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livewords Janaury 2010 with a. rawlings, Sandy Pool & Heather Cadsby + an all CENTO open mic

livewords welcomes Heather Cadsby, Sandy Pool and a. rawlings to read on Thursday January 28th at the Black Swan, 154 Danforth Avenue, just east of Broadview (map). Readings commence at 8 p.m.
Heather Cadsby is the author of four books of poetry. Her most recent book, titled Could be, was published in October 2009 by [...]

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Thursday October 22 Open Mic: Cento, Sonnet, Sestina

On the same night we will be graced by Adam Getty, Sonja Greckol, and Blair Trewartha, we are having a form-based Open Mic Contest:
A Cento [http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5771] , Sonnet [http://www.sonnets.org/basicforms.htm] or Sestina [http://www.public.asu.edu/~aarios/formsofverse/reports2000/page9.html]
Poems must be in the one of these forms.
2 $20 prizes for each runner up for best poem of each form.
1 Overall prize of [...]

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Poetry in Translation redux + favourites & originals – 8/27/9

livewords  returns to our summer home at The Central, 603 Markham Street – click here for a map – on Thursday August 27 for an all and “different” open mic night kicking off at 8 pm.
3 Kinds of Open Mic Sets:

Poetry in Translation

Reading a poem by a poet you admire, translated into English from _______ [...]

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Open Mic August – livewords 8/27/9 – the rules

3 Kinds of Open Mic Sets at livewords on August 27th:

Poetry in Translation
A reading of a poem that “hit you between the eyes”
As written by you

Two (2) opportunities to sign up:

In Advance to info@livewords.ca – 5 names per set

The night of – August 27th- Sign up at 7:30 pm – max 10 per set [...]

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