Sewanee Spoken Word

when : 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 12, 2026 where : the enchanted back room at  Shenanigans theme : AFTERLIFE prompt for performers : Tell us what comes next. We are dying to know.  please :  * Feel free to ignore the theme. * Bring a friend. * Share your own work or someone else’s — poetry or prose or song or whatever — just keep your turn under five minutes.

Sewanee Spoken Word celebrates expression on the second  and fourth Tuesdays of most months  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  

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  when : 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, 2026 where : the wayback room at Shenanigans, in downtown Sewanee, TN, USA theme : AS IF prompt for performers : Put yourself in the bug’s place (for 300 seconds or so). please :  * Feel free to ignore the theme and prompt. * Bring a friend. * Share your own work or someone else’s — poetry or prose or song or whatever .... — Brooks

when : 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025  where : the mysterious back room at Shenanigans, in downtown Sewanee, TN, USA theme : ORACLE prompt for performers : Ask the rock a messy question. Suggest a cryptic answer. Or just roll the damn thing back up the hill again. yes, please: * Feel free to ignore or mock the theme and prompt. * Keep your turn under five minutes. * Remember that we welcome a wide range of creative expression; we’re not just about poetry.  — Brooks  Post settings Labels No matching suggestions Published on 12/18/25 9:41 PM Permalink Location Options Post: Edit Loaded more posts.

when : 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025 where : the atmospheric but not smoky back room at  Shenanigans theme : BEHOLD prompt for performers : Take something short that you've already written — and rewrite it from a wildly different point of view. Then let us hear the results. yes, please: * Feel free to ignore or mock the theme and prompt. * Keep your turn under five minutes. * Remember that we welcome a wide range of creative expression; we’re not just about poetry.      Post settings Labels No matching suggestions Published on 12/5/25 10:21 PM Permalink Location Options Post: Edit Loaded more posts.