Indie Slam Report: June 22nd
JUNE 22nd SLAM
QUICKLY – CLIMB TO THE ROOFTOPS THERE IS A FOREST THERE
oh wait, no, that was just a surreal slam poem
am I the only one that mistakes Jack Rusk’s poetry for an acid tripe
tonight we had a tough list of competitors.
In the first round we had such bay area slam regulars as
Jen G, John Staedler, and David Perez – yet local poet
Chris Harbster was able to pull the high score of the round
with an over the top love poem. In the second round
Jen G. took high score with the darkness
of the devil. Third round was a close bout
between Jack Rusk (two time UCSC grand slam champion)
Jen G, Chris Harbster, and Lyrical I (a Santa Cruz street
poet native).
Jack and Jen eliminated their competitors to go into the
head to head fourth round with very opposite styles of writing and
performance.
only to…
only to…
TIE and settle the score with a sudden death Haiku.
In the end, Jack Rusk took home the glory.
Big shout outs to the first time poets that read.
Also, big pat on my own back for getting the highest score
of the night in the third round sacrifice spot with
my new poem “Up.”
The feature, Kim Johnston
brought the house down. Her line “picking
forget-me-nots out of voodoo dolls” is still
echoing through my head.
And HER dirty haiku’s scared my unborn children’s unborn children.
