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Hygienic Poetry's slam is Saturday

February 06, 2013 11:00 pm • Last Updated: February 06, 2013 11:39 am

Down South, a "poetry slam" involves the redneck defensive line of a high school football team crashing the Wordsworth Club's fall fundraiser - where all dactylic hexameter is drowned out by screams of pain.

Fortunately, the Hygienic Poets presentation Saturday - part of the Hygienic Art Show's second weekend - is far more civilized. Rhonda Ward hosts an open mic reading followed by a poetry slam proper - an actual competition where poets read or recite original work before a panel of judges selected from the audience.

The event takes place in New London's Hygienic Art Galleries, and the top three Slammers get cash prizes.

- RICK KOSTER

Hygienic Poetry, 7 p.m. Saturday, Hygienic Art Galleries, 79 Bank St., New London; free; (860) 443-8001, hygienic.org.

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