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Scott Woods’ 24-Hour Poetry Feature @ Kafe Kerouac, March 27/28, 2010

As dedicated, passionate, and crazy as ever (about poetry), Scott Woods will be doing his annual 24-hour poetry feature from March 27 – March 28, 2010. The feature will be held at Kafe Kerouac and runs from 8:00 PM Saturday until 8:00 PM Sunday.

Scott sez: “This is a performance you’re not going to want to miss. And you don’t have to. It’s a 24-hour feature, son!”

Kafe Kerouac (View Map) is at 2250 N. High Street, Columbus, OH. There is no cover for this event.

SCHEDULE OF AUTHORS (all performed by Scott Woods):
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Scott Woods
9:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Patricia Smith’s “Blood Dazzler”
10:00 pm – 11:00 pm – Erin Belieu / Dorothy Barresi
11:00 pm – Midnight – Charles Bukowski
Midnight – 1:00 am – Scott Woods “The Gospel of Smoke: A Prose Poem”
1:00 am – 2:00 am – George Bilgere / Carl Dennis
2:00 am – 3:00 am – Howard Nemerov
3:00 am – 4:00 am – Jack Spicer
4:00 am – 5:00 am – Brenda Shaughnessy / Joy Harjo
5:00 am – 6:00 am – Kay Ryan
6:00 am – 7:00 am – Rane Arroyo
7:00 am – 8:00 am – Stephgen Dunn
8:00 am – 9:00 am – Li-Young Lee
9:00 am – 10:00 am – Marvin Bell
10:00 am – 11:00 am – Claudia Emerson / Jonathan Aaron
11:00 am – Noon – Kim Addonizio / Louise Gluck
Noon – 1:00 pm – Martin Espada / C. K. Williams
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – William Matthews
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Cornelius Eady
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz / Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Billy Collins
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Ai / Lucille Clifton
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Sherman Alexie “Face”
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Scott Woods

Coffee bean poet – Charles Bukowski

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Writer’s Block Poetry Announcing Start of Its 2010 NPS Slam Season

Writer’s Block Poetry announced the beginning of its 2010 National Poetry Slam season on Tuesday The first preliminary slam was on Wednesday, January 27. From the WB Listserv’s latest email:

“January marks the traditional beginning of our NPS season, where we have preliminary slams to pick our team for the trip to NPS in August. The season runs 6 preliminary slams, and then a Grand Slam to pick the top 4 poets that will make up the team. We added a preliminary slam to the season this year, so good luck!”

A complete schedule follows below for those interested in either watching or competing this season to be on the team representing the WB at the 2010 National Poetry Slam, which will be held in St. Paul, MN in August (dates and more details will be released later this year — check http://nationalpoetryslam.com/ or http://www.poetryslam.com/ for more details).

  • February 24
  • March 24
  • March 31
  • April 28
  • May 19

The final Grand Slam will happen on May 26. The top 8 scoring poets from this slam season will compete for placement on the WB Team.

For additional details, check out the links below:

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Mike “Spike” Cowell Featuring at Writer’s Block First Draft, Friday, February 19, 2010

Mike “Spike” Cowell will be the feature at Writer’s Block First Draft Poetry on Friday, February 19 @ 8:00 P.M. He will performing a set of all-new poems that night. His feature, as always, will be followed by the traditional First Draft open mic.

More details about the show will be posted once they are announced.

For those not familiar with the night, First Draft is a poetry night where new poems and new poets are always welcome. Cover is $3 for the night. Come on out and share your *new* poetry — and be prepared for an awesome feature!

For more info about Writer’s Block’s First Draft Night, check out:

http://writersblockpoetry.rewritingovid.net/FirstDraftOpenMic.php

http://community.livejournal.com/wbpoetry

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Marty McConnell Feature and Workshop for WB’s First Draft: April 17/18, 2009

Marty McConnell is featuring at WB’s next First Draft Poetry Night on Friday, April 17, 2009 at 8:00 PM! First Draft Night, hosted by Joanna Schroeder, is a night where new poems and new poets are always welcome. Cover is $3 for First Draft and in addition to Marty’s feature, there will be an open mic — so come on out and share your *new* poetry!

http://www.lone-crow.com/BOXCAR/006/mcconnell_marty_002.html

http://www.boxcarpoetry.com/004/mcconnell_marty_001.html

Also, a bonus for April’s First Draft – there will be a workshop with Marty on Saturday, April 18! McConnell will be doing the “The Death of Nice” workshop on Saturday afternoon at the Northside library. According to Joanna Schroeder, “The cost for the workshop is $20 – a bargain basement price for the chance to work with a poet of her caliber.”

For more info about Writer’s Block’s First Draft Night, check out:

http://writersblockpoetry.rewritingovid.net/FirstDraftOpenMic.php

http://community.livejournal.com/wbpoetry

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Writer’s Block First Draft New Year, Nuku Show!

Writer’s Block is holding its First Draft Poetry Night on Friday, December 16 at 8:00 PM at Kafe Kerouac, 2250 N. High Street, Columbus, Ohio. Admission is $3. This is a night to read new poems only and is hosted by WB’s only Joanna Schroeder.

On tap that night is none other than (drumroll, please)………New Year, Nuku!

Now you’re probably asking: what in the holy HECK is New Year, Nuku!

It is all haiku. All NEW, NEVER PERFORMED BEFORE IN PUBLIC Haiku. An eight-poet, three-round haiku death match. And they are serious when they mean NEW Haiku only. Trust me…..you don’t want “old-ass ku” shouted at you from the audience.

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Scott Woods Featuring at First Draft on Friday, December 19

Writer’s Block is holding its First Draft Poetry Night on Friday, December 19 at 8:00 PM at Kafe Kerouac, 2250 N. High Street, Columbus, Ohio. Admission is $3. This is a night to read new poems only and is hosted by WB’s only Joanna Schroeder.

The feature that night is none other than one of the co-founders of Writer’s Block, Scott Woods!

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Writer’s Block First Draft Night: Friday, August 15

It’s about that time again…Writer’s Block Poetry is holding their First Draft Night on Friday, August 15th at 8:00 P.M. at Kafe Kerouac!

There will be a featured poet and there will also be an open mic during the show. This exciting poetry night, hosted by WB’s own Joanna Schroeder, is for NEW POETRY ONLY – stuff that has *never* been read in public before – so come out to hear great new poetry or to read your OWN never before performed work! Cover is $3.

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Once again, the details:

What: Writer’s Block First Draft Night
When: Friday, August 15th @ 8:00 P.M.
Where: Kafe Kerouac, 2250 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43201
Why: Come out to hear the feature and read your OWN new work!
Cover: $3

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An Open Mic Virgin No More!

In my introduction when I first started this blog, I said I would share the occasional personal experience or insight. In this vein, I will talk about my first open mic experience.

This past Wednesday, my fiance and I attended our first poetry open mic night. I’d had an idea to find open mic poetry events around Central Ohio, observe what goes on, and then when I felt a little less chicken, I would get up there and read myself. This one, courtesy of Writer’s Block Poetry, is held every Wednesday night at 8:00 PM at Kafe Kerouac in the Ohio State North Campus area in Columbus. Continue reading →