Well, you shoulda had your ass there! Good thing for you, we're doing it again next Monday... And it'll probably be even better, 'cause things tend to do that with time. It's hard to imagine, though... there was so much poetic goodness! Oh, and a birthday, too!
10 poets came out to slam... some were faces we hadn't seen in months and months, and in some cases YEARS! Others were faces we'd never seen before. But new or old, experienced Slam vets or not, everyone put their best foot forward and honestly, we were quite impressed. If those were the poems for the preliminary bout, what are people gonna do for Semis and Finals???
When the dust cleared, 6 poets were left standing. Tressje repped the ladies well, earning the first 10 of the night, getting the high score of the evening in the first round, and taking first place at the end of the night. Congratulations to her! Following closely behind in points was Artus Mansoir who was on the LA Slam Team a few years back. We also want to congratulate J.P Martinez, E. Amato, Paul Mabon, and Leon P. for their hard work in the slam and wish them good luck in Semis.
Speaking of Semis, there will be two seperate bouts, each with 9 poets. Semis are scheduled for May 17th and May 24th and promise to be two great nights of poetry that you should not miss. Once all of the qualifying bouts have taken place, we will post the bouts with the lists of poets for each one here, so be sure to check back.
However, in the meantime, we would like to give a big ass thanks to EVERYONE who came out to the first night and helped to make it as awesome as it was. If you're not one of those people, don't let it happen again! We wanna see your face. Monday, May 5th at 8:30 are the time and date, Kaos in Leimert Park is the place. Make it happen.
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