April 21st 2016 Slam Results

Here are the results from our 2016 Last Chance Slam.

Pamela Stewart    28.1 + 26.7 = 54.8

i live with the girl/my childhood home was built

Marie Specht    28.1 + 26.6 = 54.7

how to write a poem about what it is to become a mother/they say the heartwood

Daniel Belkin      27.2 + 26.5 = 53.7

i like to Google myself/i’m not ready to get married

Annie Lepage      26.3 + 27.2 = 53.5

when she discovers HUNGER/the other night my heart clawed its way out

Tanya Christie    26.4 + 26.9 = 53.3

blossoming/it comes in moments

And now we roll into semi-finals, the first held at Northern Quarter on May 5th,

and the second at the Fernwood Community Centre on May 12th.

Hope to see you there!

Catching up! February and March 2016 scores and such

So sorry, lovely readers, if you exist, but I was away in Europe (!!!) and missed the February and March Slams this year.

You all know in January, Vic Slam night is replaced with CIPS Qualifier night, so let's get back on track.

February 18th 2016 there was a Slam and the lovely Erin Cotton, somewhat recently returned to us here in Victoria, swept the night!

Erin Cotton   27.7 + 28.8 = 56.5

Economics/Politics  + About Doubt

Pamela Stewart  26.7 + 28.5 = 55.2

If I died tomorrow/I’m not an athlete

Matthew Christopher Davidson 24.5 + 27.9 = 52.4

This is for.../Prime Numbers

Julia Albano-C   25 + 26.9 = 51.9

Waiting for Lover/I saw your Family

Dana  27.8 + 23.8 = 51.6

How can I make you stay?/He would look killer in a suit

Bill 24.4 + 26.9 = 51.3

Mexican Girl/BC Ferries

Mason 24.7 + 26.1 = 50.8

Control/Angel of Might

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March 17 2016

Then March rolled along and the lovely Pamela Stewart won the slam (first time she's won one, though as you can see by the point list, she's been racking up the points this year!).

Pamela Stewart 28.1 + 28.2 = 56.3

My shame is greater than our shame + funeral/if I were to die tonight

Scott Thompson 28.1 + 27.7 = 55.8

cold castle walls/we've all got our monsters + Tinder for Introverts

Jeremy Loveday 27 + 28.4 = 55.4

There is a lesson here(self doubt/insomnia) + 

I suffer heat stroke/internal combustion

Dana 27.1 + 27.5 = 54.6

I was a hyperkinetic + photograph of us at your work party 2015

Keenan 26.9 + 26.9 = 53.8

mouth trumpet/it's not always easy finding the new rhythm +

pterodactyl/human how do you know me?

Annie Lepage 26.6 + 27.1 = 53.7

I am become my grandfather's ghost/the gentle kiss of machinery

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Congrats to all these poets.

Peace and gratitude.