Week In Poetry

Sunday 6/16	Tonight at the Poets Asylum – it’s the Improv Slam!  No prep, no script – just bring your best make-it-up-as-you-go-along.  Balloon Dog will be there in spirit. Doors at 6:30, show at 7 – all ages and free free free; coffee and snacks by donation. And if you’re in Boston tonight, go check out the Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam. Every Sunday with a Poetry Slam co-hosted by Joyce Cunha and Jeff Robinson, starting at 7:30pm. This week it’s Ryk McIntyre! Open Mic also accompanied by the Jeff Robinson Trio starting at 9:00pm – there’s a $5 cover and you must be 21 to enter the venue. Or if you’re in Maine – Rhythmic Cypher happens every Sunday at Dobra Tea (151 Middle Street in Portland’s Old Port) 7pm. Avant garde poetry open mic with musical accompaniment, and feature. Every last Sunday, come out for a 3-2-1 Slam.
Monday 6/17	The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show is held every Monday night starting at 9:00 p.m. The reading is being held at Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner (148 Grove Street, Worcester). Join them this week for a feature, an open mic, a ruckus (a Ruckus Ruckus, even!), and musical guest, The Duct Tape Band. Visit the Dirty Gerund Blog for more info. 9pm. $3-5 donation requested. The Anything Goes Open Mic at the Buttonwood Tree – This open mike, hosted by J-Cherry, is a warm group that encourages personal development. Come play with us! You’ll find Phill is available to drum along if you like. We have a piano and congas or BYO instrument, poem, dance, or whatever artistic piece of yourself you’d like to share. We’re all in this together–let’s have some fun and create ourselves anew! At the Buttonwood Tree (605 Main Street, Middletown, CT) (860) 347-4957. 7:30 signup, $3-5 suggested donation.
Tuesday 6/18	Northampton Poetry, Northampton’s only weekly open mic poetry night offers some of the best, most creative voices in the county, every Tuesday night at 8. Come down and just listen. Come down and share your words with us. Whether you consider your work to be academic poetry, slam poetry, spoken word, political poetry, or poetry about how much you like cake, you and your words are welcome. This week come out for a double feature from Michael Brown and Valerie Lawson! Always an open mic and a featured poet or event – sometimes we all get drunk (those of us who drink and/or are old enough to do so) and slam. All ages are welcome. At the door, we charge a sliding cover between $1 and $5, whatever you can afford. See you at Hinge (48 Main Street 413/727-8561) in downtown Northampton! GotPoetry Live meets every Tuesday at Blue State Coffee (300 Thayer Street, Providence, RI). Join them this week from 8:00 – 10:00 p.m. for an open mic and Hosts’ Night Out with Nancy Schoenewolf, Jerediah “Big Scythe” Gonzalez and Ryk McIntyre – A Benefit for Toni $3 cover.
Wednesday 6/19	The Boston Slam at the Cantab Lounge (738 Mass Avenue, Cambridge) holds a reading every Wednesday night starting at 8:00 p.m. This week they have the usual open mic, and a feature by Ross Hickerson, $3 cover – 18+. For more info please visit their website. If you’re in CT, check out Wednesday Night Poetry at Molten Java.  Lisa Marie will host, doors open at 7, signup at 7:15. Molten Java Coffee Roasters (102 Greenwood Avenue, Bethel CT 06801) 203-739-0313.
Thursday 6/20	The Coffee Loft Poetry Reading meets every Thursday night and starts around 7:00 p.m. The reading meets at the Coffee Loft (406 Lincoln Street, Marlboro). Also in Worcester, tonight it’s the Round Room Women’s Writing Series, this week featuring Nancy Schoenewolf Reading is pot luck, and byob. There will be a donation bucket for the feature and an open mic list in the kitchen. As always, men are welcome to attend, but may not read unless there is a workshop. This is a reading in a private home, so please RSVP for address and other info on the series – mareh.k@gmail.com 8pm. Slam Free or Die, the New Hampshire Poetry Slam, meets weekly on Thursday nights at Milly’s Tavern (500 North Commercial Street, Manchester, NH). Doors open at 7:00 p.m. The open mic starts at 8:00 p.m., and then there will be a feature by Tricia Pryce Henley. Cover is $3. More info is available at their Facebook page.
Friday 6/21	The Shrewsbury Senior Writers is a group that meets every Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, at the Shrewsbury Senior Center (100 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury). The meeting is open to all, and welcomes both you and your contributions.
Saturday 6/22	Poetry After Midnight is an event at the Historic Shirley Meeting House on the Common in Shirley, MA. There will be an open mic and a feature by Paula Lambert. Remember to save your pennies for the Free Will offering to help restore the beauty of the Shirley Meeting House on the Common. If this initial event is successful I would love to keep this going as a monthly or bimonthly event. 6pm.
Sunday 6/23	Tonight at the Poets Asylum it’s an osm double feature! Poet, teacher, and publisher Matthew P. Gallant grew up in Massachusetts and taught high school in New Hampshire for many years before relocating to Washington, D.C. in 2012. The author of a dozen chapbooks and a forthcoming full-length collection, his poetry has appeared in journals such as Mothman, Whistler’s Shade, Wind in the Timothy, and the anthology 2010 Poets’ Guide to New Hampshire. Matthew teaches high school English at a charter school in Washington, D.C. Paula J. Lambert is a poet residing in Dublin, Ohio. Her first full-length collection of poetry, The Sudden Seduction of Gravity, is available  from Full/Crescent Press. Her chapbook, The Guilt That Gathers, was published by Pudding House Press in 2009. Lambert co-facilitates Peripatetic Poets, a Columbus-area open mic reading series and specializes in the field of Writing as a Healing Process. Doors at 6:30, show at 7 – all ages and free free free; coffee and snacks by donation. The Hangover Hour Poetry Salon is this afternoon, with Jenith Charpentier performing the works of Edna St. Vincent Millay. We’ll have a tight open mic before the feature. The open mic is a tight 5 minutes, for poems, stories or other spoken word propaganda. Spread the word nerd! The future is a drag, man!!! We start promptly at 5:00 p.m. every other Sunday, so come early, have a tasty beverage and be cool cats. 18+ Nicks (124 Millbury Street, Worcester)