Marc Smith PoetryPoetry.com Presents: An Evening at the Green Mill With host Marc Smith (pictured above) and featured poet Taylor Mali of NYC (pictured below). Our original idea for this feature was to record Marc Smith, inventor of the poetry slam, doing his own dynamic, heartfelt poetry on a typical Sunday evening at the legendary Green Mill (Chicago, IL, USA) where he has been the most masterful of Master of Ceremonies for over a decade. We wanted to capture Marc's poetry but also to highlight his marvelous way of working with the crowd and poets throughout the evening. Once the mics were turned on, however, we decided to record the entire evening and give you a complete Sunday Evening at the Green Mill. So we let the tape roll and as a result you can listen to almost two and a half hours of poetry, including the open mic, featured poet Taylor Mali, and a 7-poet slam judged by 3 highly idiosyncratic judges whose qualifications, as Marc attests, are non-existent. The piano accompaniment, incidentally, was masterfully played by David Flippo. Incidentally, Taylor Mali was a wonderful feature who truly blew the audience away and who you may recognize from his major role in the movie SlamNation. It was also our good fortune that C. J. Laity of Chicagopoetry.com was there on the evening of May 6 and wrote a review which is posted on his website. To read his review and responses to it, see http://www.chicagopoetry.com Click here to stream the entire show. Click here to stream just the open mic segment. Click here to stream just the feature, Taylor Mali. Click here to stream just the slam contest.   1. Peanuts by Marc Smith Stream  Download  2. An Introduction to Slam (Marc) Stream  Download  3. Maria McCrae Stream  Download  4. Two by Richard Hanks Stream  Download  5. Audrey Grahame Stream  Download  6. Virgin Dave Stream  Download  7. Beer Vendor Bob Stream  Download  8. Valentine from Cameroon Stream  Download  9. Mike Kadela Stream  Download  10. Meta Jones Stream  Download  11. Otis Takes Us to Oz Stream  Download  12. Schaumburg Jeff Stream  Download  13. Randy from Berwyn Stream  Download  14. Southdside Joe Stream  Download  15. Miscellany (Marc) Stream  Download  16. Introducing Taylor Mali Stream  Download  17. How Falling In Love is Like Owning a Dog (TM) Stream  Download  18. The Importance of Proofreading (TM) Stream  Download  19. Labeling Keys (TM) Stream  Download  20. The Quiet World as read by TM Stream  Download  21. I Could Be a Poet (TM) Stream  Download  22. TM gives us a "Political Poem" Stream  Download  23. A Poem from the Like-Free Zone (TM) Stream  Download  24. TM On Making a Difference Stream  Download  25. Marc at the Buckin' A Cafe Stream  Download  26. Marc Sings The Stupid Song Stream  Download  27. Slam Rules and Regs (Marc) Stream  Download  28. Slammer Alan (round 1) Stream  Download  29. Slammer Patrick (round 1) Stream  Download  30. Slammer Shappy (round 1) Stream  Download  31. Slammer Maggie (round 1) Stream  Download  32. Slammer Timothy Cook (round 1) Stream  Download  33. Slammer Jerome (round 1) Stream  Download  34. Slammer Chris (round 1) Stream  Download  35. Slammer Timothy Cook (round 2) Stream  Download  36. Slammer Patrick (round 2) Stream  Download  37. Slammer Shappy (round 2) Stream  Download  38. Beckoning from the Bandwagon of Uncertainty (TM encore) Stream  Download  39. All Hell's Angels Want to Return to the Womb (TM encore) Stream  Download  40. Marc Smith Closes with a Sandburg Poem Stream  Download    Taylor Mali

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