Friday, October 10, 2025

MEETING INFO

when: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025
where: the Blue Chair Cafe, Sewanee, TN, USA
theme: LIFTOFF
prompt for performers: How do we free ourselves from everyday constraints? Please bring instructions. 
yes, please:
* Keep your turn under five minutes.
* Perform your own work or someone else’s.
* Feel free to ignore or mock the theme.
* Remember that we welcome a wide range of creative expression; we’re not just about poetry. 
* Let me know if you plan to attend.

— Brooks Egerton

Sunday, October 5, 2025

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

another enthusiastic recommendation for the coming week.

Hope to see you at the show!
 

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

ABOUT SEWANEE SPOKEN WORD

Sewanee Spoken Word is a gathering to celebrate expression on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month at the Blue Chair Cafe, in Sewanee, Tennessee, USA


please:
* Keep your turn under five minutes.
* Perform your own work or someone else’s.
* Feel free to ignore or mock the theme.
* Remember that we welcome a wide range of creative expression; we’re not just about poetry. 
* Let me know if you plan to attend.
 
           — Brooks Egerton 






SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Our next gathering isnt until Oct. 14 — 
so I’m recommending this event in the meantime: 

when: 4:30 p.m. Monday, October 6, 2025
whereMcGriff Alumni House
what: Robert Wood Lynn reads from his collection Mothman Apologia, which made a New York Times list of best poetry of 2022.

pot bellies