Poetry In The Bar

This month, Helen Broom is back and is joined by Georgian/American poet and novelist, David Dephy, and they discuss poetry as a constant heartbeat to life, love, and political protest. In our twelfth virtual open mic, we have four readers: Sophi Behal, Mike Ball, Kyle Potvin, and Sebenzile Ngwenya.

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This month, Helen Broom is back and is joined by Lansing poet, Kelsey Brianne, and they discuss poetry as protest and the inspiration of geography. In our eleventh virtual open mic, we have three readers: Lennart Lundh, Michael Waterson, and Paul Brucker.

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This month, Gavin Broom is standing in for Helen. He's joined by fiction writer and founder of the REO Town Reading Series, Matthew Rossi. In our tenth virtual open mic, we have four readers: Kelsey Brianne, John Mahon III, Mary Anna Kruch, and Paul Brucker.

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This month, Helen Broom is joined by Detroit-born poet Mary Fox, and they discuss the politics of poetry as well as themes of grief. In our ninth virtual open mic, we have four readers: Dennis Hinrichsen, Cheryl Caesar, Peter A, and Teresa McGuire, and then Helen closes out 2020 with a poem dedicated to her friend, Nadine, who passed away this month.

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This month, Helen Broom is joined by Lansing poet and musician, Ryan Apple, whose new book, Stars and Sparrows Alike, will be available from Finishing Line Press in the coming weeks. In our eighth virtual open mic, we have five readers: Bob McNeil, John Mahon III, Cheryl Caesar, Stephen Anderson, and Michael Waterson.

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This month, Helen Broom is joined by former Lansing Poet Laureate, Dennis Hinrichsen, whose new book of poetry, This Is Where I Live I Have Nowhere Else to Go, is now available. In our seventh virtual open mic, we have seven readers: Paul Brucker, Kelsey Brianne, Matthew Thorburn, Oriada Dajko, Joshua Zeitler, Mary Fox, and Peter Cowlam.

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This month, Helen Broom is joined by her husband, poet, short story writer, novelist and podcaster, Gavin Broom. In our sixth virtual open mic, we have six readers: Cheryl Caesar, Lennart Lundh, Emanuella Edward, Mike Ball, Jude Alexzander, and David Dephy.

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This month, Helen Broom is joined by Lansing poet Cheryl Caesar. In our fifth virtual open mic, we have five readers: Mary Anna Kruch, Danny Best, Teresa M. McGuire, Bruce McRae, and Yewande Adebowale.

You can order Cheryl's work at hostingauthors.com/books/flatman.

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This month, Helen Broom is joined by Lansing poet Cruz Villarreal. In our fourth virtual open mic, we have four readers: Therese Wood, Jeremy Hurt, Kelsey Brianne, Cheryl Caesar, and Helen shares a baseball poem.

You can read more of Cruz's work at cruzpoet.openlcc.net.

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This month, Helen Broom is joined by Detroit poet Kortney Dennings. In our third virtual open mic, we have four readers, local, national, and international: Tali Cohen Shabtai, Frogg Corpse, Cheryl Caesar, and Helen shares some of her latest work.

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