Join us: March 16

Warren C. Longmire is a poet, performer, and educator from the bad part of North Philadelphia. He is a CUPSI grand slam and National Poetry Slam group piece finalist and has coached the Philly Pigeon and Fuze Slam Teams. Warren’s work was featured in the 2022 edition of the Best American Poetry Anthology and his latest book, Bird/Diz [an erased history of bebop], was published in 2022 by Bunny Presse. He is pursuing his master’s in poetry at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop.

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Every Monday Night

🎙️ Open mic list is out 8 – 8:30 PM
🎙️ Show starts around 9 – 9:30 PM
🎙️ Runs on poet time & goes until we run out of words (11:30 – 12 AM)

WHERERalph’s: 148 Grove, Worcester, MA
🎙️ Outside when weather allows, otherwise inside & down-to-the-right
🎙️ This is a 21+ cash only bar (there’s an ATM) built around a historic diner cart. Outside shows are accessible, inside shows have multiple sets of stairs, low lighting. Both have mixed seating types.

House Keeping: The open mic is a privilege that takes guts to perform on, so we ask you to be considerate of the space and performers.
Keep your phones on silent, and any conversations to a whisper, or over in the
diner cart/out of earshot. Some of our poets whisper and we want to hear them, not you

WHAT: it’s a fucking poetry show

🎙️ Open mic slots for first and second half, alongside a wait list, with a feature set in the middle. Don’t see room on the list? Talk to Nark and they’ll see what they can do.

🎙️ Read your work, tell your jokes, bear your soul, all while accompanied by the coolest backing band since the invention of Ray-Bans.


🎙️You get 1-2 poems or 1 song; up to 6 minutes tops. Please donate your extra time forward to the next performer.


🎙️ Most-sometimes there’s a bonus ruckus in the second half (you could win a ‘lil prize for a poem written on the spot) and most-sometimes there’s pre-show snack time (thank the dumpling-queen.)

Feature Performances: Our line up of upcoming guests can be found on EventBrite

No tickets are needed to attend a show. Instead, our house band has a song: Money in the Bucket! When they play and the bucket comes ’round, we ask you consider giving $2-7 tips to help pay our house band & feature performers.

Want to be a feature? Let us know!

TIP YOUR BARTENDER AND BRING YOUR EMPTIES BACK TO THE BAR ❤️