Listen to some poetry—or share some writing of your own—at Poetry in the Boro on Sunday evening, November 12. Our feature will be Dana Malone, co-author of Mother. Ghost. Grave. from Finishing Line Press. Read more about Dana below.
We’ll be returning to Cultivate Coworking, located at 107 W. Lytle St. Plenty of free street parking is available on Lytle and College. Doors open for mingling and refreshments at 5:30 PM. The feature will be at 6:00, with open mic to follow.
About the open mic
Open mic readers can share poetry or spoken word: 2 poems or four minutes, whichever comes first. Reading a favorite poem by another writer is fine, too. Sign up for the open mic on site.
We ask that readers be prepared to keep their pieces “PG-13” depending on our venue and audience, which sometimes includes younger people.
About our feature
Dana Malone has featured in many poetry events in Middle Tennessee and performed for
the Bloom Stage, Tenx9, and Tennessee Women’s Theater Project. She is active with the
Appalachian Writers Workshop and Women of Appalachia Project. During the pandemic,
she won a prize from April Gloaming Press, appeared in two poetry-related feature films,
and started performing almost-nightly for #musiccitysingsat6. Her recent poetry
collection is the chapbook Mother. Grave. Ghost., published by Finishing Line Press in
late 2022. Copies of her book will be available for purchase.
Challenge words
Here are our challenge words, chosen by our community at our last gathering. If you like, write a new piece to share that includes one, some, or ALL of these words:
mirror | kneel | boots | salacious | condemn | snack | hope | gallivant | flight | cig *
*cigar or cigarette
Your donations are appreciated
ADMISSION IS FREE. A DONATION of $5 is appreciated to help us offset our costs. You can donate using PayPal at paypal.me/poetryintheboro. We also accept donations on site.