Join us to listen to some poetry—or share some writing of your own—at Poetry in the Boro at Dapper Owl on Sunday evening, June 29, 2025. Our feature will be our own Gregory Lannom, who you may know as one of our open mic hosts. Read more about Gregory below.
The features will be at 6:00, with open mic to follow. Drip coffee and light nibbles will be available at no charge. However, we hope that you’ll order from Dapper Owl’s tasty menu to help make this a winning collaboration for all of us! Their menu includes coffee, tea, beer, cider, chips, baked goods, and artisan sandwiches from their grilled cheese station.
About the open mic
Open mic readers can share poetry or spoken word: 2 poems or four minutes, whichever comes first. (Please be aware that if we have a lot of sign-ups, we may ask that you read only 1 poem.) Reading a favorite poem by another writer is fine, too. Sign up for the open mic on site.
We always ask that readers be prepared to keep their pieces “PG-13” depending on our venue and audience, which sometimes includes younger people.
The Dapper Owl coffee pub is located at 2412 East Main St. just past its intersection with Rutherford Blvd., on the east side of the MTSU campus. Overflow parking is on the Arnold Lane side of the building – pull in perpendicular to the building to allow more cars to fit (careful of the AC unit!) or park on the side of road down Arnold Lane (please don’t block any driveways).
About our feature
Gregory Lannom is a visual artist, poet and writer from the Boro, where the poetry is in. He’ll self-publish a book or two of poetry some day, which isn’t the threat it sounds like. Gregory attended the very first Poetry in the Boro in 2016 and soon became one of our open mic hosts. Check out his art on Instagram or Facebook.
Challenge words
If you like, write a new piece to share that includes one, some, or ALL of these words:
green | belonging | water | wind | bias | barrier | elderly | equality | tribal | peanut
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.
Poetry in the Boro thanks MTSU Write and the Rutherford Arts Alliance for their on-going partnerships and support.
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Check out the monthly Rutherford Arts Alliance lit-news blog by our team member Taffeta Chime!