Tucson Slam Master Lindsay Miller representing Team Tucson in Round 3 at the Old Town Shootout, Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Old Town Center for the Arts, in Cottonwood, Arizona.
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Monday, January 5, 2009
Megan Reynolds
Megan Reynolds representing Team Phoenix in Round 3 at the Old Town Shootout, Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Old Town Center for the Arts, in Cottonwood, Arizona.
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Sevan Aydinian
Sevan Aydinian representing Team Sedona in Round 3 at the Old Town Shootout, Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Old Town Center for the Arts, in Cottonwood, Arizona.
Video courtesy of Sevan Aydinian
Video courtesy of Sevan Aydinian
Maple Dewleaf
Maple Dewleaf representing Team Flagstaff in Round 3 at the Old Town Shootout, Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Old Town Center for the Arts, in Cottonwood, Arizona.
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Terence Pratt redeux
Terence Pratt as the second sorbet poet after intermission and before Round 3 at the Old Town Shootout, Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Old Town Center for the Arts, in Cottonwood, Arizona.
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Host Danielle Miller
The slam's host, Danielle Miller, reads a poem to kick off the second half of the slam after intermission. Miller is a local actress and poet.
Sorbet poet before round 3 at the Old Town Shootout, Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Old Town Center for the Arts, in Cottonwood, Arizona.
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Sorbet poet before round 3 at the Old Town Shootout, Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Old Town Center for the Arts, in Cottonwood, Arizona.
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Monday, December 29, 2008
Madaleine Beckwith
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 Cottonwood, Arizona.
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Dan Seaman
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 Cottonwood, Arizona.
This was my favorite poem of the night.
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
This was my favorite poem of the night.
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Evan
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, Arizona.
(To skip the microphone stand problems, advance to time index 1:10, and then ignore me running around like an idiot after Evan finishes)
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
(To skip the microphone stand problems, advance to time index 1:10, and then ignore me running around like an idiot after Evan finishes)
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Jonathan Standiford
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 Cottonwood, Arizona.
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Mickey Randleman
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 Cottonwood, Arizona.
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Jen Valencia
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 Shootout, Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Old Town Center for the Arts, in Cottonwood, Arizona.
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
a poet, graphic designer, and resident of the Village of Oak Creek.
Sorbet poet between rounds 1 and 2 at the Old Town Shootout, Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Old Town Center for the Arts, in Cottonwood, Arizona.
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Team Flagstaff
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, at the Old Town Center for the Arts, in Cottonwood, Arizona.
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Tufik Shayeb
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 Cottonwood, Arizona.
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Team Tucson
A group poem by Team Tuscon, comprised of Lindsay Miller, Mickey Randleman, Ethan Dickinson and Maya Asher in Round 1 at the Old Town Shootout, Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Old Town Center for the Arts, in Cottonwood, Arizona.
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Jose Magana
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, Arizona.
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Gary Every
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, Arizona.
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Terence Pratt
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 Cottonwood, Arizona.
Terence Pratt begins at time index 0:58
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Terence Pratt begins at time index 0:58
Video courtesy of Apollo Poetry, of TravelingPoet.com
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Old Town Shootout Poetry Slam results
Results from the Old Town Shootout Poetry Slam
The third Poexplosion 3
The third Poexplosion 3
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, Old Town Center for the Arts, Cottonwood, Arizona, 7:30 p.m.
Calibration poet Terence Pratt, a professor at Yavapai College and a Cottonwood City Councilman
Round 1
Sedona, Gary Every, 28.8 (1:59:47)
Phoenix, Jose Magana, 28.4 (2:41:29)
Tucson, group poem with Lindsay Miller, Mickey Randleman, Ethan Dickinson and Maya Asher, 28.6 (3:00:43)
Mesa, Tufik Shayeb, 29.6 (2:59:02)
Flagstaff, group poem with Evan, Faldwin, Maple Dewleaf and Brian, 26.1 (2:40:56)
Sorbet poet Jen Valencia, a writer from the Village of Oak Creek
Round 2
Tucson, Mickey Randleman, Ethan Dickinson, Maya Asher, 29.3 (2:34:16)Mesa, Jonathon Standiford, 30 with -0.5 time penalty (3:19:25)
Flagstaff, Evan, 26.7, with -1.5 time penalty (3:33:25)
Sedona, Dan Seaman, 29.9 with -0.5 time penalty (3:11:00)
Phoenix, Madaleine Beckwith, 28.4 (2:48:41)
---intermission---
Sorbet poet and host Danielle Miller
Sorbet poet Terence Pratt
Round 3
Flagstaff, Maple Dewleaf, 27.1 (1:32:37)Sedona, Apollo Poetry, 30 (2:58:32)
Phoenix, Megan, 27.7 (2:49:03)
Tuscon, Lindsay Miller, 29.2 (2:24:37)
Mesa, Neil Gearns, 27.6, (2:27:22)
Sorbet poet Kaila Haas, from the Village of Oak Creek and 2007 graduate of Sedona Red Rock High School
Round 4
Phoenix, Lauren Perry, 28.6 with -1.5 time penalty (3:33:06)Tucson, Maya Asher, 28.4 (2:24:24)
Mesa, Tristan Marshell, 30, (3:08:18)
Flagstaff, Brian, 28.9 (1:36:44)
Sedona, Christopher Fox Graham, 30 with -0.5 time penalty (3:11:18)
Sorbet poet Tara Pollock, from Sedona
Victory poem, Apollo Poetry, Team Sedona
Final scores
Sedona, 117.7
Mesa, 116.7
Tucson, 115.5
Phoenix, 111.6
Flagstaff, 107.3
Sedona, 117.7
Mesa, 116.7
Tucson, 115.5
Phoenix, 111.6
Flagstaff, 107.3
Slam staff
Scorekeeper: Alun WileTimekeeper: Danielle "Deeds" Gervasio
Host: Danielle Miller
Organizers: William Eaton, owner of the Old Town Center for the Arts
Christopher Fox Graham, Sedona 510 Poetry
Richard Hazen, owner of Green Carrot Cafe and D'Lish Very Vegetarian
A series of haiku
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 out last night
no, this isn't my blood but
happy Mother's Day
Serial Killer Haiku
Funny you should ask
my trunk can fit two Boy Scouts
and a grandmother
Nicholas is in the Will; I'm a Footnote Haiku
I thought my mother
loved both her sons equally ...
until I saw the will
Heavy Pause Haiku
Then, years afterward,
I realized the problem was ...
...
...
...
... I hesitated
American 17-syllable haiku
My Grammar Can Beat Up Your Grammar Haiku
Why isn't "phonetic"
spelled phonetically?
While you think, let's make out
Dirty Old Man Haiku
And old man told me
the way to stay young
is sleep with 18-year-olds
Ella Garrett Haiku
We copy editors judge you,
reporters,
when you use bad grammar
Crucifixion Haiku (stolen from a joke by Dan Seaman)
Why did Jesus Christ
die on the cross?
Because he forgot the safe word
Bruce Haiku
Fathers should suffer
labor like mothers so they
don't bolt on their sons
Why I Act Like a Child Haiku
The older you get
the younger you feel.
At 40, I'll be fetal
Pudenda Haiku
My hand rests on your cleft:
the moist doorway from where
poems and poets are born
Theory of Relativity Haiku
The illusion of light
traps believers in the past
must move faster
Emigration Haiku
America is taxing my dreams
so I'm moving
to Canada
Arboreal Haiku
A tree falls in the woods
and no one is around.
Termites have no crowd
Insurance Haiku
"Drop your pants
and give me $100."
I hate my HMO.
Call Center Haiku
Work is so boring today.
I'll liven it up
with a homicide
Urban Violence Haiku
We were children once,
remember?
why do you now hold a gun?
Lisa Gaston Haiku
Somehow you can make
the words, "fuck me"
the most romantic phrase I know
Atheist Haiku
You ask why I am an atheist?
Fathers are our models
for God
Punk Rock Chick Haiku
Punk band patches
tats, pink hair, pierced attitude ...
I want her to break me
Michael Bay Haiku
If we're really headed to hell
in a hand basket,
I call shotgun
Why I Need My Sins Haiku
The histories we try to forget
end up
defining who we are
Nearsidedness Haiku
I should have seen
fucking you was dumb;
my testicles need spectacles
Thanksgiving Haiku
Before we start, I
want to say I hate you all.
Pass the salt, aunt Beth
Was it True Love Haiku
Loving you was
endless disappointment
with moments of denial
I Need a Front Page Story Haiku
Wildfires threaten Sedona
but I work for a newspaper.
So light up.
My Longest Relationship was 42 Days Haiku
Whales beach themselves
when they know it's over;
We stayed at sea way too long
Head to Head Haikus
Greg Nix Haiku
Greg Nix once said
he admired me.
Will he slobber on my pecker?
Greg Nix Haiku #2
I doubt it
a bottle, his foot and his shame
already fill his mouth
Damien Flores Haiku #1
Damien is cocky
about his haiku
but he still can't buy beer
Damien Flores Haiku #2
Easy way to win:
"Damien is 20, officer,
and he's drunk."
Why it's Hard to Kill Aaron Johnson With My Car Haiku
God damn lefties!
Aaron Johnson hitchhikes
facing oncoming traffic
Jedi Haiku
We are Jedi Knights
our words are our lightsabers
our Force is the Word
Mother's Day Haiku
I blacked out last night
no, this isn't my blood but
happy Mother's Day
Serial Killer Haiku
Funny you should ask
my trunk can fit two Boy Scouts
and a grandmother
Nicholas is in the Will; I'm a Footnote Haiku
I thought my mother
loved both her sons equally ...
until I saw the will
Heavy Pause Haiku
Then, years afterward,
I realized the problem was ...
...
...
...
... I hesitated
American 17-syllable haiku
My Grammar Can Beat Up Your Grammar Haiku
Why isn't "phonetic"
spelled phonetically?
While you think, let's make out
Dirty Old Man Haiku
And old man told me
the way to stay young
is sleep with 18-year-olds
Ella Garrett Haiku
We copy editors judge you,
reporters,
when you use bad grammar
Crucifixion Haiku (stolen from a joke by Dan Seaman)
Why did Jesus Christ
die on the cross?
Because he forgot the safe word
Bruce Haiku
Fathers should suffer
labor like mothers so they
don't bolt on their sons
Why I Act Like a Child Haiku
The older you get
the younger you feel.
At 40, I'll be fetal
Pudenda Haiku
My hand rests on your cleft:
the moist doorway from where
poems and poets are born
Theory of Relativity Haiku
The illusion of light
traps believers in the past
must move faster
Emigration Haiku
America is taxing my dreams
so I'm moving
to Canada
Arboreal Haiku
A tree falls in the woods
and no one is around.
Termites have no crowd
Insurance Haiku
"Drop your pants
and give me $100."
I hate my HMO.
Call Center Haiku
Work is so boring today.
I'll liven it up
with a homicide
Urban Violence Haiku
We were children once,
remember?
why do you now hold a gun?
Lisa Gaston Haiku
Somehow you can make
the words, "fuck me"
the most romantic phrase I know
Atheist Haiku
You ask why I am an atheist?
Fathers are our models
for God
Punk Rock Chick Haiku
Punk band patches
tats, pink hair, pierced attitude ...
I want her to break me
Michael Bay Haiku
If we're really headed to hell
in a hand basket,
I call shotgun
Why I Need My Sins Haiku
The histories we try to forget
end up
defining who we are
Nearsidedness Haiku
I should have seen
fucking you was dumb;
my testicles need spectacles
Thanksgiving Haiku
Before we start, I
want to say I hate you all.
Pass the salt, aunt Beth
Was it True Love Haiku
Loving you was
endless disappointment
with moments of denial
I Need a Front Page Story Haiku
Wildfires threaten Sedona
but I work for a newspaper.
So light up.
My Longest Relationship was 42 Days Haiku
Whales beach themselves
when they know it's over;
We stayed at sea way too long
Head to Head Haikus
Greg Nix Haiku
Greg Nix once said
he admired me.
Will he slobber on my pecker?
Greg Nix Haiku #2
I doubt it
a bottle, his foot and his shame
already fill his mouth
Damien Flores Haiku #1
Damien is cocky
about his haiku
but he still can't buy beer
Damien Flores Haiku #2
Easy way to win:
"Damien is 20, officer,
and he's drunk."
Why it's Hard to Kill Aaron Johnson With My Car Haiku
God damn lefties!
Aaron Johnson hitchhikes
facing oncoming traffic
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