Well, that was an awful lot of fun....

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Tied for third last night in the Finals of the first ever Albuquerque Slam Poet Laureate Finals at the Kimo Theatre.
In the form round, I read my pantoum about fireflies and people seemed to like it.
I'm also very proud to know and call friend Mr. Danny Solis, who won and is now the first ever Slam Poet Laureate.
And I'm feeling especially proud, humbled, floored, and just all around in general BLOWN AWAY that out of
this field of competitors:

Erin Northern
Damien Flores
Hakim Bellamy
Kenneth P Gurney
James Altimirano
Bill Nevins
Jessica Lopez
Carlos Contreras
Sal Treppiedi
Christian Drake
Tracey Pontani
Taryn Cuellar
Jimmy Lusero
Priscilla Baca y Candelaria
Bobbie Lurie
Adan Baca
Ryan Pace Sloan
Manuel Gonzalez
Danny Solis

I wound up tying with Carlos Contreras for third place overall.

If you were there, then thank you for coming to support the poetry community
in Albuquerque. If you weren't, it was really something else!

Much, MUCH love and respect to all of the poets.