Category: Poetry Open Mics
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THE UNNECESSARY ANGEL OF POETRY One-daySoon after the glamor had faded The sun ate all her flowersHer milk & honey As Taylor toured AmericaInspiring poetic amnesiaTo kids As old poems & memoriesDied hard & rotted in their graves The dirt All lost to a McGenerationWithout focus Without hope Rhyming incoherentlyAttempting consciousness As someone randomAn unremarkable…
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So here we are. The 21st century. Well well . But since roughly around the 1990s America let alone many other countries really haven’t progressed that much at all … with the exception of the internet & social media. C’mon lets face it. It’s true. We still have poverty, war and high amounts of violence,…
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Great Newspaper Article On Albany’s Open Poetry Mic “The School Of Night. 2004 LIVE POETS SOCIETY A VIBRANT OPEN-MIKE SCENE LETS THE REGION’S WORDSMITHS HAVE THEIR SAY JOSEPH DALTON STAFF WRITERSection: ARTS-EVENTS, Page: I1 Sunday, April 18, 2004 The bar is the magnet until poet R.M. Engelhardt takes the stage. Conversations cease, and loners in…
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SOMETHING NEW IS COMING TO ALBANY NY. INVOCATION OF THE MUSE:An Open Mic For Poets, Poetry & TheSpoken Word. DeadMansPressInk & myself are excited to announce the return of The Poetry Open Mic at the newly reopened FUZEBOX 12 Central Avenue, Albany NY. *Join Us For Our First Open Mic On MONDAY November 1st 2021…
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In the late 1990s & into the early part of this century I created and ran a spoken word poetry open mic called THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT at Valentine’s as well as at a few other locations afterwards in Albany, NY. The open mic was always extremely crowded and popular and we did alot of…
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https://albanypoets.com/2019/09/the-school-of-night-comes-to-troy/
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An interview with old friend and cofounder of Albany Poets Mr. Thom Francis about the Albany poetry scene, new projects and something about a new book : Listen Here: https://m.soundcloud.com/albany-poets/the-albany-poets-interview-rm-engelhardt http://www.albanypoets.com
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WHAT IS POETRY? POETRY IS YOU.
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“Sometimes it’s great, and sometimes it’s shit. These are the things all the great philosophers just won’t tell you flat out about life. You keep moving, keep living, keep breathing And you keep writing-creating because that’s what you do And that’s who you are. There are no magical voices to guide You except your own.…
