for me — I detest Providence, not much fonder of the Cantab. SPEAK is beloved, but is not the whole thing for me.”
I don’t think you give The Cantab a chance. You’ve been there, what? Once to feature last summer,otherwise I don’t think you’ve been there recently, and not since Simone took over (other than said above reading).
She and I have worked hard to open it up beyond Slam to other forms of poetry and also-more importantly- to cultivate the increasing number of new people who try out poetry readings for the first time, as well as actively court poets of variety, however one needs variety to manifest, especially with women readers and other under represented types.
Come by before you write it off, especially if past administrations and focuses caused you to do so.
your brother,
ryk
March 22nd, 2005 at 1:34 am
I must take you to task, my friend
“I honestly hate and fear the idea of losing the Hut as my home venue. There really isn’t another one for me — I detest Providence, not much fonder of the Cantab. SPEAK is beloved, but is not the whole thing for me.”
I don’t think you give The Cantab a chance. You’ve been there, what? Once to feature last summer,otherwise I don’t think you’ve been there recently, and not since Simone took over (other than said above reading).
She and I have worked hard to open it up beyond Slam to other forms of poetry and also-more importantly- to cultivate the increasing number of new people who try out poetry readings for the first time, as well as actively court poets of variety, however one needs variety to manifest, especially with women readers and other under represented types.
Come by before you write it off, especially if past administrations and focuses caused you to do so.
your brother,
ryk
March 22nd, 2005 at 1:34 am
I must take you to task, my friend
“I honestly hate and fear the idea of losing the Hut as my home venue. There really isn’t another one for me — I detest Providence, not much fonder of the Cantab. SPEAK is beloved, but is not the whole thing for me.”
I don’t think you give The Cantab a chance. You’ve been there, what? Once to feature last summer,otherwise I don’t think you’ve been there recently, and not since Simone took over (other than said above reading).
She and I have worked hard to open it up beyond Slam to other forms of poetry and also-more importantly- to cultivate the increasing number of new people who try out poetry readings for the first time, as well as actively court poets of variety, however one needs variety to manifest, especially with women readers and other under represented types.
Come by before you write it off, especially if past administrations and focuses caused you to do so.
your brother,
ryk
March 22nd, 2005 at 1:34 am
I must take you to task, my friend
“I honestly hate and fear the idea of losing the Hut as my home venue. There really isn’t another one for me — I detest Providence, not much fonder of the Cantab. SPEAK is beloved, but is not the whole thing for me.”
I don’t think you give The Cantab a chance. You’ve been there, what? Once to feature last summer,otherwise I don’t think you’ve been there recently, and not since Simone took over (other than said above reading).
She and I have worked hard to open it up beyond Slam to other forms of poetry and also-more importantly- to cultivate the increasing number of new people who try out poetry readings for the first time, as well as actively court poets of variety, however one needs variety to manifest, especially with women readers and other under represented types.
Come by before you write it off, especially if past administrations and focuses caused you to do so.
your brother,
ryk
March 22nd, 2005 at 1:34 am
I must take you to task, my friend
“I honestly hate and fear the idea of losing the Hut as my home venue. There really isn’t another one for me — I detest Providence, not much fonder of the Cantab. SPEAK is beloved, but is not the whole thing for me.”
I don’t think you give The Cantab a chance. You’ve been there, what? Once to feature last summer,otherwise I don’t think you’ve been there recently, and not since Simone took over (other than said above reading).
She and I have worked hard to open it up beyond Slam to other forms of poetry and also-more importantly- to cultivate the increasing number of new people who try out poetry readings for the first time, as well as actively court poets of variety, however one needs variety to manifest, especially with women readers and other under represented types.
Come by before you write it off, especially if past administrations and focuses caused you to do so.
your brother,
ryk
March 22nd, 2005 at 1:34 am
I must take you to task, my friend
“I honestly hate and fear the idea of losing the Hut as my home venue. There really isn’t another one for me — I detest Providence, not much fonder of the Cantab. SPEAK is beloved, but is not the whole thing for me.”
I don’t think you give The Cantab a chance. You’ve been there, what? Once to feature last summer,otherwise I don’t think you’ve been there recently, and not since Simone took over (other than said above reading).
She and I have worked hard to open it up beyond Slam to other forms of poetry and also-more importantly- to cultivate the increasing number of new people who try out poetry readings for the first time, as well as actively court poets of variety, however one needs variety to manifest, especially with women readers and other under represented types.
Come by before you write it off, especially if past administrations and focuses caused you to do so.
your brother,
ryk
March 22nd, 2005 at 1:20 am
part 2 or 2
…but sometimes it feels like there’s the “inner circle” and the “outer circle”.
I don’t know if a “community” is your goal, but if so, maybe there could be more events than just the weekly reading that would allow newer people to make friends/acquaintances…
yes – YES – community is important to me. from where i stand & look at the last 9 years, i can count a number of fractions that have occurred, & i can see a lot of upshots (other readings, changing voice within readings, &c.). we’re in a place where we’ve never really been before with this reading.
being new in a scene like this can be harrowing – the feeling of one’s way into where they want to be & meeting people they don’t know outside of the poems they read can be kinda imposing sometimes. & there is a definite undercurrent of meritocracy, as well, & that can be even more imposing… please – approach people, don’t be afraid – this is not a crowd that wants to bite. i think on the bottom line, we all want a level of mutual respect. come early & talk to people, or stick around to talk after. if you’re feeling like you need to meet people in a more focused atmosphere, please come out some Saturday afternoon & join us to write at Shakti – it’s a really open, welcoming, & warm group of women. also, anytime you want, feel free to hit me b/c – twobunny at earthlink dot net.
March 22nd, 2005 at 1:20 am
part 2 or 2
…but sometimes it feels like there’s the “inner circle” and the “outer circle”.
I don’t know if a “community” is your goal, but if so, maybe there could be more events than just the weekly reading that would allow newer people to make friends/acquaintances…
yes – YES – community is important to me. from where i stand & look at the last 9 years, i can count a number of fractions that have occurred, & i can see a lot of upshots (other readings, changing voice within readings, &c.). we’re in a place where we’ve never really been before with this reading.
being new in a scene like this can be harrowing – the feeling of one’s way into where they want to be & meeting people they don’t know outside of the poems they read can be kinda imposing sometimes. & there is a definite undercurrent of meritocracy, as well, & that can be even more imposing… please – approach people, don’t be afraid – this is not a crowd that wants to bite. i think on the bottom line, we all want a level of mutual respect. come early & talk to people, or stick around to talk after. if you’re feeling like you need to meet people in a more focused atmosphere, please come out some Saturday afternoon & join us to write at Shakti – it’s a really open, welcoming, & warm group of women. also, anytime you want, feel free to hit me b/c – twobunny at earthlink dot net.
March 22nd, 2005 at 1:20 am
part 2 or 2
…but sometimes it feels like there’s the “inner circle” and the “outer circle”.
I don’t know if a “community” is your goal, but if so, maybe there could be more events than just the weekly reading that would allow newer people to make friends/acquaintances…
yes – YES – community is important to me. from where i stand & look at the last 9 years, i can count a number of fractions that have occurred, & i can see a lot of upshots (other readings, changing voice within readings, &c.). we’re in a place where we’ve never really been before with this reading.
being new in a scene like this can be harrowing – the feeling of one’s way into where they want to be & meeting people they don’t know outside of the poems they read can be kinda imposing sometimes. & there is a definite undercurrent of meritocracy, as well, & that can be even more imposing… please – approach people, don’t be afraid – this is not a crowd that wants to bite. i think on the bottom line, we all want a level of mutual respect. come early & talk to people, or stick around to talk after. if you’re feeling like you need to meet people in a more focused atmosphere, please come out some Saturday afternoon & join us to write at Shakti – it’s a really open, welcoming, & warm group of women. also, anytime you want, feel free to hit me b/c – twobunny at earthlink dot net.
March 22nd, 2005 at 1:20 am
part 2 or 2
…but sometimes it feels like there’s the “inner circle” and the “outer circle”.
I don’t know if a “community” is your goal, but if so, maybe there could be more events than just the weekly reading that would allow newer people to make friends/acquaintances…
yes – YES – community is important to me. from where i stand & look at the last 9 years, i can count a number of fractions that have occurred, & i can see a lot of upshots (other readings, changing voice within readings, &c.). we’re in a place where we’ve never really been before with this reading.
being new in a scene like this can be harrowing – the feeling of one’s way into where they want to be & meeting people they don’t know outside of the poems they read can be kinda imposing sometimes. & there is a definite undercurrent of meritocracy, as well, & that can be even more imposing… please – approach people, don’t be afraid – this is not a crowd that wants to bite. i think on the bottom line, we all want a level of mutual respect. come early & talk to people, or stick around to talk after. if you’re feeling like you need to meet people in a more focused atmosphere, please come out some Saturday afternoon & join us to write at Shakti – it’s a really open, welcoming, & warm group of women. also, anytime you want, feel free to hit me b/c – twobunny at earthlink dot net.
March 22nd, 2005 at 1:20 am
part 2 or 2
…but sometimes it feels like there’s the “inner circle” and the “outer circle”.
I don’t know if a “community” is your goal, but if so, maybe there could be more events than just the weekly reading that would allow newer people to make friends/acquaintances…
yes – YES – community is important to me. from where i stand & look at the last 9 years, i can count a number of fractions that have occurred, & i can see a lot of upshots (other readings, changing voice within readings, &c.). we’re in a place where we’ve never really been before with this reading.
being new in a scene like this can be harrowing – the feeling of one’s way into where they want to be & meeting people they don’t know outside of the poems they read can be kinda imposing sometimes. & there is a definite undercurrent of meritocracy, as well, & that can be even more imposing… please – approach people, don’t be afraid – this is not a crowd that wants to bite. i think on the bottom line, we all want a level of mutual respect. come early & talk to people, or stick around to talk after. if you’re feeling like you need to meet people in a more focused atmosphere, please come out some Saturday afternoon & join us to write at Shakti – it’s a really open, welcoming, & warm group of women. also, anytime you want, feel free to hit me b/c – twobunny at earthlink dot net.
March 22nd, 2005 at 1:20 am
part 2 or 2
…but sometimes it feels like there’s the “inner circle” and the “outer circle”.
I don’t know if a “community” is your goal, but if so, maybe there could be more events than just the weekly reading that would allow newer people to make friends/acquaintances…
yes – YES – community is important to me. from where i stand & look at the last 9 years, i can count a number of fractions that have occurred, & i can see a lot of upshots (other readings, changing voice within readings, &c.). we’re in a place where we’ve never really been before with this reading.
being new in a scene like this can be harrowing – the feeling of one’s way into where they want to be & meeting people they don’t know outside of the poems they read can be kinda imposing sometimes. & there is a definite undercurrent of meritocracy, as well, & that can be even more imposing… please – approach people, don’t be afraid – this is not a crowd that wants to bite. i think on the bottom line, we all want a level of mutual respect. come early & talk to people, or stick around to talk after. if you’re feeling like you need to meet people in a more focused atmosphere, please come out some Saturday afternoon & join us to write at Shakti – it’s a really open, welcoming, & warm group of women. also, anytime you want, feel free to hit me b/c – twobunny at earthlink dot net.
March 22nd, 2005 at 1:20 am
part 1or two (response was too long)
oh, Anne – there’s so much here… i’m feeling you – & feeling for you too. let me explain a little bit of what went on last night. after i get this written, i’m also going to pop you into my friends list so that you can read an entry from a week or two ago that might explain a few things – you can see it here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/thisrabbit/149095.html
but let me address some of the concerns you have first –
I wish I’d known about the three reserve slots the last time I had two poems and the only slot left was a single.
the reserve slots are for extenuating circumstances only – like people who drove a fucklong way to get there – for example, Adam came up from Amherst & as well, had mentioned earlier in the week that he wanted to test-drive his stuff for his DivIII (graduation) thesis. the other person that took a reserve slot was someone who had signed on next to a name & we thought was reading with that person, but it wasn’t the case, & so we winged (wung?) it. we left the three slots open for that kind of stuff, and two of them were taken – in an ideal situation, none of them need to be used. but also consider please, what if someone who was of really high caliber writing, who wouldn’t normally come & read, & that the audience wouldn’t necessarily get to hear, happened to pop in – a Patricia Smith or a Regie Gibson, for example – the audience deserves to hear their work. that would be another reason to use those slots.
the list got curtailed last night for the specific reason of making sure that the show didn’t drag on – we had a packed night with a feature and a qualifying slam. there were complaints recently about the night going on the point of dragging, with the audience losing steam – on a night like last night, we needed to shorten the open to keep people interested in the house. so we shortened the open list. what was really interesting to me was that there were at least three people who signed up for the slam who only did so because there wasn’t any more room on the open – &, personally, i think the slam benefitted from their work. we went with a 1-poem format last night in order to be able to have all the people who signed up to actually be able to read. pure & simple: the mechanics last night were about time constraints. the idea is that as many people as can be accommodated should read & be heard – unfortunately, people aren’t listening after a certain point in the night, they burn down. with too much burn-down we lose audience. & when we lose audience, then we lose a reading. there was a point a few years ago when we discussed shutting down the reading b/c of poor turnout – we all wondered whether there was even a need for it. i don’t want to get to that point again – it was horrible. it kicked our asses collectively.
when I’m counting how many people are going before what I thought I had signed up for and then it keeps getting farther back…
PS – I also appreciate the way you got the newbies on early
the list shuffling was intentional – but it wasn’t about newbies. awesome that it wound up putting people in the comfort zone, but it’s a case of Coincidence as a Beautiful Thing. there were a few reasons that we’re starting to shuffle the list (&, yes, this is going to be a regular thing unless it meets a lot of resistance). the Little Reason is to combat read-&-run – everyone should get to be heard. the mic is important in a lot of ways – you know this; i reiterate, everyone should get to be heard. so there’s that. the Big Reason, tho’, is that we took a long look at the book & made some accounting of gender breakdown & looked at trends (that there were 2-3 men reading for every one woman, and that the women tended to be stacked at the end of the list), & were a little alarmed. we shuffled last night so that there would be more parity throughout the reading – it was boy-girl-boy-girl until we ran out of girls. then it was boy-boy-girl. this kind of gender breakdown also created some changing energies in the room last night – & you need the energy to be changing throughout a big-audience reading like the one on Sundays to keep it going. that it also accommodated the newbies is great – all frosting.
March 22nd, 2005 at 1:20 am
part 1or two (response was too long)
oh, Anne – there’s so much here… i’m feeling you – & feeling for you too. let me explain a little bit of what went on last night. after i get this written, i’m also going to pop you into my friends list so that you can read an entry from a week or two ago that might explain a few things – you can see it here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/thisrabbit/149095.html
but let me address some of the concerns you have first –
I wish I’d known about the three reserve slots the last time I had two poems and the only slot left was a single.
the reserve slots are for extenuating circumstances only – like people who drove a fucklong way to get there – for example, Adam came up from Amherst & as well, had mentioned earlier in the week that he wanted to test-drive his stuff for his DivIII (graduation) thesis. the other person that took a reserve slot was someone who had signed on next to a name & we thought was reading with that person, but it wasn’t the case, & so we winged (wung?) it. we left the three slots open for that kind of stuff, and two of them were taken – in an ideal situation, none of them need to be used. but also consider please, what if someone who was of really high caliber writing, who wouldn’t normally come & read, & that the audience wouldn’t necessarily get to hear, happened to pop in – a Patricia Smith or a Regie Gibson, for example – the audience deserves to hear their work. that would be another reason to use those slots.
the list got curtailed last night for the specific reason of making sure that the show didn’t drag on – we had a packed night with a feature and a qualifying slam. there were complaints recently about the night going on the point of dragging, with the audience losing steam – on a night like last night, we needed to shorten the open to keep people interested in the house. so we shortened the open list. what was really interesting to me was that there were at least three people who signed up for the slam who only did so because there wasn’t any more room on the open – &, personally, i think the slam benefitted from their work. we went with a 1-poem format last night in order to be able to have all the people who signed up to actually be able to read. pure & simple: the mechanics last night were about time constraints. the idea is that as many people as can be accommodated should read & be heard – unfortunately, people aren’t listening after a certain point in the night, they burn down. with too much burn-down we lose audience. & when we lose audience, then we lose a reading. there was a point a few years ago when we discussed shutting down the reading b/c of poor turnout – we all wondered whether there was even a need for it. i don’t want to get to that point again – it was horrible. it kicked our asses collectively.
when I’m counting how many people are going before what I thought I had signed up for and then it keeps getting farther back…
PS – I also appreciate the way you got the newbies on early
the list shuffling was intentional – but it wasn’t about newbies. awesome that it wound up putting people in the comfort zone, but it’s a case of Coincidence as a Beautiful Thing. there were a few reasons that we’re starting to shuffle the list (&, yes, this is going to be a regular thing unless it meets a lot of resistance). the Little Reason is to combat read-&-run – everyone should get to be heard. the mic is important in a lot of ways – you know this; i reiterate, everyone should get to be heard. so there’s that. the Big Reason, tho’, is that we took a long look at the book & made some accounting of gender breakdown & looked at trends (that there were 2-3 men reading for every one woman, and that the women tended to be stacked at the end of the list), & were a little alarmed. we shuffled last night so that there would be more parity throughout the reading – it was boy-girl-boy-girl until we ran out of girls. then it was boy-boy-girl. this kind of gender breakdown also created some changing energies in the room last night – & you need the energy to be changing throughout a big-audience reading like the one on Sundays to keep it going. that it also accommodated the newbies is great – all frosting.
March 22nd, 2005 at 1:20 am
part 1or two (response was too long)
oh, Anne – there’s so much here… i’m feeling you – & feeling for you too. let me explain a little bit of what went on last night. after i get this written, i’m also going to pop you into my friends list so that you can read an entry from a week or two ago that might explain a few things – you can see it here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/thisrabbit/149095.html
but let me address some of the concerns you have first –
I wish I’d known about the three reserve slots the last time I had two poems and the only slot left was a single.
the reserve slots are for extenuating circumstances only – like people who drove a fucklong way to get there – for example, Adam came up from Amherst & as well, had mentioned earlier in the week that he wanted to test-drive his stuff for his DivIII (graduation) thesis. the other person that took a reserve slot was someone who had signed on next to a name & we thought was reading with that person, but it wasn’t the case, & so we winged (wung?) it. we left the three slots open for that kind of stuff, and two of them were taken – in an ideal situation, none of them need to be used. but also consider please, what if someone who was of really high caliber writing, who wouldn’t normally come & read, & that the audience wouldn’t necessarily get to hear, happened to pop in – a Patricia Smith or a Regie Gibson, for example – the audience deserves to hear their work. that would be another reason to use those slots.
the list got curtailed last night for the specific reason of making sure that the show didn’t drag on – we had a packed night with a feature and a qualifying slam. there were complaints recently about the night going on the point of dragging, with the audience losing steam – on a night like last night, we needed to shorten the open to keep people interested in the house. so we shortened the open list. what was really interesting to me was that there were at least three people who signed up for the slam who only did so because there wasn’t any more room on the open – &, personally, i think the slam benefitted from their work. we went with a 1-poem format last night in order to be able to have all the people who signed up to actually be able to read. pure & simple: the mechanics last night were about time constraints. the idea is that as many people as can be accommodated should read & be heard – unfortunately, people aren’t listening after a certain point in the night, they burn down. with too much burn-down we lose audience. & when we lose audience, then we lose a reading. there was a point a few years ago when we discussed shutting down the reading b/c of poor turnout – we all wondered whether there was even a need for it. i don’t want to get to that point again – it was horrible. it kicked our asses collectively.
when I’m counting how many people are going before what I thought I had signed up for and then it keeps getting farther back…
PS – I also appreciate the way you got the newbies on early
the list shuffling was intentional – but it wasn’t about newbies. awesome that it wound up putting people in the comfort zone, but it’s a case of Coincidence as a Beautiful Thing. there were a few reasons that we’re starting to shuffle the list (&, yes, this is going to be a regular thing unless it meets a lot of resistance). the Little Reason is to combat read-&-run – everyone should get to be heard. the mic is important in a lot of ways – you know this; i reiterate, everyone should get to be heard. so there’s that. the Big Reason, tho’, is that we took a long look at the book & made some accounting of gender breakdown & looked at trends (that there were 2-3 men reading for every one woman, and that the women tended to be stacked at the end of the list), & were a little alarmed. we shuffled last night so that there would be more parity throughout the reading – it was boy-girl-boy-girl until we ran out of girls. then it was boy-boy-girl. this kind of gender breakdown also created some changing energies in the room last night – & you need the energy to be changing throughout a big-audience reading like the one on Sundays to keep it going. that it also accommodated the newbies is great – all frosting.
March 22nd, 2005 at 1:20 am
part 1or two (response was too long)
oh, Anne – there’s so much here… i’m feeling you – & feeling for you too. let me explain a little bit of what went on last night. after i get this written, i’m also going to pop you into my friends list so that you can read an entry from a week or two ago that might explain a few things – you can see it here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/thisrabbit/149095.html
but let me address some of the concerns you have first –
I wish I’d known about the three reserve slots the last time I had two poems and the only slot left was a single.
the reserve slots are for extenuating circumstances only – like people who drove a fucklong way to get there – for example, Adam came up from Amherst & as well, had mentioned earlier in the week that he wanted to test-drive his stuff for his DivIII (graduation) thesis. the other person that took a reserve slot was someone who had signed on next to a name & we thought was reading with that person, but it wasn’t the case, & so we winged (wung?) it. we left the three slots open for that kind of stuff, and two of them were taken – in an ideal situation, none of them need to be used. but also consider please, what if someone who was of really high caliber writing, who wouldn’t normally come & read, & that the audience wouldn’t necessarily get to hear, happened to pop in – a Patricia Smith or a Regie Gibson, for example – the audience deserves to hear their work. that would be another reason to use those slots.
the list got curtailed last night for the specific reason of making sure that the show didn’t drag on – we had a packed night with a feature and a qualifying slam. there were complaints recently about the night going on the point of dragging, with the audience losing steam – on a night like last night, we needed to shorten the open to keep people interested in the house. so we shortened the open list. what was really interesting to me was that there were at least three people who signed up for the slam who only did so because there wasn’t any more room on the open – &, personally, i think the slam benefitted from their work. we went with a 1-poem format last night in order to be able to have all the people who signed up to actually be able to read. pure & simple: the mechanics last night were about time constraints. the idea is that as many people as can be accommodated should read & be heard – unfortunately, people aren’t listening after a certain point in the night, they burn down. with too much burn-down we lose audience. & when we lose audience, then we lose a reading. there was a point a few years ago when we discussed shutting down the reading b/c of poor turnout – we all wondered whether there was even a need for it. i don’t want to get to that point again – it was horrible. it kicked our asses collectively.
when I’m counting how many people are going before what I thought I had signed up for and then it keeps getting farther back…
PS – I also appreciate the way you got the newbies on early
the list shuffling was intentional – but it wasn’t about newbies. awesome that it wound up putting people in the comfort zone, but it’s a case of Coincidence as a Beautiful Thing. there were a few reasons that we’re starting to shuffle the list (&, yes, this is going to be a regular thing unless it meets a lot of resistance). the Little Reason is to combat read-&-run – everyone should get to be heard. the mic is important in a lot of ways – you know this; i reiterate, everyone should get to be heard. so there’s that. the Big Reason, tho’, is that we took a long look at the book & made some accounting of gender breakdown & looked at trends (that there were 2-3 men reading for every one woman, and that the women tended to be stacked at the end of the list), & were a little alarmed. we shuffled last night so that there would be more parity throughout the reading – it was boy-girl-boy-girl until we ran out of girls. then it was boy-boy-girl. this kind of gender breakdown also created some changing energies in the room last night – & you need the energy to be changing throughout a big-audience reading like the one on Sundays to keep it going. that it also accommodated the newbies is great – all frosting.
March 22nd, 2005 at 1:20 am
part 1or two (response was too long)
oh, Anne – there’s so much here… i’m feeling you – & feeling for you too. let me explain a little bit of what went on last night. after i get this written, i’m also going to pop you into my friends list so that you can read an entry from a week or two ago that might explain a few things – you can see it here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/thisrabbit/149095.html
but let me address some of the concerns you have first –
I wish I’d known about the three reserve slots the last time I had two poems and the only slot left was a single.
the reserve slots are for extenuating circumstances only – like people who drove a fucklong way to get there – for example, Adam came up from Amherst & as well, had mentioned earlier in the week that he wanted to test-drive his stuff for his DivIII (graduation) thesis. the other person that took a reserve slot was someone who had signed on next to a name & we thought was reading with that person, but it wasn’t the case, & so we winged (wung?) it. we left the three slots open for that kind of stuff, and two of them were taken – in an ideal situation, none of them need to be used. but also consider please, what if someone who was of really high caliber writing, who wouldn’t normally come & read, & that the audience wouldn’t necessarily get to hear, happened to pop in – a Patricia Smith or a Regie Gibson, for example – the audience deserves to hear their work. that would be another reason to use those slots.
the list got curtailed last night for the specific reason of making sure that the show didn’t drag on – we had a packed night with a feature and a qualifying slam. there were complaints recently about the night going on the point of dragging, with the audience losing steam – on a night like last night, we needed to shorten the open to keep people interested in the house. so we shortened the open list. what was really interesting to me was that there were at least three people who signed up for the slam who only did so because there wasn’t any more room on the open – &, personally, i think the slam benefitted from their work. we went with a 1-poem format last night in order to be able to have all the people who signed up to actually be able to read. pure & simple: the mechanics last night were about time constraints. the idea is that as many people as can be accommodated should read & be heard – unfortunately, people aren’t listening after a certain point in the night, they burn down. with too much burn-down we lose audience. & when we lose audience, then we lose a reading. there was a point a few years ago when we discussed shutting down the reading b/c of poor turnout – we all wondered whether there was even a need for it. i don’t want to get to that point again – it was horrible. it kicked our asses collectively.
when I’m counting how many people are going before what I thought I had signed up for and then it keeps getting farther back…
PS – I also appreciate the way you got the newbies on early
the list shuffling was intentional – but it wasn’t about newbies. awesome that it wound up putting people in the comfort zone, but it’s a case of Coincidence as a Beautiful Thing. there were a few reasons that we’re starting to shuffle the list (&, yes, this is going to be a regular thing unless it meets a lot of resistance). the Little Reason is to combat read-&-run – everyone should get to be heard. the mic is important in a lot of ways – you know this; i reiterate, everyone should get to be heard. so there’s that. the Big Reason, tho’, is that we took a long look at the book & made some accounting of gender breakdown & looked at trends (that there were 2-3 men reading for every one woman, and that the women tended to be stacked at the end of the list), & were a little alarmed. we shuffled last night so that there would be more parity throughout the reading – it was boy-girl-boy-girl until we ran out of girls. then it was boy-boy-girl. this kind of gender breakdown also created some changing energies in the room last night – & you need the energy to be changing throughout a big-audience reading like the one on Sundays to keep it going. that it also accommodated the newbies is great – all frosting.
March 22nd, 2005 at 1:20 am
part 1or two (response was too long)
oh, Anne – there’s so much here… i’m feeling you – & feeling for you too. let me explain a little bit of what went on last night. after i get this written, i’m also going to pop you into my friends list so that you can read an entry from a week or two ago that might explain a few things – you can see it here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/thisrabbit/149095.html
but let me address some of the concerns you have first –
I wish I’d known about the three reserve slots the last time I had two poems and the only slot left was a single.
the reserve slots are for extenuating circumstances only – like people who drove a fucklong way to get there – for example, Adam came up from Amherst & as well, had mentioned earlier in the week that he wanted to test-drive his stuff for his DivIII (graduation) thesis. the other person that took a reserve slot was someone who had signed on next to a name & we thought was reading with that person, but it wasn’t the case, & so we winged (wung?) it. we left the three slots open for that kind of stuff, and two of them were taken – in an ideal situation, none of them need to be used. but also consider please, what if someone who was of really high caliber writing, who wouldn’t normally come & read, & that the audience wouldn’t necessarily get to hear, happened to pop in – a Patricia Smith or a Regie Gibson, for example – the audience deserves to hear their work. that would be another reason to use those slots.
the list got curtailed last night for the specific reason of making sure that the show didn’t drag on – we had a packed night with a feature and a qualifying slam. there were complaints recently about the night going on the point of dragging, with the audience losing steam – on a night like last night, we needed to shorten the open to keep people interested in the house. so we shortened the open list. what was really interesting to me was that there were at least three people who signed up for the slam who only did so because there wasn’t any more room on the open – &, personally, i think the slam benefitted from their work. we went with a 1-poem format last night in order to be able to have all the people who signed up to actually be able to read. pure & simple: the mechanics last night were about time constraints. the idea is that as many people as can be accommodated should read & be heard – unfortunately, people aren’t listening after a certain point in the night, they burn down. with too much burn-down we lose audience. & when we lose audience, then we lose a reading. there was a point a few years ago when we discussed shutting down the reading b/c of poor turnout – we all wondered whether there was even a need for it. i don’t want to get to that point again – it was horrible. it kicked our asses collectively.
when I’m counting how many people are going before what I thought I had signed up for and then it keeps getting farther back…
PS – I also appreciate the way you got the newbies on early
the list shuffling was intentional – but it wasn’t about newbies. awesome that it wound up putting people in the comfort zone, but it’s a case of Coincidence as a Beautiful Thing. there were a few reasons that we’re starting to shuffle the list (&, yes, this is going to be a regular thing unless it meets a lot of resistance). the Little Reason is to combat read-&-run – everyone should get to be heard. the mic is important in a lot of ways – you know this; i reiterate, everyone should get to be heard. so there’s that. the Big Reason, tho’, is that we took a long look at the book & made some accounting of gender breakdown & looked at trends (that there were 2-3 men reading for every one woman, and that the women tended to be stacked at the end of the list), & were a little alarmed. we shuffled last night so that there would be more parity throughout the reading – it was boy-girl-boy-girl until we ran out of girls. then it was boy-boy-girl. this kind of gender breakdown also created some changing energies in the room last night – & you need the energy to be changing throughout a big-audience reading like the one on Sundays to keep it going. that it also accommodated the newbies is great – all frosting.
March 21st, 2005 at 8:07 pm
I will likely start making WYMI a regular stop. It reminds me of my old WAG days in concept. I would like to see something different.
March 21st, 2005 at 8:07 pm
I will likely start making WYMI a regular stop. It reminds me of my old WAG days in concept. I would like to see something different.
March 21st, 2005 at 8:07 pm
I will likely start making WYMI a regular stop. It reminds me of my old WAG days in concept. I would like to see something different.
March 21st, 2005 at 8:07 pm
I will likely start making WYMI a regular stop. It reminds me of my old WAG days in concept. I would like to see something different.
March 21st, 2005 at 8:07 pm
I will likely start making WYMI a regular stop. It reminds me of my old WAG days in concept. I would like to see something different.
March 21st, 2005 at 8:07 pm
I will likely start making WYMI a regular stop. It reminds me of my old WAG days in concept. I would like to see something different.
March 21st, 2005 at 8:03 pm
Well, “again,” is a long time, and between usually working Sunday nights (and, well, almost every night) and my obvious attention to “Where Your Mouth Is” (which has been interesting so far) I don’t see much Jave Hut in my immediate future, either.
And I’m not even particularly upset by anything. It just doesn’t seem to work out for me in the near future.
March 21st, 2005 at 8:03 pm
Well, “again,” is a long time, and between usually working Sunday nights (and, well, almost every night) and my obvious attention to “Where Your Mouth Is” (which has been interesting so far) I don’t see much Jave Hut in my immediate future, either.
And I’m not even particularly upset by anything. It just doesn’t seem to work out for me in the near future.
March 21st, 2005 at 8:03 pm
Well, “again,” is a long time, and between usually working Sunday nights (and, well, almost every night) and my obvious attention to “Where Your Mouth Is” (which has been interesting so far) I don’t see much Jave Hut in my immediate future, either.
And I’m not even particularly upset by anything. It just doesn’t seem to work out for me in the near future.
March 21st, 2005 at 8:03 pm
Well, “again,” is a long time, and between usually working Sunday nights (and, well, almost every night) and my obvious attention to “Where Your Mouth Is” (which has been interesting so far) I don’t see much Jave Hut in my immediate future, either.
And I’m not even particularly upset by anything. It just doesn’t seem to work out for me in the near future.
March 21st, 2005 at 8:03 pm
Well, “again,” is a long time, and between usually working Sunday nights (and, well, almost every night) and my obvious attention to “Where Your Mouth Is” (which has been interesting so far) I don’t see much Jave Hut in my immediate future, either.
And I’m not even particularly upset by anything. It just doesn’t seem to work out for me in the near future.
March 21st, 2005 at 8:03 pm
Well, “again,” is a long time, and between usually working Sunday nights (and, well, almost every night) and my obvious attention to “Where Your Mouth Is” (which has been interesting so far) I don’t see much Jave Hut in my immediate future, either.
And I’m not even particularly upset by anything. It just doesn’t seem to work out for me in the near future.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:52 pm
Mike McGee is awesome, and “Puddin'” is pure gold.
easily one of the best features we’ve had down here in DE since the new venue.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:52 pm
Mike McGee is awesome, and “Puddin'” is pure gold.
easily one of the best features we’ve had down here in DE since the new venue.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:52 pm
Mike McGee is awesome, and “Puddin'” is pure gold.
easily one of the best features we’ve had down here in DE since the new venue.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:52 pm
Mike McGee is awesome, and “Puddin'” is pure gold.
easily one of the best features we’ve had down here in DE since the new venue.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:52 pm
Mike McGee is awesome, and “Puddin'” is pure gold.
easily one of the best features we’ve had down here in DE since the new venue.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:52 pm
Mike McGee is awesome, and “Puddin'” is pure gold.
easily one of the best features we’ve had down here in DE since the new venue.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:31 pm
No, thank YOU!
I hope I did it justice, but I’d love to see you do it sometime so I can learn differences. Reading poetry (performing, really) is so much different than anything else.
I still feel like I’m a mere egg. 🙂 Besides, it’s a beautiful poem that deserved airing.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:31 pm
No, thank YOU!
I hope I did it justice, but I’d love to see you do it sometime so I can learn differences. Reading poetry (performing, really) is so much different than anything else.
I still feel like I’m a mere egg. 🙂 Besides, it’s a beautiful poem that deserved airing.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:31 pm
No, thank YOU!
I hope I did it justice, but I’d love to see you do it sometime so I can learn differences. Reading poetry (performing, really) is so much different than anything else.
I still feel like I’m a mere egg. 🙂 Besides, it’s a beautiful poem that deserved airing.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:31 pm
No, thank YOU!
I hope I did it justice, but I’d love to see you do it sometime so I can learn differences. Reading poetry (performing, really) is so much different than anything else.
I still feel like I’m a mere egg. 🙂 Besides, it’s a beautiful poem that deserved airing.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:31 pm
No, thank YOU!
I hope I did it justice, but I’d love to see you do it sometime so I can learn differences. Reading poetry (performing, really) is so much different than anything else.
I still feel like I’m a mere egg. 🙂 Besides, it’s a beautiful poem that deserved airing.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:31 pm
No, thank YOU!
I hope I did it justice, but I’d love to see you do it sometime so I can learn differences. Reading poetry (performing, really) is so much different than anything else.
I still feel like I’m a mere egg. 🙂 Besides, it’s a beautiful poem that deserved airing.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:29 pm
Re: I know of what you speak…
I’m sorry to sound childish (and that’s what I did). But I’ve come in late before and if I’m late and there’s no slots, I just sit down and accept it. I wish I’d known about the three reserve slots the last time I had two poems and the only slot left was a single. I’m still learning the rules.
I have to admit – limiting everyone to one made it go much quicker – and the decision to make the feature come before the slam was a great one, too.
Sometimes I get cranky, especially when I’m counting how many people are going before what I thought I had signed up for and then it keeps getting farther back – I don’t always appear as nervous, but it really throws my concentration to have to keep re-adjusting.
You guys did a great job keeping things going, Sou – I didn’t mean to diss at all. I was just grousing which is a different thing. I sometimes think that “newbies” are looked on with a lot less respect (although I cringe when I see some people who’ve gone there every week for what’s probably forever when they get up to read) because we’re still learning. I know we have to pay our dues, but sometimes it feels like there’s the “inner circle” and the “outer circle”. Maybe that’s part of the problem – we all come in, read our stuff, and then leave. The people who know each other talk, but you get newbies who come maybe by themselves, maybe with friends they know, and never come back because they don’t feel they fit in.
I don’t know if a “community” is your goal, but if so, maybe there could be more events than just the weekly reading that would allow newer people to make friends/acquaintances with the “old guard” so that they’d feel more a part of it and less likely to say “I don’t fit in, these people have known each other forever.” The only poets I know are from the Java Hut (that I met on other days), and it makes a difference for me. Finding out all the other things (like the reserve slots) also helps clear up misunderstandings. Some sort of social get-together on a monthly or less often basis, maybe? Something casual but fun, centered around poetry or not…I’m just wondering aloud here. Maybe it’s even been done before since I just got on the train. 🙂
PS – I also appreciate the way you got the newbies on early – I know how nerve-wracking the waiting can be for a first-time performer.
Thank you for what all of you who run the weekly do – I appreciate it, and I know a lot of other people (who might not even think much about it) do too.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:29 pm
Re: I know of what you speak…
I’m sorry to sound childish (and that’s what I did). But I’ve come in late before and if I’m late and there’s no slots, I just sit down and accept it. I wish I’d known about the three reserve slots the last time I had two poems and the only slot left was a single. I’m still learning the rules.
I have to admit – limiting everyone to one made it go much quicker – and the decision to make the feature come before the slam was a great one, too.
Sometimes I get cranky, especially when I’m counting how many people are going before what I thought I had signed up for and then it keeps getting farther back – I don’t always appear as nervous, but it really throws my concentration to have to keep re-adjusting.
You guys did a great job keeping things going, Sou – I didn’t mean to diss at all. I was just grousing which is a different thing. I sometimes think that “newbies” are looked on with a lot less respect (although I cringe when I see some people who’ve gone there every week for what’s probably forever when they get up to read) because we’re still learning. I know we have to pay our dues, but sometimes it feels like there’s the “inner circle” and the “outer circle”. Maybe that’s part of the problem – we all come in, read our stuff, and then leave. The people who know each other talk, but you get newbies who come maybe by themselves, maybe with friends they know, and never come back because they don’t feel they fit in.
I don’t know if a “community” is your goal, but if so, maybe there could be more events than just the weekly reading that would allow newer people to make friends/acquaintances with the “old guard” so that they’d feel more a part of it and less likely to say “I don’t fit in, these people have known each other forever.” The only poets I know are from the Java Hut (that I met on other days), and it makes a difference for me. Finding out all the other things (like the reserve slots) also helps clear up misunderstandings. Some sort of social get-together on a monthly or less often basis, maybe? Something casual but fun, centered around poetry or not…I’m just wondering aloud here. Maybe it’s even been done before since I just got on the train. 🙂
PS – I also appreciate the way you got the newbies on early – I know how nerve-wracking the waiting can be for a first-time performer.
Thank you for what all of you who run the weekly do – I appreciate it, and I know a lot of other people (who might not even think much about it) do too.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:29 pm
Re: I know of what you speak…
I’m sorry to sound childish (and that’s what I did). But I’ve come in late before and if I’m late and there’s no slots, I just sit down and accept it. I wish I’d known about the three reserve slots the last time I had two poems and the only slot left was a single. I’m still learning the rules.
I have to admit – limiting everyone to one made it go much quicker – and the decision to make the feature come before the slam was a great one, too.
Sometimes I get cranky, especially when I’m counting how many people are going before what I thought I had signed up for and then it keeps getting farther back – I don’t always appear as nervous, but it really throws my concentration to have to keep re-adjusting.
You guys did a great job keeping things going, Sou – I didn’t mean to diss at all. I was just grousing which is a different thing. I sometimes think that “newbies” are looked on with a lot less respect (although I cringe when I see some people who’ve gone there every week for what’s probably forever when they get up to read) because we’re still learning. I know we have to pay our dues, but sometimes it feels like there’s the “inner circle” and the “outer circle”. Maybe that’s part of the problem – we all come in, read our stuff, and then leave. The people who know each other talk, but you get newbies who come maybe by themselves, maybe with friends they know, and never come back because they don’t feel they fit in.
I don’t know if a “community” is your goal, but if so, maybe there could be more events than just the weekly reading that would allow newer people to make friends/acquaintances with the “old guard” so that they’d feel more a part of it and less likely to say “I don’t fit in, these people have known each other forever.” The only poets I know are from the Java Hut (that I met on other days), and it makes a difference for me. Finding out all the other things (like the reserve slots) also helps clear up misunderstandings. Some sort of social get-together on a monthly or less often basis, maybe? Something casual but fun, centered around poetry or not…I’m just wondering aloud here. Maybe it’s even been done before since I just got on the train. 🙂
PS – I also appreciate the way you got the newbies on early – I know how nerve-wracking the waiting can be for a first-time performer.
Thank you for what all of you who run the weekly do – I appreciate it, and I know a lot of other people (who might not even think much about it) do too.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:29 pm
Re: I know of what you speak…
I’m sorry to sound childish (and that’s what I did). But I’ve come in late before and if I’m late and there’s no slots, I just sit down and accept it. I wish I’d known about the three reserve slots the last time I had two poems and the only slot left was a single. I’m still learning the rules.
I have to admit – limiting everyone to one made it go much quicker – and the decision to make the feature come before the slam was a great one, too.
Sometimes I get cranky, especially when I’m counting how many people are going before what I thought I had signed up for and then it keeps getting farther back – I don’t always appear as nervous, but it really throws my concentration to have to keep re-adjusting.
You guys did a great job keeping things going, Sou – I didn’t mean to diss at all. I was just grousing which is a different thing. I sometimes think that “newbies” are looked on with a lot less respect (although I cringe when I see some people who’ve gone there every week for what’s probably forever when they get up to read) because we’re still learning. I know we have to pay our dues, but sometimes it feels like there’s the “inner circle” and the “outer circle”. Maybe that’s part of the problem – we all come in, read our stuff, and then leave. The people who know each other talk, but you get newbies who come maybe by themselves, maybe with friends they know, and never come back because they don’t feel they fit in.
I don’t know if a “community” is your goal, but if so, maybe there could be more events than just the weekly reading that would allow newer people to make friends/acquaintances with the “old guard” so that they’d feel more a part of it and less likely to say “I don’t fit in, these people have known each other forever.” The only poets I know are from the Java Hut (that I met on other days), and it makes a difference for me. Finding out all the other things (like the reserve slots) also helps clear up misunderstandings. Some sort of social get-together on a monthly or less often basis, maybe? Something casual but fun, centered around poetry or not…I’m just wondering aloud here. Maybe it’s even been done before since I just got on the train. 🙂
PS – I also appreciate the way you got the newbies on early – I know how nerve-wracking the waiting can be for a first-time performer.
Thank you for what all of you who run the weekly do – I appreciate it, and I know a lot of other people (who might not even think much about it) do too.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:29 pm
Re: I know of what you speak…
I’m sorry to sound childish (and that’s what I did). But I’ve come in late before and if I’m late and there’s no slots, I just sit down and accept it. I wish I’d known about the three reserve slots the last time I had two poems and the only slot left was a single. I’m still learning the rules.
I have to admit – limiting everyone to one made it go much quicker – and the decision to make the feature come before the slam was a great one, too.
Sometimes I get cranky, especially when I’m counting how many people are going before what I thought I had signed up for and then it keeps getting farther back – I don’t always appear as nervous, but it really throws my concentration to have to keep re-adjusting.
You guys did a great job keeping things going, Sou – I didn’t mean to diss at all. I was just grousing which is a different thing. I sometimes think that “newbies” are looked on with a lot less respect (although I cringe when I see some people who’ve gone there every week for what’s probably forever when they get up to read) because we’re still learning. I know we have to pay our dues, but sometimes it feels like there’s the “inner circle” and the “outer circle”. Maybe that’s part of the problem – we all come in, read our stuff, and then leave. The people who know each other talk, but you get newbies who come maybe by themselves, maybe with friends they know, and never come back because they don’t feel they fit in.
I don’t know if a “community” is your goal, but if so, maybe there could be more events than just the weekly reading that would allow newer people to make friends/acquaintances with the “old guard” so that they’d feel more a part of it and less likely to say “I don’t fit in, these people have known each other forever.” The only poets I know are from the Java Hut (that I met on other days), and it makes a difference for me. Finding out all the other things (like the reserve slots) also helps clear up misunderstandings. Some sort of social get-together on a monthly or less often basis, maybe? Something casual but fun, centered around poetry or not…I’m just wondering aloud here. Maybe it’s even been done before since I just got on the train. 🙂
PS – I also appreciate the way you got the newbies on early – I know how nerve-wracking the waiting can be for a first-time performer.
Thank you for what all of you who run the weekly do – I appreciate it, and I know a lot of other people (who might not even think much about it) do too.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:29 pm
Re: I know of what you speak…
I’m sorry to sound childish (and that’s what I did). But I’ve come in late before and if I’m late and there’s no slots, I just sit down and accept it. I wish I’d known about the three reserve slots the last time I had two poems and the only slot left was a single. I’m still learning the rules.
I have to admit – limiting everyone to one made it go much quicker – and the decision to make the feature come before the slam was a great one, too.
Sometimes I get cranky, especially when I’m counting how many people are going before what I thought I had signed up for and then it keeps getting farther back – I don’t always appear as nervous, but it really throws my concentration to have to keep re-adjusting.
You guys did a great job keeping things going, Sou – I didn’t mean to diss at all. I was just grousing which is a different thing. I sometimes think that “newbies” are looked on with a lot less respect (although I cringe when I see some people who’ve gone there every week for what’s probably forever when they get up to read) because we’re still learning. I know we have to pay our dues, but sometimes it feels like there’s the “inner circle” and the “outer circle”. Maybe that’s part of the problem – we all come in, read our stuff, and then leave. The people who know each other talk, but you get newbies who come maybe by themselves, maybe with friends they know, and never come back because they don’t feel they fit in.
I don’t know if a “community” is your goal, but if so, maybe there could be more events than just the weekly reading that would allow newer people to make friends/acquaintances with the “old guard” so that they’d feel more a part of it and less likely to say “I don’t fit in, these people have known each other forever.” The only poets I know are from the Java Hut (that I met on other days), and it makes a difference for me. Finding out all the other things (like the reserve slots) also helps clear up misunderstandings. Some sort of social get-together on a monthly or less often basis, maybe? Something casual but fun, centered around poetry or not…I’m just wondering aloud here. Maybe it’s even been done before since I just got on the train. 🙂
PS – I also appreciate the way you got the newbies on early – I know how nerve-wracking the waiting can be for a first-time performer.
Thank you for what all of you who run the weekly do – I appreciate it, and I know a lot of other people (who might not even think much about it) do too.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:59 pm
Y’know…it may be, but I can’t see it being my place ever again.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:59 pm
Y’know…it may be, but I can’t see it being my place ever again.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:59 pm
Y’know…it may be, but I can’t see it being my place ever again.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:59 pm
Y’know…it may be, but I can’t see it being my place ever again.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:59 pm
Y’know…it may be, but I can’t see it being my place ever again.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:59 pm
Y’know…it may be, but I can’t see it being my place ever again.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:58 pm
Eh. Things change and come around again. It’s the nature of the beasts. To my mind, best not to either get too wrapped up in recreating the past or railing against what it is in the present. It’ll be completely different again in less than a year.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:58 pm
Eh. Things change and come around again. It’s the nature of the beasts. To my mind, best not to either get too wrapped up in recreating the past or railing against what it is in the present. It’ll be completely different again in less than a year.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:58 pm
Eh. Things change and come around again. It’s the nature of the beasts. To my mind, best not to either get too wrapped up in recreating the past or railing against what it is in the present. It’ll be completely different again in less than a year.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:58 pm
Eh. Things change and come around again. It’s the nature of the beasts. To my mind, best not to either get too wrapped up in recreating the past or railing against what it is in the present. It’ll be completely different again in less than a year.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:58 pm
Eh. Things change and come around again. It’s the nature of the beasts. To my mind, best not to either get too wrapped up in recreating the past or railing against what it is in the present. It’ll be completely different again in less than a year.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:58 pm
Eh. Things change and come around again. It’s the nature of the beasts. To my mind, best not to either get too wrapped up in recreating the past or railing against what it is in the present. It’ll be completely different again in less than a year.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:50 pm
God, I HATE that I’m saying this about the Asylum.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:50 pm
God, I HATE that I’m saying this about the Asylum.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:50 pm
God, I HATE that I’m saying this about the Asylum.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:50 pm
God, I HATE that I’m saying this about the Asylum.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:50 pm
God, I HATE that I’m saying this about the Asylum.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:50 pm
God, I HATE that I’m saying this about the Asylum.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:49 pm
I’m actively looking for more weird in my art scenes.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:49 pm
I’m actively looking for more weird in my art scenes.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:49 pm
I’m actively looking for more weird in my art scenes.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:49 pm
I’m actively looking for more weird in my art scenes.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:49 pm
I’m actively looking for more weird in my art scenes.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:49 pm
I’m actively looking for more weird in my art scenes.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:06 pm
Interested mostly in cheering each other on, and not as much in being better poets, or listening to art over expression.
Bingo. This is exactly it. This goes on a lot here, or was going on when I was still catching a slam now and then.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:06 pm
Interested mostly in cheering each other on, and not as much in being better poets, or listening to art over expression.
Bingo. This is exactly it. This goes on a lot here, or was going on when I was still catching a slam now and then.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:06 pm
Interested mostly in cheering each other on, and not as much in being better poets, or listening to art over expression.
Bingo. This is exactly it. This goes on a lot here, or was going on when I was still catching a slam now and then.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:06 pm
Interested mostly in cheering each other on, and not as much in being better poets, or listening to art over expression.
Bingo. This is exactly it. This goes on a lot here, or was going on when I was still catching a slam now and then.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:06 pm
Interested mostly in cheering each other on, and not as much in being better poets, or listening to art over expression.
Bingo. This is exactly it. This goes on a lot here, or was going on when I was still catching a slam now and then.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:06 pm
Interested mostly in cheering each other on, and not as much in being better poets, or listening to art over expression.
Bingo. This is exactly it. This goes on a lot here, or was going on when I was still catching a slam now and then.
March 21st, 2005 at 2:40 pm
We do not — but that’s expressly NOT what SPEAK is for.
SPEAK’s a place for people who love poetry to share it. Probably 50% of the reading is covers on any given night.
March 21st, 2005 at 2:40 pm
We do not — but that’s expressly NOT what SPEAK is for.
SPEAK’s a place for people who love poetry to share it. Probably 50% of the reading is covers on any given night.
March 21st, 2005 at 2:40 pm
We do not — but that’s expressly NOT what SPEAK is for.
SPEAK’s a place for people who love poetry to share it. Probably 50% of the reading is covers on any given night.
March 21st, 2005 at 2:40 pm
We do not — but that’s expressly NOT what SPEAK is for.
SPEAK’s a place for people who love poetry to share it. Probably 50% of the reading is covers on any given night.
March 21st, 2005 at 2:40 pm
We do not — but that’s expressly NOT what SPEAK is for.
SPEAK’s a place for people who love poetry to share it. Probably 50% of the reading is covers on any given night.
March 21st, 2005 at 2:40 pm
We do not — but that’s expressly NOT what SPEAK is for.
SPEAK’s a place for people who love poetry to share it. Probably 50% of the reading is covers on any given night.
March 21st, 2005 at 2:39 pm
I left because I was done watching what I wanted to see.
I’m sorry , Sou — I’ve gone over this and over this in my mind, and I see no point in rehashing it. I don’t see myself in this crowd anymore. I haven’t for a while, and I’ve been fooling myself otherwise.
I’ll be back for Oscar and Derrick. I do not think there will be another reason for me to return till then.
March 21st, 2005 at 2:39 pm
I left because I was done watching what I wanted to see.
I’m sorry , Sou — I’ve gone over this and over this in my mind, and I see no point in rehashing it. I don’t see myself in this crowd anymore. I haven’t for a while, and I’ve been fooling myself otherwise.
I’ll be back for Oscar and Derrick. I do not think there will be another reason for me to return till then.
March 21st, 2005 at 2:39 pm
I left because I was done watching what I wanted to see.
I’m sorry , Sou — I’ve gone over this and over this in my mind, and I see no point in rehashing it. I don’t see myself in this crowd anymore. I haven’t for a while, and I’ve been fooling myself otherwise.
I’ll be back for Oscar and Derrick. I do not think there will be another reason for me to return till then.
March 21st, 2005 at 2:39 pm
I left because I was done watching what I wanted to see.
I’m sorry , Sou — I’ve gone over this and over this in my mind, and I see no point in rehashing it. I don’t see myself in this crowd anymore. I haven’t for a while, and I’ve been fooling myself otherwise.
I’ll be back for Oscar and Derrick. I do not think there will be another reason for me to return till then.
March 21st, 2005 at 2:39 pm
I left because I was done watching what I wanted to see.
I’m sorry , Sou — I’ve gone over this and over this in my mind, and I see no point in rehashing it. I don’t see myself in this crowd anymore. I haven’t for a while, and I’ve been fooling myself otherwise.
I’ll be back for Oscar and Derrick. I do not think there will be another reason for me to return till then.
March 21st, 2005 at 2:39 pm
I left because I was done watching what I wanted to see.
I’m sorry , Sou — I’ve gone over this and over this in my mind, and I see no point in rehashing it. I don’t see myself in this crowd anymore. I haven’t for a while, and I’ve been fooling myself otherwise.
I’ll be back for Oscar and Derrick. I do not think there will be another reason for me to return till then.
March 21st, 2005 at 2:20 pm
Re: I know of what you speak…
Then people who are deemed more “important” show up and they make everyone else who followed the rules suffer the consequences.
please talk to me – i want to know what you mean by “more important people”, & i’m unclear. we set the list at 10 (w/3 reserve slots) only b/c we had a packed night w/ a feature & a slam. if you felt slighted, i want to know – this is about making the show everyone’s show. thnx.
~Sou
March 21st, 2005 at 2:20 pm
Re: I know of what you speak…
Then people who are deemed more “important” show up and they make everyone else who followed the rules suffer the consequences.
please talk to me – i want to know what you mean by “more important people”, & i’m unclear. we set the list at 10 (w/3 reserve slots) only b/c we had a packed night w/ a feature & a slam. if you felt slighted, i want to know – this is about making the show everyone’s show. thnx.
~Sou
March 21st, 2005 at 2:20 pm
Re: I know of what you speak…
Then people who are deemed more “important” show up and they make everyone else who followed the rules suffer the consequences.
please talk to me – i want to know what you mean by “more important people”, & i’m unclear. we set the list at 10 (w/3 reserve slots) only b/c we had a packed night w/ a feature & a slam. if you felt slighted, i want to know – this is about making the show everyone’s show. thnx.
~Sou
March 21st, 2005 at 2:20 pm
Re: I know of what you speak…
Then people who are deemed more “important” show up and they make everyone else who followed the rules suffer the consequences.
please talk to me – i want to know what you mean by “more important people”, & i’m unclear. we set the list at 10 (w/3 reserve slots) only b/c we had a packed night w/ a feature & a slam. if you felt slighted, i want to know – this is about making the show everyone’s show. thnx.
~Sou
March 21st, 2005 at 2:20 pm
Re: I know of what you speak…
Then people who are deemed more “important” show up and they make everyone else who followed the rules suffer the consequences.
please talk to me – i want to know what you mean by “more important people”, & i’m unclear. we set the list at 10 (w/3 reserve slots) only b/c we had a packed night w/ a feature & a slam. if you felt slighted, i want to know – this is about making the show everyone’s show. thnx.
~Sou
March 21st, 2005 at 2:20 pm
Re: I know of what you speak…
Then people who are deemed more “important” show up and they make everyone else who followed the rules suffer the consequences.
please talk to me – i want to know what you mean by “more important people”, & i’m unclear. we set the list at 10 (w/3 reserve slots) only b/c we had a packed night w/ a feature & a slam. if you felt slighted, i want to know – this is about making the show everyone’s show. thnx.
~Sou
March 21st, 2005 at 2:17 pm
ah, hell – wish you’d have stayed for the slam (when did you sneak out? i turned arund & you’d already gone =( ) – there were readers on there who did non-slammy stuff – they signed on to slam when the regular list was full… just sayin’.
March 21st, 2005 at 2:17 pm
ah, hell – wish you’d have stayed for the slam (when did you sneak out? i turned arund & you’d already gone =( ) – there were readers on there who did non-slammy stuff – they signed on to slam when the regular list was full… just sayin’.
March 21st, 2005 at 2:17 pm
ah, hell – wish you’d have stayed for the slam (when did you sneak out? i turned arund & you’d already gone =( ) – there were readers on there who did non-slammy stuff – they signed on to slam when the regular list was full… just sayin’.
March 21st, 2005 at 2:17 pm
ah, hell – wish you’d have stayed for the slam (when did you sneak out? i turned arund & you’d already gone =( ) – there were readers on there who did non-slammy stuff – they signed on to slam when the regular list was full… just sayin’.
March 21st, 2005 at 2:17 pm
ah, hell – wish you’d have stayed for the slam (when did you sneak out? i turned arund & you’d already gone =( ) – there were readers on there who did non-slammy stuff – they signed on to slam when the regular list was full… just sayin’.
March 21st, 2005 at 2:17 pm
ah, hell – wish you’d have stayed for the slam (when did you sneak out? i turned arund & you’d already gone =( ) – there were readers on there who did non-slammy stuff – they signed on to slam when the regular list was full… just sayin’.
March 21st, 2005 at 1:24 pm
Re: I know of what you speak…
Thanks. It was good hearing it.
March 21st, 2005 at 1:24 pm
Re: I know of what you speak…
Thanks. It was good hearing it.
March 21st, 2005 at 1:24 pm
Re: I know of what you speak…
Thanks. It was good hearing it.
March 21st, 2005 at 1:24 pm
Re: I know of what you speak…
Thanks. It was good hearing it.
March 21st, 2005 at 1:24 pm
Re: I know of what you speak…
Thanks. It was good hearing it.
March 21st, 2005 at 1:24 pm
Re: I know of what you speak…
Thanks. It was good hearing it.
March 21st, 2005 at 1:23 pm
I could no more stop writing than breathing. I realized the hollowness of slam almost before I started doing it.
The thing about Worcester? It used to be weird and sorta not-slammy. That’s over now.
March 21st, 2005 at 1:23 pm
I could no more stop writing than breathing. I realized the hollowness of slam almost before I started doing it.
The thing about Worcester? It used to be weird and sorta not-slammy. That’s over now.
March 21st, 2005 at 1:23 pm
I could no more stop writing than breathing. I realized the hollowness of slam almost before I started doing it.
The thing about Worcester? It used to be weird and sorta not-slammy. That’s over now.
March 21st, 2005 at 1:23 pm
I could no more stop writing than breathing. I realized the hollowness of slam almost before I started doing it.
The thing about Worcester? It used to be weird and sorta not-slammy. That’s over now.
March 21st, 2005 at 1:23 pm
I could no more stop writing than breathing. I realized the hollowness of slam almost before I started doing it.
The thing about Worcester? It used to be weird and sorta not-slammy. That’s over now.
March 21st, 2005 at 1:23 pm
I could no more stop writing than breathing. I realized the hollowness of slam almost before I started doing it.
The thing about Worcester? It used to be weird and sorta not-slammy. That’s over now.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:31 am
most of the open mic didn’t do much for me, either. of course, hearing anything new from corrina’s always a treat. and that nick kid’s made incredible leaps in clearity since i last saw him. for me, between those two and mike, it was well worth the drive.
i certainly haven’t spent a great deal of time at the hut for a while, but i’ve always found them more than just supportive, but actively listening. they may not be the most discerning crowd (as in, they may not actively discourage lame writing), but it’s mighty clear when they’re listening. i’ve always appreciated that about them. not the apex of what you’d expect from a venue, but coming from boston last week, it was a welcome change. besides, even at my beloved hampshire reading, it’s hard to get people to be mean. only regie gibson’s mythic open mic seems to have been as much about empowering clear negative reactions as rewarding work they liked. does SPEAK actively tell its poets when they’re not up to potential?
i was discussing this with the hampshire slammaster a few days ago, that i want to start up a reading somewhere that’s predicated as much on the audience’s need for brave critique as the poets’ need craft.
did you have any thoughts on the piece that i was reading from? i’m really struggling with it at the moment and i’d love your opinion.
hope you’re sleeping like a two by four.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:31 am
most of the open mic didn’t do much for me, either. of course, hearing anything new from corrina’s always a treat. and that nick kid’s made incredible leaps in clearity since i last saw him. for me, between those two and mike, it was well worth the drive.
i certainly haven’t spent a great deal of time at the hut for a while, but i’ve always found them more than just supportive, but actively listening. they may not be the most discerning crowd (as in, they may not actively discourage lame writing), but it’s mighty clear when they’re listening. i’ve always appreciated that about them. not the apex of what you’d expect from a venue, but coming from boston last week, it was a welcome change. besides, even at my beloved hampshire reading, it’s hard to get people to be mean. only regie gibson’s mythic open mic seems to have been as much about empowering clear negative reactions as rewarding work they liked. does SPEAK actively tell its poets when they’re not up to potential?
i was discussing this with the hampshire slammaster a few days ago, that i want to start up a reading somewhere that’s predicated as much on the audience’s need for brave critique as the poets’ need craft.
did you have any thoughts on the piece that i was reading from? i’m really struggling with it at the moment and i’d love your opinion.
hope you’re sleeping like a two by four.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:31 am
most of the open mic didn’t do much for me, either. of course, hearing anything new from corrina’s always a treat. and that nick kid’s made incredible leaps in clearity since i last saw him. for me, between those two and mike, it was well worth the drive.
i certainly haven’t spent a great deal of time at the hut for a while, but i’ve always found them more than just supportive, but actively listening. they may not be the most discerning crowd (as in, they may not actively discourage lame writing), but it’s mighty clear when they’re listening. i’ve always appreciated that about them. not the apex of what you’d expect from a venue, but coming from boston last week, it was a welcome change. besides, even at my beloved hampshire reading, it’s hard to get people to be mean. only regie gibson’s mythic open mic seems to have been as much about empowering clear negative reactions as rewarding work they liked. does SPEAK actively tell its poets when they’re not up to potential?
i was discussing this with the hampshire slammaster a few days ago, that i want to start up a reading somewhere that’s predicated as much on the audience’s need for brave critique as the poets’ need craft.
did you have any thoughts on the piece that i was reading from? i’m really struggling with it at the moment and i’d love your opinion.
hope you’re sleeping like a two by four.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:31 am
most of the open mic didn’t do much for me, either. of course, hearing anything new from corrina’s always a treat. and that nick kid’s made incredible leaps in clearity since i last saw him. for me, between those two and mike, it was well worth the drive.
i certainly haven’t spent a great deal of time at the hut for a while, but i’ve always found them more than just supportive, but actively listening. they may not be the most discerning crowd (as in, they may not actively discourage lame writing), but it’s mighty clear when they’re listening. i’ve always appreciated that about them. not the apex of what you’d expect from a venue, but coming from boston last week, it was a welcome change. besides, even at my beloved hampshire reading, it’s hard to get people to be mean. only regie gibson’s mythic open mic seems to have been as much about empowering clear negative reactions as rewarding work they liked. does SPEAK actively tell its poets when they’re not up to potential?
i was discussing this with the hampshire slammaster a few days ago, that i want to start up a reading somewhere that’s predicated as much on the audience’s need for brave critique as the poets’ need craft.
did you have any thoughts on the piece that i was reading from? i’m really struggling with it at the moment and i’d love your opinion.
hope you’re sleeping like a two by four.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:31 am
most of the open mic didn’t do much for me, either. of course, hearing anything new from corrina’s always a treat. and that nick kid’s made incredible leaps in clearity since i last saw him. for me, between those two and mike, it was well worth the drive.
i certainly haven’t spent a great deal of time at the hut for a while, but i’ve always found them more than just supportive, but actively listening. they may not be the most discerning crowd (as in, they may not actively discourage lame writing), but it’s mighty clear when they’re listening. i’ve always appreciated that about them. not the apex of what you’d expect from a venue, but coming from boston last week, it was a welcome change. besides, even at my beloved hampshire reading, it’s hard to get people to be mean. only regie gibson’s mythic open mic seems to have been as much about empowering clear negative reactions as rewarding work they liked. does SPEAK actively tell its poets when they’re not up to potential?
i was discussing this with the hampshire slammaster a few days ago, that i want to start up a reading somewhere that’s predicated as much on the audience’s need for brave critique as the poets’ need craft.
did you have any thoughts on the piece that i was reading from? i’m really struggling with it at the moment and i’d love your opinion.
hope you’re sleeping like a two by four.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:31 am
most of the open mic didn’t do much for me, either. of course, hearing anything new from corrina’s always a treat. and that nick kid’s made incredible leaps in clearity since i last saw him. for me, between those two and mike, it was well worth the drive.
i certainly haven’t spent a great deal of time at the hut for a while, but i’ve always found them more than just supportive, but actively listening. they may not be the most discerning crowd (as in, they may not actively discourage lame writing), but it’s mighty clear when they’re listening. i’ve always appreciated that about them. not the apex of what you’d expect from a venue, but coming from boston last week, it was a welcome change. besides, even at my beloved hampshire reading, it’s hard to get people to be mean. only regie gibson’s mythic open mic seems to have been as much about empowering clear negative reactions as rewarding work they liked. does SPEAK actively tell its poets when they’re not up to potential?
i was discussing this with the hampshire slammaster a few days ago, that i want to start up a reading somewhere that’s predicated as much on the audience’s need for brave critique as the poets’ need craft.
did you have any thoughts on the piece that i was reading from? i’m really struggling with it at the moment and i’d love your opinion.
hope you’re sleeping like a two by four.
March 21st, 2005 at 7:13 am
I know of what you speak…
…and I did notice how the list was suddenly “so long” that everyone could only read one poem regardless of the slot they signed up for. I stayed till 6:30 before I went home because I wanted to read both of those poems of yours. Then people who are deemed more “important” show up and they make everyone else who followed the rules suffer the consequences. *shrug*
I loved reading your poem, wish I’d had time to memorize it. That’s my next step so I can spend more time gauging reaction. All I know was when I get to that last stanza about making a poultice, it gives me such a feeling of regret, and yet anger at the people making a mess of the things that mean so much to me (and I don’t look at freedoms as abstract things by any means.)
For what it’s worth – thank you so much for allowing me to read one of your pieces. Hope I didn’t screw it up too badly – I’m still learning how to read poetry properly – especially when it’s someone else’s “baby” as it were. But I think all the short-story reading on “Timeless Tales’ (4:30 to 5 PM every Wednesday on WCUW – I took it over from a friend who went on extended sabbatical) has helped me understand pacing (which I always rushed), space for things to breathe and resonate – and even something as simple as pronouncing words properly (one of my pet peeves, so I really hate it when I do it.
Maybe we’re all getting old. *Hug*
March 21st, 2005 at 7:13 am
I know of what you speak…
…and I did notice how the list was suddenly “so long” that everyone could only read one poem regardless of the slot they signed up for. I stayed till 6:30 before I went home because I wanted to read both of those poems of yours. Then people who are deemed more “important” show up and they make everyone else who followed the rules suffer the consequences. *shrug*
I loved reading your poem, wish I’d had time to memorize it. That’s my next step so I can spend more time gauging reaction. All I know was when I get to that last stanza about making a poultice, it gives me such a feeling of regret, and yet anger at the people making a mess of the things that mean so much to me (and I don’t look at freedoms as abstract things by any means.)
For what it’s worth – thank you so much for allowing me to read one of your pieces. Hope I didn’t screw it up too badly – I’m still learning how to read poetry properly – especially when it’s someone else’s “baby” as it were. But I think all the short-story reading on “Timeless Tales’ (4:30 to 5 PM every Wednesday on WCUW – I took it over from a friend who went on extended sabbatical) has helped me understand pacing (which I always rushed), space for things to breathe and resonate – and even something as simple as pronouncing words properly (one of my pet peeves, so I really hate it when I do it.
Maybe we’re all getting old. *Hug*
March 21st, 2005 at 7:13 am
I know of what you speak…
…and I did notice how the list was suddenly “so long” that everyone could only read one poem regardless of the slot they signed up for. I stayed till 6:30 before I went home because I wanted to read both of those poems of yours. Then people who are deemed more “important” show up and they make everyone else who followed the rules suffer the consequences. *shrug*
I loved reading your poem, wish I’d had time to memorize it. That’s my next step so I can spend more time gauging reaction. All I know was when I get to that last stanza about making a poultice, it gives me such a feeling of regret, and yet anger at the people making a mess of the things that mean so much to me (and I don’t look at freedoms as abstract things by any means.)
For what it’s worth – thank you so much for allowing me to read one of your pieces. Hope I didn’t screw it up too badly – I’m still learning how to read poetry properly – especially when it’s someone else’s “baby” as it were. But I think all the short-story reading on “Timeless Tales’ (4:30 to 5 PM every Wednesday on WCUW – I took it over from a friend who went on extended sabbatical) has helped me understand pacing (which I always rushed), space for things to breathe and resonate – and even something as simple as pronouncing words properly (one of my pet peeves, so I really hate it when I do it.
Maybe we’re all getting old. *Hug*
March 21st, 2005 at 7:13 am
I know of what you speak…
…and I did notice how the list was suddenly “so long” that everyone could only read one poem regardless of the slot they signed up for. I stayed till 6:30 before I went home because I wanted to read both of those poems of yours. Then people who are deemed more “important” show up and they make everyone else who followed the rules suffer the consequences. *shrug*
I loved reading your poem, wish I’d had time to memorize it. That’s my next step so I can spend more time gauging reaction. All I know was when I get to that last stanza about making a poultice, it gives me such a feeling of regret, and yet anger at the people making a mess of the things that mean so much to me (and I don’t look at freedoms as abstract things by any means.)
For what it’s worth – thank you so much for allowing me to read one of your pieces. Hope I didn’t screw it up too badly – I’m still learning how to read poetry properly – especially when it’s someone else’s “baby” as it were. But I think all the short-story reading on “Timeless Tales’ (4:30 to 5 PM every Wednesday on WCUW – I took it over from a friend who went on extended sabbatical) has helped me understand pacing (which I always rushed), space for things to breathe and resonate – and even something as simple as pronouncing words properly (one of my pet peeves, so I really hate it when I do it.
Maybe we’re all getting old. *Hug*
March 21st, 2005 at 7:13 am
I know of what you speak…
…and I did notice how the list was suddenly “so long” that everyone could only read one poem regardless of the slot they signed up for. I stayed till 6:30 before I went home because I wanted to read both of those poems of yours. Then people who are deemed more “important” show up and they make everyone else who followed the rules suffer the consequences. *shrug*
I loved reading your poem, wish I’d had time to memorize it. That’s my next step so I can spend more time gauging reaction. All I know was when I get to that last stanza about making a poultice, it gives me such a feeling of regret, and yet anger at the people making a mess of the things that mean so much to me (and I don’t look at freedoms as abstract things by any means.)
For what it’s worth – thank you so much for allowing me to read one of your pieces. Hope I didn’t screw it up too badly – I’m still learning how to read poetry properly – especially when it’s someone else’s “baby” as it were. But I think all the short-story reading on “Timeless Tales’ (4:30 to 5 PM every Wednesday on WCUW – I took it over from a friend who went on extended sabbatical) has helped me understand pacing (which I always rushed), space for things to breathe and resonate – and even something as simple as pronouncing words properly (one of my pet peeves, so I really hate it when I do it.
Maybe we’re all getting old. *Hug*
March 21st, 2005 at 7:13 am
I know of what you speak…
…and I did notice how the list was suddenly “so long” that everyone could only read one poem regardless of the slot they signed up for. I stayed till 6:30 before I went home because I wanted to read both of those poems of yours. Then people who are deemed more “important” show up and they make everyone else who followed the rules suffer the consequences. *shrug*
I loved reading your poem, wish I’d had time to memorize it. That’s my next step so I can spend more time gauging reaction. All I know was when I get to that last stanza about making a poultice, it gives me such a feeling of regret, and yet anger at the people making a mess of the things that mean so much to me (and I don’t look at freedoms as abstract things by any means.)
For what it’s worth – thank you so much for allowing me to read one of your pieces. Hope I didn’t screw it up too badly – I’m still learning how to read poetry properly – especially when it’s someone else’s “baby” as it were. But I think all the short-story reading on “Timeless Tales’ (4:30 to 5 PM every Wednesday on WCUW – I took it over from a friend who went on extended sabbatical) has helped me understand pacing (which I always rushed), space for things to breathe and resonate – and even something as simple as pronouncing words properly (one of my pet peeves, so I really hate it when I do it.
Maybe we’re all getting old. *Hug*
March 21st, 2005 at 5:58 am
I don’t think you’re too old, I think you’re just realizing the trendiness and the hollowness of slam. I feel it, too, and that’s why I stopped. Maybe you just need to remove yourself for awhile. But don’t stop writing!!!!
March 21st, 2005 at 5:58 am
I don’t think you’re too old, I think you’re just realizing the trendiness and the hollowness of slam. I feel it, too, and that’s why I stopped. Maybe you just need to remove yourself for awhile. But don’t stop writing!!!!
March 21st, 2005 at 5:58 am
I don’t think you’re too old, I think you’re just realizing the trendiness and the hollowness of slam. I feel it, too, and that’s why I stopped. Maybe you just need to remove yourself for awhile. But don’t stop writing!!!!
March 21st, 2005 at 5:58 am
I don’t think you’re too old, I think you’re just realizing the trendiness and the hollowness of slam. I feel it, too, and that’s why I stopped. Maybe you just need to remove yourself for awhile. But don’t stop writing!!!!
March 21st, 2005 at 5:58 am
I don’t think you’re too old, I think you’re just realizing the trendiness and the hollowness of slam. I feel it, too, and that’s why I stopped. Maybe you just need to remove yourself for awhile. But don’t stop writing!!!!
March 21st, 2005 at 5:58 am
I don’t think you’re too old, I think you’re just realizing the trendiness and the hollowness of slam. I feel it, too, and that’s why I stopped. Maybe you just need to remove yourself for awhile. But don’t stop writing!!!!