whoa!

Thursday night's slam was well worth the wait. Far beyond my expectations. If you were not there, you really missed something. We had a lot of new readers, in such a vivid and fascinating array. Where else could you be exposed to such a variety of the intimacies of the human condition? This I feel, above all, is the draw to this very vital event. Shared experience. More reality than you could ever see on reality TV. It has become so well recieved that many were turned away at the door in an effort not to exceed the fire and capacity codes. Which is somewhat ironic because each poet was spitting fire. I feel very honored and blessed to be in the company of these poets, documentarians of this our generation.

In attendance on Thursday was a reporter from Style Weekly. I was contacted over the weekend and informed that they would like to do a story on our slam night. Ha, imagine that. As Grandma would say,"well well well". If the wave does swell, we'll ride it for a spell. I let some of the poets know. And hopefully we all can share in this blessing.

So everything is GOOD. I'd even go as far to say "All Good"! Stay safe and keep pushing your pens until we meet again.

- d.l.