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PULSE CREATE
A Fiend, A Foe
Wake the hell up you pathetic fiend
Disgust is what my eyes perceive
A brain so distorted
Countenance of greed
Transparent sorrow is all that we see
1 low unhealthy a state
For one to be
Nothing to offer, all to gain
Thus you pigeon are nothing like us
You bring to life nothing we need
No shallower an existence is yours which thou creates
For fate is of no virtue in the minds we possess
Such agony to reflect on this wasted flesh
Gaunt, the wretch kneels before the cider alter
Prayers recited with astonishing clarity
Prayers which thou has not voiced since grade school
Prayers which shall be heard, though caiel and foul
I low pitiful is he who dismisses such deceit
As the cries of mercy pierce our frugal ears
It is us who dismiss illegitimate forlomness
Directing attention towards those of great ill woe
Those without such hasty, lavish eyes
For the disguise
Often gives way in those crumpling, daunting eyes
Wake you wretch
Wake
For we are not craven in our ways
Obliviousness will not be accepted
For this is the final judgment
We are the final judgment
Mike Dykstra is a University sophomore studying English, this
poem was voluntarily submitted to the Emerald for publication.
Please send artistic submissions to pulse@dailyemerald.com.
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‘Misha the Great’ entertained the audience at The Buzz Coffeehouse on Monday evening
during open mic with his eclectic poetry. The Buzz Coffeehouse is located in the EMU.
Open mic nights
provide a forum
for inspired poets
Eugene offers several
open mic venues where
both new and seasoned
poets can learn and excel
By Natasha Chilingerian
Pulse Reporter
Budding poets looking to share
their work with an audience have sev
eral venues for expression on cam
pus, in downtown Eugene or at local
bookstores.
The Buzz Coffeehouse, located on
the ground floor of the EMU, holds a
poetry open mic night every Monday
from 9 p.m. to midnight.
University student Treva Lewis
began hosting the event this fall af
ter being a regular performer for one
year. She said the open mic is a
comfortable haven for creative self
expression.
"It's a safe place to just go and be a
poet," she said. "Usually when i tell
someone I'm a poet, they look at me
funny, but at open mic 1 can feel
good about it. It's just a place to be
who you are."
Lewis has taken intermediate and
advanced poetry courses at the Uni
versity and is currently in the Kidd
Tutorial program, a one-year cre
ative writing course. Although ad
vanced poets are common at the
open mic, she said poets of all lev
els perform regularly.
"The most exciting part about
hosting open mic is getting to see
people perform for the first time,"
Lewis said.
Those who want to read poems
off-campus can perform at Cafe Par
adiso, located at 115 W. Broadway.
The poetry-only open mic has been a
new addition to the cafe and began
last summer. It takes place every
Wednesday from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Those planning to perform should ar
rive at 7 p.m. to sign up.
Cafe Paradiso barista Naomi Levit
said the open mic was slow in the
beginning but has recently increased
in popularity.
"It picked up because people
come in to get coffee, see others per
form and become inspired to come
back and perform themselves,"
she said.
Poets with a competitive streak
can participate in the Eugene Poetry
Slam at Foolscap Books, located at
780 Blair Blvd. The slam is a nine
month competitive series taking
place once a month. Poets are elimi
nated at playoff sessions, and the
last four poets remaining comprise
the slam team that competes in the
National Poetry Slam. Each Eugene
slam takes place Saturday at 8 p.m.
For more information, including
slam rules and schedules, visit
www.foolscapbooks.com.
Eugene Poetry Slam director and
Foolscap owner Marietta Bonaventure
said the slam is popular with
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a serious quest to find the essence of
some great figure I chose Bush because
I find it interesting that half the people
in this country seem to love him and
half seem to hate him."
Artist and freelance writer Olivia
Pepper took a different approach to
the subject, doing an aaylic-on-glass
portrait of her fiance.
"It was a little bit awkward for me,"
Pepper said. "But the more 1 think
about it, the more I think the subject
has a place in the community, espe
cially for those who have submitted
work for shows about women. I think
that Shawn is interested in manhood
in all its facets."
Mediaclast himself finds the idea
of a show on men rather amusing.
"I thought it would be just funny
to see a poster that said 'Men's Histo
ry Exhibit,' because it's so absurd,"
Mediadast said. "The one thing that I
was really worried about was that
some people would take this as a re
actionary thing, which it's not. I am
sincerely interested in how people re
act to the subject."
"I've tried to present this in a hu
morous fashion because I think the
topic deserves a lot of humor because
it's such a multifaceted subject to be
talking about."
The Museum of Unfine Art is open
from 11:30 a m. to 8 p.m. Monday
through Friday, 1:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
on Saturday and 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
on Sunday. For more information on
"The Men's His-tory Exhibit," call the
museum at 683-7357.
Contact the senior pulse reporter
at ryannyburg@dailyemerald.com.