December 19, 2018

Hello poets,
This season's point list is as follows-

High to Low (followed by alphabetically) 

Rachel 4+4+4 =12 

SJ 5+5 =10 

Shauntelle 5 

Juniper 3+1 =4 

Neko 2+2 =4 

Craig Paul 3 

Dana 3 

Blake 1+2 =3 

Jade Bell 1

alphabetically by first name 

Blake 1+2 =3 

Craig Paul 3 

Dana 3 

Jade 1 

Juniper 3+1 =4 

Neko 2+2 =4 

Rachel 4+4+4 =12 

Shauntelle 5 

SJ 5+5 =10

after tonight's Slam, we'll be sending out invitations for the CIPS Qualifier, also known as Indies, happening at Caffe Fantastico on the last Wednesday of January 2019, where each invited poet will

compete in a 4 minute round, a 1 minute round, a 2 minute round and a 3 minute round.

the winner of this event will represent Victoria in 2019 at CIPS in Vancouver- May 1st to 5th (approximately).

here is a link that will give you more info about the Verses-CIPS event.

http://versesfestival.ca/about-verses/poetry-slam/

2018 Vic Slam Team!

Oh Wow, What a Night!

Here are the scores for the May 30 2018 Vic Slam Finals at the VEC.

Olivia Kompier-28.1+28.4+28.7=85.2
Marie Metaphor-28.2+28.2+28.8=85.2
Hilly Ville-27.7+28.4+28.6=84.7
Dana Neily-27.7+27.8+29.1=84.6
SJ Valiquette-28.5+27.5+28.5=84.5
Juniper-Mae Gittens-27.6+27.4+29.2=84.2
Jenna North-25.8+28.3+28.2=82.3
AltogetherLisa-25.8+28.5+27.6=81.9

Congratulations to Olivia, Marie, Hilly and Dana, the 2018 Vic Slam Team!

2017-2018 Points Earned towards Finals

Points Accumulated at 8 Slams over the 2017-2018 Vic Slam Season

From High to Low -

last updated Thursday May 17th 2018

Juniper 3+4+3+3+5 =18 

Dana 2+4+5+3=14 

Jeremy 4 + 5=9 

Marie 4+5=9 

SJV 5+2 =7 

Jenna 5+1 =6 

Olivia 5+1 =6 

Hilly 5 

Lisa 5 

Margaret 4 +1 =5 

Neko 4 

Snowy 4 

Sol 2+2=4 

William 4 

Jocelyn 3 

Lizzy Rose 3 

MCD 3 

Julia 2 

Kathleen M 2

Sarah 2 

Annie 1 

Blake 1 

Brigid 1 

Emily BD 1

Tom 1

Last Chance Slam Results

Hello All,

It's the end of May and we had our last regular slam of the season last night at Caffe Fantastico.
This means many things, but let's start with results from the May 16th Slam.

Marie Metaphor- 28.5+27.9 = 56.4
there is a flat grey roof in the rain/he's out delivering-quiet-blue smoke
Neko- 26.8+28.5=55.3
penguins/six circular confessions
Jocelyn-27.1+28=55.1
when i learned that i had it in me to kill/knife, knife, where is your 'k'?
Sarah Jane-26.3+28.1=54.4
letter to my father(queer actor)/what to do when experiencing a loss
Blake-27+27.1
we meet in the morning/i'm about to tell you something
Sol-26.2
i've been told that teenagers shouldn't write love poems
Daniel-26.2
i like to google myself
Monica-24.9
ode to a narcissist
Talen-24.6
my first Valentine's Day Heart

March and April

Quick catch up! places 1st to last for April and March

April 2018 

Jeremy Loveday - 29.2+29.2 + 58.4
on the bathroom wall/dear death metal
William- 29.8+28.4=58.2
it’s time i admit/i approached you
Lizzy Rose - 28.6+29=57.6
this is a love poem/woke up in the future
Sol- 27.7+29.7=57.4
ghosts/bird window splat
Emily- 29.5+27.7+57.2
my father/mother/brother//my best friend
Patrick-this expectation 27.4
Scott - here I am (LONG) 26.2
Tom - dispatches from the edge 25.8

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March 2018 - (February Slam cancelled due to snow)

Juniper Mae Gittens - 27.2 + 26.9 = 54.1
dear groups of drunk men on city sidewalks/the thread of your own history
Jeremy Loveday -26.2 + 27.7 = 53.9
an old mask on young man/the yellow lone divides more than the road
Dana Neily - 26 + 27.8 = 53.8
everything is a little off kilter- migraine/am i happy?
Sol Schaefer - 26.8 + 27.2 = 53.5
when the revolution comes/in 1,000 years
Jenna North - 26.4 + 26.5 = 52.9
cemetery thoughts/young girl sits on a bus
Bazz Newton - 25.4
I'm not naïve
Kelsey Claire -25.3
dear 16 your old self
David Bell -25.2
sometimes not feeling well
Asiza -24.5
in another universe we are lovers

Jan Slam 2018!

Happy New Year to our millions of readers around the globe!

Our January Slam went as follows-

Round One-

Daniel Belkin-sac	coconuts
Kathleen Miniely	just you, just sweaty, just us, just…
Dana Neily	I rebuilt this house, not from…
Juniper Gittens	open your mouth
David	I wish I could say that you're perfect
Margaret	epiphany- change the world
Snowy	not here

Round Two-

Snowy	lover's conundrum
Juniper Gittens	at 21 I am just now learning my body
Dana Neily	neurotypical
David Bell	the bathroom
Kathleen Miniely	she saw her in the hour before the body
Margaret	if there is no God

Points- 

Dana Neily - 24.6 + 27.9 = 52.5

Snowy - 27.1 + 24.8 = 51.9

Juniper Mae Gittens - 25.3 + 24.3  = 49.6

Kathleen Miniely - 23.3 + 24.8  = 48.1

Margaret -  22.5 + 25 = 47.5

see you at Slam, can't wait for CIPS Qualifier on January 31st!

December 2017 Vic Slam Results

Hello again,
Please note that points for the season are available on the FB page.

Slam results for the December 6th Slam, featuring Pamela Stewart are as follows-

SJ Valiquette - 28.8+27.4 = 56.2
tell me I’m pretty/inhale-exhale

Margaret - 26.9+28.5 = 55.4
Scrabble as alleghory/this is an indiscretion

Juniper Mae Gittens- 27+27.9 = 54.9
my yellow sweater/this small god

AlltogetherLisa - 27.7+27.1 = 54.8
you don’t act like an Indian/this is a happy poem

Olivia K - 27.1+26.8 = 53.9
i bought myself an axe/polyamory

Marie Specht - 25.7 a call to arms (overtime)

Julia Albano - 24.7 the walls around my heart

Annie Lepage - 24.2
passing you book recomm. thru your best friend because I can’t handle talking to you

November 2017 Slam results

Results from the November 15th 207 Vic Slam are as follows-

5 persons signed up to slam that night.

Jenna - 26.8+27.9 = 54.7 

i walked into Urban Outfitters in NYC/Haida Gwaii 

Dana Neily- 27+26.8 = 53.8 

he tells me his depression is getting worse/fictional bodies 

AlltogetherLisa- 24.7+28.6 = 53.3 

the man she wanted New Year’s Day/pussy 

Julia Albano - 24.5+27.3 = 51.8 

to the people embracing eack other on the hilltop/craving souls 

Annie Lepage -26.9+20.9 = 47.8 

my pussy is like an ark/twitter rant

October Slam Results 2017

We had ourselves an amazing and quiet slam this week.

First round-
Zoe-19.8
Zane-23.9
Matthew-26.1
Tom-25.8
Juniper Mae-26.8
Olivia-28.1
Dana-25.7

Second round
Olivia-27.1
Juniper Mae-27.2
Matthew-26.9
Tom-25.1
Dana-26.5

Final Scores
Olivia-55.2
Juniper Mae-54
Matthew-53
Dana-52.2
Tom-50.9

I sure do love the October Slam!

2017- September Slam Results

Here we are, September 2017 already and we had our first Vic Slam of the season last night.

The 11 poets who signed up to compete at our mic were-

Daniel Belkin

Tom Fowler

Brady Tighe

Marie Specht

Sarah Wilson

Kelsey Claire

Olivia Kompter

Brigid Mueller

Hilly Somerville

Tanya Christie

Juniper Mae

Final scores from 1st to 5th place were as follows- with points for the season-

Hilly Somerville -5 points

Marie Specht - 4 points

Juniper Mae - 3 points

Sarah Wilson - 2 points

Brigid Mueller - 1 point

Hope to see more new faces again at the next Slam, October 18!

2017 Slam Team Chosen

Hello all,

On May 17th 2017, at the Ambrosia Centre in downtown Victoria, we held our Slam Team Finals.
I, your blogger, was in Japan at the time, and am finally updating this page now, a wee bit late, but that's as may be.

Slam Finals Competitors were, in order of first round-
Hookshot
Catherine Garrett
Leslie
Pamela Stewart
Tanya Christie
Jeremy Loveday
Dana Neily
Sarah Wilson

We're sending 4 poets to Peterborough this year, after a short slam season of only 4 slams, due to another loss of venue, which is now corrected since we found the wonderful Caffe Fantastico.

The 4 poets who won Slam Finals are, from 1st place to 4th-
Jeremy Loveday
Tanya Christie
Pamela Stewart
Sarah Wilson

Tanya Christie stepped down and Catherine Garrett, who came in 5th, has taken her place.
We wish them all the best at the 2017 CFSW.

These are the point rankings for the January 2017- May 2017 regular Vic Slams.
Points are awarded in the following manner-
5 points-1st place
4 points- 2nd place
3 points- 3rd place
2 points- 4nd place
1 point- 5th place


Jeremy Loveday -9
Dana Neily -5
Tanya Christie -5
Hookshot -5
Eddi -5
Leslie -5
Anthony -4
Pamela Stewart -4
Sarah Wilson -4
Catherine Garrett -4
Ollie -3
Annie -2
Talen -2
Erin Cotton -2
Tom Fowler -1
Spencer -1

2017 Last Chance Slam Results

Hello folks,

Here are the results of the May 3rd Last Chance Slam-

In the first round we had

Dana Neily- 26.7
David Bell- 24.3
Sarah Wilson - 28.2
Woodward - 25.5
Tom Fowler 24.9
RJ - 25.5
TB - 23.7
Leslie -28.3
Erin Cotton -27.6
Spencer -27.6
Catherine Garrett -26.9
Pamela Stewart -28

and in Round 2-

Leslie - 28.4    

Sarah Wilson -28.3    

Pamela Stewart -28.4     

Erin Cotton -28.5    

Spencer - 28.1     

Final Scores for May 3, 2017

Leslie - 56.7

Sarah Wilson - 56.5

Pamela Stewart- 56.4

Erin Cotton - 56.1

Spencer - 55.7
 

Hope to see you at Finals on May 17th at the Ambrosia Centre 638 Fisgard Street!

March 2017 Slam Results

Another Slam at Caffe Fantastico, another 5 poets getting points towards being invited to finals on May 17th at the Ambrosia Centre.

First Round-

Eddi Wilson - 26.1
Jacob Arts  - 24.2
David Bell - 24.5
Ollie Fitzpatrick - 25.6
Hookshot - 26.6
Tom Fowler -24.6
Monique Salez - 23
Talen Rimmer - 24.8
Jericho - 22.9

Second Round

Hookshot - 25.6
Eddi Wilson - 26.1
Ollie Fitzpatrick - 26.4
Talen Rimmer - 26.4
Tom Fowler - 25.6

Final Scores

Hookshot - 52.2
Eddi Wilson - 52.2
Ollie Fitzpatrick - 52
Talen Rimmer - 51.2
Tom Fowler - 50.2

The April Slam (Last Chance Slam) has been bumped to May 3rd to accommodate the Victorious Voices Festival. Hope you can come to that!

February Slam Results

Scores for the February 2017 Slam are in-

Tonight we had 8 poets at Caffe Fantastico in a packed house- 75 people in the audience!

First round
David Bell - 23.4
Tanya Christie- 26.1
Brooklyn Koenig- 22.0
Catherine Garrett- 27.3
Jeremy Loveday- 26.8
Anthony Gavin- 24.7
Brigid Mueller- 23.2
Annie Lepage- 26.6

Second Round -
Catherine Garrett- 26.8
Jeremy Loveday- 27.4
Annie Lepage- 25.6
Tanya Christie- 27.0
Anthony Gavin- 24.8

Final Scores-
Jeremy Loveday- 54.2
Catherine Garrett- 54.1
Tanya Christie- 53.1
Annie Lepage- 52.2
Anthony Gavin- 49.5

See you next month!

January 2017- First Slam of the Season

Hello folks,

The 2016-2017 Slam season started a few months late due to a venue issue, but now we're fully settled in at our fabulous new venue at Caffe Fantastico in Quadra Village and we've had our first slam. And because we had no venue for Fall 2016 slams, we let this slam decide who to send as our CIPS representative to Vancouver this April.

Did you notice we've moved to Wednesdays? That's a thing too.

Without further ado, here are the results from the January 18th Vic Slam.

Round One-(in the order they went to the mic)
Annie Lepage- 22.4
Pamela Stewart- 25.2
Liam McGuigan- 23.7
SJ Valiquette- 23.0
Delaney Dunn- 22.9
Jeremy Loveday- 27.2
Anthony- 26.8
Elizabeth Keyte- 21.5
Tanya Christie- 25.2
Kelsey McMillan- 22.9
Catherine Garrett- 24.1
Dana Neily- 27.8

Round Two-(in the order they went to the mic)

Dana Neily - 27.7
Jeremy Loveday - 27.3
Anthony - 26.4
Tanya Christie - 25.6
Pamela Stewart - 25.4

Scoring high to low after round Two-

Dana Neily - 27.8 + 27.7 = 55.5
Jeremy Loveday - 27.2 + 27.3 = 54.5
Anthony - 26.8 + 26.4 = 53.2
Tanya Christie - 25.2 + 25.6 = 50.8
Pamela Stewart - 25.2 + 25.4 = 50.6

And congratulations to Dana Neily for winning the Slam and going on to represent us at the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam.
more info here = http://versesfestival.ca/

The 2016 Vic Slam Team

Alright then-

We had an awesome finals night at Ambrosia this year.
And the 5 poets that are heading to Winnipeg in October for CFSW to represent Victoria are-

Erin Cotton
Marie Metaphor
Dana Neily
Pamela Stewart
Tanya Christie

We wish them all the best of luck and good times!

Moving on to Finals

We've held our 2 semi-finals this year and we're moving on to finals, next week at Ambrosia.

Semi-Finals 1 included-

Jeremy Loveday
Annie Lepage
Kathleen Miniely
Aaron Simm
Erin Cotton
Matthew Christopher Davidson
and Tanya Christie.

Semi-Finals 2 included-
Scott Thompson
Daniel Belkin
Dana Neily
Tom Fowler
Pamela Stewart
Catherine Garrett
and Marie Metaphor.

From our first semis, at Northern Quarter, we have
Aaron Simm
Erin Cotton
Jeremy Loveday
and Tanya Christie moving forward.

From our second semis, at Fernwood, we have
Marie Metaphor
Pamela Stewart
Daniel Belkin
and Dana Neily moving forward.

Who's excited about finals night at Ambrosia Centre at 638 Fisgard?!

Next week, doors at 7:30.
Show starts at 8:00.

Our feature will be Johnny Trinh!

2015-2016 Point Tally end of April 2016

alphabetically (followed by high to low)-

Aaron             5

Anomaly        5

Annie             2 + 2 = 4

Bryce             1

Candace         5 + 4 = 9

Catherine       2 + 4 = 6

Dana              1 + 2 = 3

Daniel             3

Erin                5

Jeremy           3

Julia                2

Juniper Mae     3

Kathleen            1 + 2 = 3

Keenan              1

Margaret            5 + 2 = 7

Marie                  4

Matthew            1 + 3 = 4

Pamela               4 + 3 + 4 + 4 + 5 + 5 = 25

Scott                   4

Steven J.             3

Tanya                1

Tom                    3 + 1 = 4

high to low points-

Pamela                   25

Candace                   9

Margaret                  7

Catherine                 6

Aaron                      5

Anomaly                 5

Erin                         5

Annie                      4

Marie                      4

Matthew                 4

Scott                       4

Tom                        4

Daniel                     3

Jeremy                    3

Juniper Mae           3

Kathleen                 3

Dana                       3

Steven J.                 3

Julia                        2

Bryce                      1

Keenan                   1

Tanya                     1

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!