Terribly good that is. The field was tough for bad poets last night in Ann Arbor. Everyone brought their own flavor of awful to the stage and the audience rewarded them with boos and in some cases begged them to stop.

Some standouts included Mike Moriarty’s “If Saul William’s was a Used Car Salesman” which the crowd decided was too good for the Bad Slam. Victoria’s “Some Guy I met on MySpace” poem made it into final consideration with it’s stunning examination of the MySpace stalker/stalked relationship. The winner in a very close decision was local favorite Matt Ernst, whose disgusting love poem actually turned my stomach a little bit. Good job Matt!

Next month we will host a women only slam to choose our competitor for the Women of the World Poetry Slam, to be held in Detroit in March. We look forward to seeing you there.

In local poetry news, The annual Poetry Night in Ann Arbor will be January 18 at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater in the Michigan League at 7PM. It will feature poets from the VOLUME Youth Poetry Project, Ann Arbor Wordworks, and special guests Aracelis Girmay, and Dennis Kim (a.k.a. Denizen Kane).  $7 Students (door), $5 (Advance). $12 General (door), $10 advance. Contact Jeff Kass at eyelev21@aol.com for more information or to reserve tickets.

PS – Coming to the Ann Arbor Poetry Slam in March - Jared Paul!

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