Untitled Open Mic

11/20/2024

today is a special event and Untitled. we will have a limited open mic today with the rest of our evening dedicated to sharing stories, tributes, memories in celebration of our dear friend Douglas Bishop’s life. That tribute open mic will also include a section which would not be live streamed and video recorded for homies who prefer that option.

The rest of the evening will be streaming on YouTube.

And at 5pm, we will have a drop-in style workshop in the Parlor Room for homies who would like to gather, write, and share before the open mic.

More details in the link in our bio ✨

11/19/2024

it’s been almost a month since we collectively gathered for our twice a month event at . We are missing the homies and look forward to being in community this Untitled Open Mic on Wednesday🤗🫶💕

here are some photos from our Halloween Party
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11/14/2024

This upcoming Untitled Open Mic on November 20th we will be coming together as a community to share in Douglas’ memory. A very short and limited open mic to begin. Then we will have a dedicated and extended open mic to celebrate, pay tribute, and share stories in honor our dear friend Dr. Dougie Fresh.

Looking forward to sharing space with our untitled homies and extended poetry community ✨

event will be live streamed for those who cannot attend

11/12/2024

This is a reminder that Tuesday, November 12th, is our next Mill City Speaks Online Workshop. Co-founded by the late Douglas Bishop, the Mill City Speaks Online Workshop aims to foster artistic growth in the Lowell poetry community and beyond. A champion of the literary arts, Douglas spent years creating opportunities for writers to develop their craft and the Lowell Poetry Wheel plans to continue that legacy.

This week’s workshop will be facilitated by Andrew Harrington and hosted on Zoom. Guests will receive access to the virtual meeting space at 6pm, with the workshop commencing at 6:30. The event will conclude at approximately 9pm. Below is the format for the workshop.

✨Check-in / Discussion about current events, both personal and global.
✨Poetry Jump-starter/ an opportunity for attendees to share new work
✨Opportunity for participants to share work in progress and get feedback.

More details in our bio and lowellpoetry.com - Please reach out if you are interested in attending and acquiring the zoom info.

11/06/2024

hey friends and family ✨
just a reminder we will not be hosting an event tomorrow 11/6

our next event will be our Mill City Speaks online workshop on 11/12 and the next Untitled Open Mic on 11/20

11/01/2024

It is with deep sadness that we are reaching out to share with you all news of the passing of our dear friend and cofounder of the Lowell Poetry Wheel, Dr. Douglas Bishop.

Douglas passed away on October 25, 2024. He is survived by a wife, family and community who will all grieve his passing and the many moments that could have been.

But in his physical absence, his spirit, personality, and legacy remain to guide us and we will continue to honor his memory by maintaining the bonds of community and artistic pedagogy he forged for, in and with us.

It is for this reason that we will forgo our November 6th Untitled Open Mic event and instead reconvene on November 20th. We believe it is important to give each other time to grieve, reflect and process, before coming together as a community to share in Douglas’ memory.

If you have any questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to reach out to [email protected]

Thank you,
Rikhav and Ricky
Co Organizers, Lowell Poetry Wheel

10/16/2024

Our annual Halloween themed event is here! tons of festive programming from pumpkin poetry to a Dead Poets’ Slam, and a Costume Contest!

We are excited to welcome a few winners from Lowell High School Kerouac Contest for a mini showcase as well ✨

Join us for the workshop at 5pm and then all the open mic happenings at 6pm! Deets in the bio or at lowellpoetry.com

10/15/2024

snapshots from the last untitled open mic ✨
every first and third Wednesday we host our twice-a-month event at

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10/15/2024

Third Wednesday in October must be THE UNTITLED HALLOWEEN POETRY PARTY

We will be in person, spooky and cute at

also streaming on Youtube Live
✨Featuring✨
Kerouac Winners from Lowell High School 🏆
Dead Poets’ Slam 💀
Costume Contest 🎭
Pumpkin Poetry 🎃

Plus our metaphorically ever-ghoulish goulash of an open mic! Do whatever you like, but we encourage you to bring something on the theme.

Also join us for a special workshop, in themed with Halloween celebrations, before the open mic in the Parlor Room! Led by Andrew Tarantino Harrington

10/02/2024

We are shifting our online streaming for tonight's reading to YouTube. Look for us at lowellpoetrywheel/.com.

No password necessary.

10/02/2024

much love to the homies that came through the last Untitled Open Mic 💕

We had an amazing feature with

photos captured by 📸

10/02/2024

Our second Mill City Speaks Team Qualifier of the season!

We are getting the slam season rolling with our qualifiers to form our 2025 Mill City Speaks Slam Team. Poets compete with original works for a chance to not only hold a space in our Mill City Slam Finals but also for $100 in Cash Prizes! 💰

Plus our unfeigned, unfiltered, un fathomable
Untitled Open Mic!

More details in bio and on lowellpoetry.com

09/18/2024

09/18/2024

much love to the community of poets and organizers who hosted and attended ’s VOX POX ✨

a gathering of collective joy, writing, sharing, and building. Congrats to our Mill City Speaks slam team for also taking first place in the team slam. Many wins for everyone who was there 💕 and many more to come.

09/16/2024

This week we have another open mic, feature, and in-person workshop! Joining us is poet, journalist, dancer, magic mogul…Meg Smith!

✨About our feature ✨

Meg Smith is a writer, journalist, dancer and events producer living in Lowell, Mass. She will have copies of her poetry books available for sale, as well as some artwork and fantastical arts from Midnight Mews.

Her poetry and fiction have appeared in publications such as The Cafe Review, Muddy River Poetry Review, Poetry Bay, The Lowell Review, Raven Cage, The Horror Zine, Dark Moon Digest, and many more. She is a longstanding committee member of Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!, which holds an annual festival to honor Lowell native Jack Kerouac.

In producing events, she loves to bring together her passion for spoken word, music, visual art, and dance. This year, she is producing the first-ever Poe in Lowell festival, taking place Oct. 19-20, celebrating Poe’s three visits to Lowell, in 1848 and 1849.

As a journalist she has won numerous awards, including this year, a first-place award for coverage of religion and a second-place award for coverage of history from the New England Newspaper and Press Association. She currently serves as content editor for Worcester Magazine, the award-winning alternative weekly serving the Worcester County area in Massachusetts.

As a Middle Eastern dancer with the stage name Morgana Mirage, she has danced in night clubs, festivals and special events throughout the region. Recently, she began channeling her love of creating fabric art, and drawing and painting, into her arts enterprise, Midnight Mews. She welcomes visits to megsmithwriter.com.

09/16/2024

Untitled Open Mic - every first and third Wednesdays at ✨ thanks to the poets making each event so special.

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09/09/2024

Next Sunday, the first of our monthly series of Jazz-Poetry Brunches...

If you're within shouting distance of Lowell, MA, come check us out.

If you're a poet yourself and would like to perform a piece with the band (pure improv), let me know: [email protected]

JAZZ POETRY BRUNCH
4D Sundays in 2024
Sept. 15, Oct. 13, Nov. 17, Dec. 15
12 noon to 2 pm
Gallery Z
167 Market Street
Lowell, MA

With Dr. Dougie’s DANGEROUS DELIGHT
DANGEROUS because we challenge your preconceptions;
DELIGHTFUL because we surprise you with the familiar…

Todd Brunel Winds
Ken Paynter Bass
Don Bishop Percussion
Douglas Bishop Poetry & Perspicacity

Classic jazz with new poetry;
New jazz with classic poetry;
Plus Original Jazz-Poems.

09/04/2024

our first Mill City Speaks Team Qualifier of the season!
We are getting the slam season started and beginning our qualifiers with the goal to form our 2025 Mill City Slam Team. Poets compete with original works for a chance to not only hold a space in our Mill City Slam Finals but also for $100 in Cash Prizes!

🔨 About the Slam 🔨
This is the first qualifying slam for the Mill City Speaks 2025 Poetry Slam Team. Poets will go three rounds, leaving only the best of the best for the final MONEY round. Winner gets $70, and runner-up gets $30 (Real Cash! American Dollars!).

Limited to 8 Poets; interested competitors should sign up in advance email lowellpoetry[at]gmail.com