Another amazing night - lots of great poets and a very supportive audience, who donated to help pay the $400 fee for Ithaca to send a team to Austin for the National Poetry Slam this summer.
Mina emceed the open mic. Joe N, Rich, Oliver, Karen, Ryan, Amanda Allen (who rocked), and Sarah Sherman from IC who brought lots of friends. This open mic was phat.
I, Andy, emceed the slam. Mike kept score. Kelly kept time. Lyra calibrated (she was cool). Sonya, Karen, Richard, and Jane slammed. Jane brought lots of cool friends too, as did Karen. Jane hosts a weekly open mic in Syracuse every Monday at the Coffee Pavilion. Karen won the $10, which she donated back to the fund for the Nationals. Richard came in second. All the poets qualified for the grand slam in May.
Some of my friends came, including Bob, Emme, Kelly and Mike. Bill and Michael also were there.