ROGUE POETRY SLAM

APRIL SLAM RESULTS!

Honestly - this was one of the Best Slams Ever! We had brand new people showing up and Killing it!

One of our new poets, Megan Lebov, was the very first name to be pulled out of the hat. She shared that she'd never done anything like this before. She proceeded to perform one of the most Pure Slam Strategy for Winning types of poems I've ever heard. The crowd went WILD! We couldn't stop screaming and cheering for her!

Here are all the poets who performed:

Megan Lebov
Mori D
Annique Maujean
Lois Lynn
Raleigh Crippen
Madeleine Sklar
Marie DeGregorio (who has volunteered to be our new Admin - Whoohoo)
Aubrey Laughlin
Jack Seybold
Jill Rothman
Josh
Many Yana Campos
Ruth Wire
Hakiym the Sufi

There were chills all night long. We were blown away by the depth of passion, the pathos, and even the humor. Of course there were steamy poems - there always are - and this month did not disappoint. Hakiym - also brand new to us - walked away from the mic to move and practically caress us with his words. And, yes, he brought the STEAM! Wowza!

Okay - so - YOUR WINNERS:

In 4th place, getting her door money back - Megan Lebov. Please come back. We all loved you so much!

In 3rd place - Josh Gross - he's said it before - he was hoping someone would beat him. He's been almost unbeatable for a long time. He definitely brought his indomitable spirit and wordplay, as always. Thank you, Josh, for your work. You elevate our entire group and make people work harder on their delivery!

In 2nd place - Hakiym Sha'ir HAKIYM THE SUFI - Brand new to us - Rocked it - Smoked it - Sang it in a voice that made the floor boards creak. Honest to goodness. Seriously, Wow! He just moved here from another area where he was active in Slams and asked if we are competing in Nationals. We have never really worked toward that - but with his help, I think we could. It was a dream of T Poe's, who started our SLAM. Let's do this!

In 1st place - MANYA YANA CAMPOS - with her swagger and grace and sweet, sweet, spiritual, reverent, indigenous honoring words. She lights up the stage every time she walks up there! Thank you for everything you do!

Seriously need help with running Rogue Poetry Slam - or get input from you all about whether the extra things I wanted to put in motion are necessary at this time.

I'm starting a new career and then my computer crashed and I had to wait for a new one. Then I had vertigo for most of the week. Oh - and I was locked out of my Canva account for two months - the design software I use.

Here it is - the day before our Barnes & Noble Monthly Poetry deal, and I've sent out no promotional work at all.

So - if we want the extras on top of our Quarterly Slams - I need a little circle of people to help with getting the word out.

Moving forward, with collecting winner's information, I have some technology I'm using in my work that will make it much easier to connect - I can just text people instead of trying to figure out who's on Instagram and who's on Facebook, and who doesn't like social media.

Anyone want to partner with me?

Should we still do the Barnes & Noble tomorrow - Saturday from 12:30 to 2:00? We only had one winner show up last time. I'm thinking I might be asking too much of our winners.

What do you think?