but poets are making big noises all over,
by doing our work _out_loud_ instead of
burying it in the dusty pages of books.

here in my hometown of los angeles,
da poetry lounge pulls 200 people weekly.

over in hawaii, a monthly poetry slam
has a regular audience of 300-600.

oakland’s rowdy “tourettes without regrets”
delights a rowdy crowd of 400 monthly.
did i mention they are kind of rowdy?

the national poetry slam runs 4 nights
annually, and draws several thousand.

the _youth_ equivalent is threatening to
out-draw their adult counterparts any year.

you might not think the poems are any good.
frankly, we don’t care. you’re not our target.
and when you diss poets, we laugh at you… :+)

but, you know, have a nice day, and all… ;+)

-bowerbird