Slam Recap Feb. 21, 2012

 As the weather begins to warm up, it was another hot night at the Austin Poetry Slam! Feature, Lauren Zuniga, founder of Oklahoma Young Writers, and a published Write Bloody author gave a hell of a performance. Thank you to Laura for last night, it was incredible!

As for the slam, we have reclaimed our third round! After two weeks of the Slam being cut short after the second round, our host for the evening, Shappy was able to  supply is with a full slam, and it was GLORIOUS!!!!! Walking into the venue as er routine on a Tuesday night, the vibe was electric, beginning with a three man dance party at the door.  As the crowd filled in the house, poets signed to compete for the slam. 9 poets had the automatic in from signing up the previous week, and 4 others were able to draw into the slam. The night's line-up:

Jay Walker

Ellie

Doc

Yohan (apologies for the spelling)

Lance Hunter

Tim Clark

The Naughty Rooster

Anis Mojgani

Danny Strack

Jomar Valentin

Amir Safi

Glori B.

Olivia

A mixture of new voices and veteran faces, the slam was as intense as always with poets missing entry into the second round by a tenth of a point. And of course, the ever frustrating time penalty reared it's head in both first and second rounds. At the end of the night, it was a tie for second place between Doc and our slammaster, Danny Strack, with the win going to Amir Safi all the way from the Mic Check scene in College Station!

There's our quick recap! As always, we love you here at the Austin Poetry Slam! Come see us next Tuesday at 8pm at our favorite venue in Austin, The Spiderhouse Ballroom where the drinks are great and hearts are welcome! Live, love, SLAM!!!