Once upon a time I was invited to attend a "poetry slam." With nothing else doing I went, though convinced this would be a wasted evening of angst-ridden emo kids reading their diaries into a mic reeking of bourbon and bad metaphors for an audience of hipsters and aging beatniks with berets.

Instead, much to my stunned surprise, I was completely blown away by the high calibur of writing and performance skill. Result? Despite being proficient at jazz piano, juggling and fire spinning, the pospect of being a writer & performer excited me the most.

Some years later...

• I was tapped to be the Development Director for the 2011 National Poetry Slam.
• I spearhead the infamous 365/365 Blog, where the challenge is to write 365 poems in a year, or whatever amounts to a worthy personal goal.
• I engage audiences with my unique brand of humorous, serious, sometimes surreal and irreverent good-time poetry all over.

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Sincerely,
Michael Monroe