Monday we walked around Alphabet City/the East Village and stumbled on these (the first one made me think of Cincy, the second one is called "Abraham Obama" by Ron English):
That night was the open mic and slam poetry competition at Bar 13. Start tried out two new pieces and took third. Two of his friends read poetry as well, Victoria went in the open mic session along with a host of other great poets/performers, and Jared took second in the slam. After the show was over we went to Reservoir Bar and acted a fool in the back corner of the place until late into the night... the pictures are dark 'cause I didn't want to use a flash.
It was also a special evening because it was renowned poet Marty McConnell's last night in New York. Tuesday she and a friend drove to Chicago where she will continue doing poetry. Marty will be in Columbus in the spring (not sure when but I'm sure I'll post it when I find out). If you're close enough to make it up here you should, she's worth your time and any minimal cover there might be. Here's a video of her on HBO's (or is sit Showtime's?) Def Poetry Jam:
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w00t for Bar 13. poetry is like verbal graf, invading your mental walls and blasting them with felt tipped perma-marks like razor blades through flesh... esp when start's spittin said utterances.
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