Madaleine Beckwith represented Team Phoenix in Round 2 at the Old Town Shootout, Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Old Town Center for the Arts, in ...

Dan Seaman representing Team Sedona in Round 2 at the Old Town Shootout, Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Old Town Center for the Arts, in Cottonwo...

Evan representing Team Flagstaff in Round 2 at the Old Town Shootout, Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Old Town Center for the Arts, in Cottonwood,...

Jonathan Standiford representing Team Mesa in Round 2 at the Old Town Shootout, Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Old Town Center for the Arts, in C...

Mickey Randleman representing Team Tucson in Round 2 at the Old Town Shootout, Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Old Town Center for the Arts, in Co...

Jen Valencia, a poet, graphic designer, and resident of the Village of Oak Creek. Sorbet poet between rounds 1 and 2 at the Old Town Shootou...

A group poem by Team Flagstaff, comprised of Evan, Faldwin, Brian and Maple Dewleaf in Round 1 at the Old Town Shootout, Saturday, Dec. 13, ...

Tufik Shayeb representing Team Mesa in Round 1 at the Old Town Shootout, Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Old Town Center for the Arts, in Cottonwo...

A group poem by Team Tuscon, comprised of Lindsay Miller, Mickey Randleman, Ethan Dickinson and Maya Asher in Round 1 at the Old Town Shooto...

Jose Magana represented Phoenix in Round 1 at the Old Town Shootout, Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Old Town Center for the Arts, in Cottonwood, ...

Gary Every, represented Sedona in Round 1 at the Old Town Shootout, Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Old Town Center for the Arts, in Cottonwood, A...

Terence Pratt as the calibration poet before Round 1 at the Old Town Shootout, Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Old Town Center for the Arts, in Co...

Results from the Old Town Shootout Poetry Slam The third Poexplosion 3 Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, Old Town Center for the Arts, Cottonwood, Ar...

Traditional 5-7-5 haiku Jedi Haiku We are Jedi Knights our words are our lightsabers our Force is the Word Mother's Day Haiku I blacked ...

The art of competitive spoken word returns to the Verde Valley with the Old Town Shootout, a high-energy, high-stakes team poetry slam on Sa...

embraced by solitude a vacancy sign hangs over the bed I expect no takers in the near future nor do I advertise the free space over coffee o...

This poem was sent to me from a fan after a poetry slam in Flagstaff last Wednesday: Love, Ithaca a little girl in love with a man because h...

Great cover. A portrait of Barack Obama made from election day covers. The long national nightmare is finally over. I wonder what we'll ...

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