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Chelmsford's Intergenerational Poetry Slams

The winners from our Poetry Slam on Friday, April 25, 2008 are:

First Place:
Lesley Koresky for "A Summer Memory"

Second Place:
Katie Nunan for "Arch Trees"

Third Place:
Mary Ziavras for "When Sand Castles Washed Away"

Fourth Place -a tie
Meg Coughlin for "Vermont"
M. Paul Ward for "Caps"
George Vendura for ""Whenever I Sing"

Thank you to all of our poets for a wonderful evening of poetry!

Poet

A Word on our (gentle) Poetry Slams...

Chelmsford's Slam is a gentle Slam. At some Poetry Slams in city bars and on college campuses judges signal their votes "Olympic style" after each reading. Our Slams are less intimidating; voting takes place quietly via a ballot box. Think of it as a Slam customized for the suburbs.

We have poets of all ages. Our youngest poet was about 5; our oldest poet spent the evening of her 90th birthday at one of our Slams! The rest fall in between giving us a rich variety of perspectives of the human condition.

Audience members vote by filling out ballots with the names of their three most favorite poems or poets (we print up programs listing our poets so you can keep track of who's who). The ballots are dropped into a ballot box at the end of the evening; the votes are tallied up usually by the following day.

We announce the winners on the Library's web page(see below for lists of winners) and in the local press. (You can call the Library for a list of the winners too).

For more information or to add your name to our mailing list to be notified of future slams call 978-256-5521, ext. 109, or e-mail the Library's Community Services Department.

The Winners

Winners of our 23rd Slam -April 2007

Winners of our 22nd Slam -April 21, 2006

Winners of our 21st Slam -April 2005

Winners of our 20th Slam -Oct. 2004

Winners of our 19th Slam -April 2004

Winners of our 18th Slam -Oct. 2003

Winners of our 17th Slam - April 2003

Winners of our 16th Poetry Slam - October 2002

Winners of our 15th Poetry Slam - April 2002

Winners from our 14th Slam - October 2001

Winners from our 13th Poetry Slam - April 2001

Winners from our 12th Poetry Slam - October 2000

Winners from our 11th Poetry Slam - April 2000

 

Have you seen our books of poetry?

The Chelmsford Public Library and the Friends of the Library have published nine books of poetry from our Slams. Our poets receive a complimentary copy of the book(s) in which their poem(s) appear. These books may be purchased at the main library and at the MacKay Library for $3.00/booklet.

We also have copies for sale at each of our Poetry Slams. Special thanks to editors Simone Beaubien and Fred Gerhard, who have made these books of poetry possible!

Poetry Links

 

 


  
   
 
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