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General Discussion / Re: WHY DO YOU SLAM?
« on: April 20, 2011, 12:36:14 PM »That's where the audience is.
(And lots of fun, too.)
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General Discussion / PSi's CASH PRIZE HAIKU SLAM!!!
« on: April 11, 2011, 04:12:54 PM »
Peace, Fam:
Check out the details of our Haiku Slam either on the main poetryslam.com page or right here and pass the word on to everyone!! Anyone can play!! Anyone can win!
2011 Haiku Contest
PSi Haiku Contest!
It's poetry month again, and PSi wants to share your haiku with the world. Polish up your best 3 liner and send it in to be judged. Winners will receive the heady adrenaline rush that accompanies victory, and a cash prize!
Rules
This event is opened to all ages.
Only 1 haiku per poet may be submitted.
Entries will be allowed from April 11th through April 25th.
Judging panel will select top 10 pieces to be posted to PSi website for online voting by April 29th.
General public will have 2 weeks to vote on their favorite haiku (May 1st to May 16th) .
The top 3 favorite pieces win the contest.
Prizes
Grand Prize is $100 and winning poem with a short bio on the artist displayed on our website for the entire month of June.
2nd place prize is $50 and winning poem with a short bio on the artist displayed on our website for the entire month of June.
3rd place prize is $25 and winning poem with a short bio on the artist displayed on our website for the entire month of June.
Entry
Write an email with the following info:
Real Name (for check if you win)
Poet Name
Mailing Address (including City, State, Zip)
Phone number
Your haiku
Email your entry to contest@poetryslam.com
GOOD LUCK!!
Check out the details of our Haiku Slam either on the main poetryslam.com page or right here and pass the word on to everyone!! Anyone can play!! Anyone can win!
2011 Haiku Contest
PSi Haiku Contest!
It's poetry month again, and PSi wants to share your haiku with the world. Polish up your best 3 liner and send it in to be judged. Winners will receive the heady adrenaline rush that accompanies victory, and a cash prize!
Rules
This event is opened to all ages.
Only 1 haiku per poet may be submitted.
Entries will be allowed from April 11th through April 25th.
Judging panel will select top 10 pieces to be posted to PSi website for online voting by April 29th.
General public will have 2 weeks to vote on their favorite haiku (May 1st to May 16th) .
The top 3 favorite pieces win the contest.
Prizes
Grand Prize is $100 and winning poem with a short bio on the artist displayed on our website for the entire month of June.
2nd place prize is $50 and winning poem with a short bio on the artist displayed on our website for the entire month of June.
3rd place prize is $25 and winning poem with a short bio on the artist displayed on our website for the entire month of June.
Entry
Write an email with the following info:
Real Name (for check if you win)
Poet Name
Mailing Address (including City, State, Zip)
Phone number
Your haiku
Email your entry to contest@poetryslam.com
GOOD LUCK!!
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General Discussion / Re: Sober alternatives for PSI events
« on: March 31, 2011, 03:23:50 PM »It will be no problem for us to post/publish locations and times for AA meetings local to the hotel and event; I'll add this to our resources for poets on the website. A more extensive resource will be an additional task; if I can find someone to produce this for us, it will happen! If the work falls to some of our already hard-working staff, though, I can't guarantee that we can come through with more than a bare-bones listing. I do know there are many weekly meetings within walking distance of the hotel.
I do not think we have room in the hotel to provide a designated social space free from drinking and drugging; we have one 24-hour conference room that has been left open for all to use, but getting a second one will pose a cost, one which I don't think will pay off, given the low attendance in such spaces in the past. I am going to ask our community for help with this one; if you choose to throw open your room for poetry tag/cipher, please consider making it a dry space, and think carefully before you bring alcohol into someone else's room.
I can guarantee right now that each day, there will be at least one day event (probably 2-3) and one competition event that will take place in environments without alcohol. Obviously, I cannot guarantee that poets in recovery will compete in non-bar spaces, but they will have non-bars to go to to enjoy their community during the day and during their night off from competition. I will work towards adding a non-bar late-night event to the schedule, too.
We are still working to secure pre- and after-party spaces for the tournament, but due to the nature of the area where we are holding NPS, I suspect these will be in bars. I will consider possible alternatives for poets in recovery on Saturday night, but for these events, I think I have to take what we can get in terms of party spaces.
Please keep posting your thoughts and concerns in this thread.
This is an extremely fair response, Sis. I like the idea of folks who have rooms, just offering their room as a safe space.
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General Discussion / Re: Sober alternatives for PSI events
« on: March 31, 2011, 01:00:51 PM »
Simone,
Maybe you can find a local AA that the artists can go to. In addition, maybe we can square away some space inside of the hotel where we can serve some appetizers and punch. What do you think?
Maybe you can find a local AA that the artists can go to. In addition, maybe we can square away some space inside of the hotel where we can serve some appetizers and punch. What do you think?
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General Discussion / Letter of Action From Gypsee Yo!
« on: February 17, 2011, 09:10:58 AM »
Peace, Fam:
Below, please find a letter that Gypsee Yo asked me to post in the forums to our PSi Family. I've already felt compelled to send my letter of support and I encourage you all to do the same.
Best,
La Shaun phoenix Moore
Dear holy tribe of poets,
My name is Gypsee Yo, and I am one of you. I have performed and competed under this name for years, mainly to protect my given name, Jonida Beqo, from too much exposure. I am an Albanian and have been for years a political activist for the human rights of the people in my country. I am a survivor of armed conflicts and personal threats. Although I have lived in the States for the last 12 years, I have never ceased to work along my friends and family for a better, free, and democratic Albania.
On January 21, 2011 my only brother, 26 years old and a human rights activist stood a foot away from another woman's brother who got shot in the head, execution style, while protesting peacefully against a corrupt government. 200,000 protesters, among whom my parents and many friends, carrying only umbrellas and picket signs, were met with teargas in a constricted square, were sprayed with water mixed with chemicals, beaten, and evenually, the Republican Guard opened fire to the unarmed crowd, shooting 2600 rounds of live ammunition. Four were killed, many were wounded, hundreds of activists, journalists, and civilians were arrested and beaten for days without any cause, clear charges, legal representation.
Although in scale and length our movement is bigger and longer than that of Egypt (we are a population of 3 million, we average 200,000+ protestors, and have been protesting weekly for two years) there has been no international attention to our situation.
The US and EU labels us as a "functioning democracy" , so all we hear is "talk it out".
Meanwhile, the free media is being shut down, oposition crushed, and citizens are being killed.
I am reaching out to you for help. We are trying to break some of the media silence or superficial converage, as well as urge US representatives/senators to pay attention to our situation. A few other Albanians in the US and I have started a citizens campaign www.actalbania.org. It contains accurate info, as well as letters you can copy/paste and send to specific targets, also listed on the page. I am asking this as a personal favor. Please, take ten minutes, look us up, send a letter on our behalf. Link us on your facebook, twitter, pass our info along to friends. There is no easier way to change the world than virtual activism. All it takes is will, a little time, and love.
I am also trying to organize a series of events with people who may want to host a "letter writting gathering" from their venues or homes. Contact me directly if you are willing to help with one, or just want to know more specifics. Thank you for the family you have been through all these years, for being the vast hearts to embrace any cause, for speaking up for who cannot, and always offering yourselves to the world.
website: www.actalbania.org
facebook event to invite others:http://www.facebook.com/pages/ACT-Albania/137721106292878#!/event.php?eid=110695995675113
facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/ACT-Albania/137721106292878#!/pages/ACT-Albania/137721106292878
For any questions, ideas, or comments, feel free to contact me at jonidab@yahoo.com or gypseeyo@yahoo.com
thank you,
Jonida Beqo/Gypsee Yo
"Everybody matters. Everywhere."- R. McKibbens
Below, please find a letter that Gypsee Yo asked me to post in the forums to our PSi Family. I've already felt compelled to send my letter of support and I encourage you all to do the same.
Best,
La Shaun phoenix Moore
Dear holy tribe of poets,
My name is Gypsee Yo, and I am one of you. I have performed and competed under this name for years, mainly to protect my given name, Jonida Beqo, from too much exposure. I am an Albanian and have been for years a political activist for the human rights of the people in my country. I am a survivor of armed conflicts and personal threats. Although I have lived in the States for the last 12 years, I have never ceased to work along my friends and family for a better, free, and democratic Albania.
On January 21, 2011 my only brother, 26 years old and a human rights activist stood a foot away from another woman's brother who got shot in the head, execution style, while protesting peacefully against a corrupt government. 200,000 protesters, among whom my parents and many friends, carrying only umbrellas and picket signs, were met with teargas in a constricted square, were sprayed with water mixed with chemicals, beaten, and evenually, the Republican Guard opened fire to the unarmed crowd, shooting 2600 rounds of live ammunition. Four were killed, many were wounded, hundreds of activists, journalists, and civilians were arrested and beaten for days without any cause, clear charges, legal representation.
Although in scale and length our movement is bigger and longer than that of Egypt (we are a population of 3 million, we average 200,000+ protestors, and have been protesting weekly for two years) there has been no international attention to our situation.
The US and EU labels us as a "functioning democracy" , so all we hear is "talk it out".
Meanwhile, the free media is being shut down, oposition crushed, and citizens are being killed.
I am reaching out to you for help. We are trying to break some of the media silence or superficial converage, as well as urge US representatives/senators to pay attention to our situation. A few other Albanians in the US and I have started a citizens campaign www.actalbania.org. It contains accurate info, as well as letters you can copy/paste and send to specific targets, also listed on the page. I am asking this as a personal favor. Please, take ten minutes, look us up, send a letter on our behalf. Link us on your facebook, twitter, pass our info along to friends. There is no easier way to change the world than virtual activism. All it takes is will, a little time, and love.
I am also trying to organize a series of events with people who may want to host a "letter writting gathering" from their venues or homes. Contact me directly if you are willing to help with one, or just want to know more specifics. Thank you for the family you have been through all these years, for being the vast hearts to embrace any cause, for speaking up for who cannot, and always offering yourselves to the world.
website: www.actalbania.org
facebook event to invite others:http://www.facebook.com/pages/ACT-Albania/137721106292878#!/event.php?eid=110695995675113
facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/ACT-Albania/137721106292878#!/pages/ACT-Albania/137721106292878
For any questions, ideas, or comments, feel free to contact me at jonidab@yahoo.com or gypseeyo@yahoo.com
thank you,
Jonida Beqo/Gypsee Yo
"Everybody matters. Everywhere."- R. McKibbens
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General Discussion / Re: Up Coming Locations for PSi Events
« on: January 10, 2011, 08:43:53 PM »
I know, right?!
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General Discussion / Re: Membership Retention
« on: January 09, 2011, 06:49:45 PM »
Really great idea!
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General Discussion / Re: can we change IWPS to Individual North American Poetry Slam championship?
« on: December 31, 2010, 11:02:22 AM »Soooo scott,
Is rudy the number one poet in the world? or in America.
In the world.
If the Olympics take place and only athletes from China show up, it means the athletes are the best in the world, but also in China by default. It doesn't mean "change the Olympics to a Chinese-only event". It means get some other teams there to live up to the charter of the Olympics.
And no, the reverse isn't true. You can't have a world champion at a national event; you can only have a national champion. That the champion is not from that nation just means the nation just got served. It's all about how the competition defines itself, not who shows up. So long as it's genuinely open to all it's completely fair to say the world champ is a world champ regardless of the make-up of their competition that showed up. I think if it's like that EVERY year, a case could and should be made to change the scope of the contest. But if I go to England and beat all of their talent, I'm the best poet in England that year, not the best poet in the world. Fuck England.
The best question is, Is Mortal Kombat a contest of the best fighters in the world? Or the best fighters in THIS world? Is the winner the champion of a multiverse?
Go do a walkabout on THAT one, Mike.
DUDE, you are SUCH a nerd! I think I'm in love!!!
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General Discussion / Re: can we change IWPS to Individual North American Poetry Slam championship?
« on: December 30, 2010, 06:38:46 PM »
Jenn - I love you for that post!
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General Discussion / Re: can we change IWPS to Individual North American Poetry Slam championship?
« on: December 30, 2010, 02:55:49 PM »
I truly can't wait to see you again, Duncan.
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General Discussion / Re: can we change IWPS to Individual North American Poetry Slam championship?
« on: December 25, 2010, 06:05:01 PM »This is cracking me up.
Jess wrote:
Would we accept bids from Pilot to hold iWPS in Paris?
DetroitPhoenix responded:
I don't see why we wouldn't. We reviewed a bid from Toronto.
I know what you mean but equating Toronto with Paris in terms of 'being international' is funny to me from over here in the faaaaar off land of Canadia. Just amusing. No offense.
None taken,
However, just because we're neighbors, doesn't mean Canada is not international (I know you know this). You're not American. I still have to use my passport to get to you. I wasn't trying to be cheeky at all.
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General Discussion / Re: can we change IWPS to Individual North American Poetry Slam championship?
« on: December 23, 2010, 11:19:08 AM »
I don't see why we wouldn't. We reviewed a bid from Toronto.
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General Discussion / Re: Friday's Scores & Rankings and Final Stage Poets and Scores!!
« on: December 14, 2010, 08:59:38 AM »
Rudy Francisco - First
Jesse Parent - Second
Xero - Third
C.P. Maze - fourth
Jesse Parent - Second
Xero - Third
C.P. Maze - fourth
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General Discussion / Friday's Scores & Rankings and Final Stage Poets and Scores!!
« on: December 11, 2010, 03:02:56 AM »
Peace, Fam:
The scores and rankings from the bouts on Friday as well as the Final Standings are now available at www.iwps.poetryslam.com . Thanks, Louise for posting this at 3 AM and thanks to Sean McGarragle and the scoring committee for pulling together the data!
See everybody at Finals later today!!
Good Morning, All!
La Shaun phoenix Moore
Event Coordinator, iWPS 2010
Executive Council Trustee
The scores and rankings from the bouts on Friday as well as the Final Standings are now available at www.iwps.poetryslam.com . Thanks, Louise for posting this at 3 AM and thanks to Sean McGarragle and the scoring committee for pulling together the data!
See everybody at Finals later today!!
Good Morning, All!
La Shaun phoenix Moore
Event Coordinator, iWPS 2010
Executive Council Trustee
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General Discussion / Thursday's iWPS Scores and Rankings!
« on: December 10, 2010, 04:20:31 AM »
Peace, Fam:
The scores and rankings from the bouts on Thursday are now available at www.iwps.poetryslam.com . Thanks, Louise for doing this at 4 AM!
Good Morning, All!
~La Shaun phoenix Moore
The scores and rankings from the bouts on Thursday are now available at www.iwps.poetryslam.com . Thanks, Louise for doing this at 4 AM!
Good Morning, All!
~La Shaun phoenix Moore