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Borders Open-Door Poetry celebrates passion, individuality and the power of the written and spoken word. It’s authentic, thought-provoking and bristling with the type of raw energy that comes from the act of self-expression.
Jorie Graham reads "Just Before"
Shannon Leigh reads "Sudanese Children"
Mark Strand reads the teen-contest-winning poem, “Jainism,” by Merit O.
Billy Collins reads his Haiku
Charles Ekabhumi Ellik and Ed Mabrey compete in Head-To-Head Haiku
Quentin "Q" Talley and Filmore Johnson read "We Are... Searching For..."
Paul Muldoon answers a writing question from the Borders Community
Patricia Smith reads "Scribe"

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THE POETS

Roger Bonair-Agard
Two-Time National Poetry Slam Champion
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Death from Below
Slam veterans, Dan Sullivan & Tim Stafford
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Shira Erlichman
Pushcart Prize nominee
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Donald Hall
2006-2007 U.S. Poet Laureate
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Filmore Johnson
Member of the 2007 Charlotte Slam team
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Taylor Mali
Teacher Advocate and Slam Champion
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Anis Mojgani
National Poetry Slam Individual Champion
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Robert Pinsky
Three-Term U.S. Poet Laureate
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Patricia Smith
Four-Time National Individual Slam Champion
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Amber Tamblyn
Actress and Award-Winning Poet
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