EVENTS: Dallas/Ft. Worth—Poetry Happenings

CALLING ALL POETS AND SPOKENWORD ARTISTS!

Just wanted to share some exciting news about the vibrant poetry and creative arts community we have here in DFW. Be Blessed.

Words Of Wisdom: Share The Fruits Of Your Labor: Sometimes you have to separate your self from those insecure people who view your drive for success, boundless energy, creative ingenuity and positive vision as a personal and financial threat rather than an asset. But don't worry...just keep working, dreaming and helping those who truly appreciate you. Because your bountiful blessings are coming. www.mikeguinn.com 

FACT: Mike Guinn and the Fort Worth National Poetry Slam Organization does more to enlighten, uplift, empower and enable the people of North Texas than any non profit in the DFW HANDS DOWN! Its track record of activism at the grassroots level is whats making a difference with youth groups throughout the metroplex. As we approach our non profit status, we will only be providing the best events, opportunities and resources at an even HIGHER level of consistency and integrity. So stay tuned for more incredible services from The Fort Worth National Poetry Slams. 

RUNNING IN CIRCLES
By Mike Guinn-MSW

I equate the struggle to achieving success in today's environment to that of a running back. You have to tuck your dreams beneath your arms, protect it all times and then run as hard and as smart as you can until you reach your goal. Now along the way you may encounter some obstacles that seek to snatch away your hope and rip away your dreams. So you have to duck and dodge and make creative adjustments to reach your destiny.
Well our youth today are just running in circles. No direction, No Goals! And its because they do not see the value in dreams. There are negative forces in our socieity that prey on ill prepared youth. Inorder for today's youth to see value in anything, they have to energize, engage, empower. If done scuccesfully, we establish a connection that becomes the perfect formula for establishing effective communication forum from which we can teach from. This tried and true format is what Mike Guinn's Fort Worth Poety Slams does so well. We effectively connect to youth where they are. We do it by fusing fun with focus, being super creative and simply keeping it REAL!  For more on how you can book Mike Guinn-MSW as a speaker-presenter-facilitator read below and thanks for your time.

VIEW VIDEO OF STELLAR ADULT EVENTS AND POSITIVE YOUTH EMPOWERMENT OPPORTUNITIES!

ART OF LIVING SEGMENT: 
BOUT TIME TV PROMO:
2011 National Poetry Awards Pre-Commerical [HQ]

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS !

FRIDAY FEB 4TH: THE SUPER BOWL OF SLAM
Get your ticket today to attend one of the most affordable Super Bowl Weekend Events being promoted. LIVE! Feb 4th 2011 At A1 BUFFET IN ARLINGTON TEXAS! ITS The Super Bowl Of Slam. $1250 CASH/PRIZES.  Guaranteed! Live at A1 Super Buffet
Hosted By Mike Guinn, Janean Livingston and Shavonne Banks. Sponsored By Banks Ent and Fort Worth Poetry Slams. Visit www.mikeguinn.com for complete details. To get on the list call me NOW! THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE HOTTESTMike Guinn in Collaboration with Banks Entertaiment (http://www.thebanksentertainment.com/) have coordinated the perfect event for us folk who can't afford $50-$1000 events. We've created the SUPER BOWL OF SLAM. Top Poets and Comedians will compete for 100s of dollars for GUARANTEED CASH.  To sign up all you have to do is call (817) 412-3964  or (460-2265 to register or purchase tickets. By the way tickets come buffet, a chance at give aways and other amazing gifts and prizes for EVERYONE! So don't go BROKE or miss out on the first ever North Texas super bowl experience! Call us today.. 15 of the Country's Top Poets and 8 of the States Hottest Comedians will be chosen to compete. LIVE IN ARLINGTON TEXAS! Call NOW and get your SUPER BOWL OF SLAM JONES ON! (817) 412-3964  for details... 

Feb 5th. Peaceful Vocations Presents its 1st Annual Youth Poetry Slam. Super Bowl Saturday at The Embargo. 3pm -6PM. This family friendly poetry competition is coordinated and hosted by Michael Guinn and the
Fort Worth National Poetry Slam Team and Peaceful Vocations. 
Its open to all Fort Worth High School Students and its FREE to The ENTIRE DFW!  All youth can send in their poems via email at jordanmichaelg@yahoo.com
Poems simply need to be on the theme of Military Impact On American Families. Lost Love Ones, Emotional and Economic toll as well as thoughts on Alternative Careers.. etc... Light Refreshments will be served...
Tell us how you feel and then come share in front of a live audience for a chance to win a FREE LAPTOP, I PAD TOUCH AND FLIP CAMERA! Courtesy of www.PeacefulVocations.org
Contact Mike Guinn at (817) 412-3964 for details on how to enter your youth.

Feb 14th:  THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE:
A Special Valentines Day Celebration. Monday Feb 14th 2011 8pm –10PM
AT THE COFFEE X SPOT
3220 Mitchell Blvd Ft Worth Tx 76105
Roses ,Wine & Chocolate For Each Candle Lit Table
Complimented by Musical Ambiance & Passionate Poetry
The Perfect Way To Spend The Evening Surrounded By Love!
Tickets are only 30 Dollars For Our Cozy Couples
$20 For Our Sophisticated Singles  (Everyone is Invited)
Call Now To Reserve One Of 20 Tables (817) 412-3964
February 17th.
MIKE GUINN ENT & SDCC PRESENT  TAKE IT TO THE STAGE   
Black History Month Program For Texas Instruments
LIVE AT THE SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER
3400 Fitzhugh Dallas Texas 6:30PM -9PM. FREE ADMISSION AND PARKING! This is the most interactive open mic invent in Dallas because the unique blend of facilitating A Community Forum and  then holding an Poetry Open Mic
ITS FREE AND IS A MULTICULTURAL COLLECTIVE OF SOULS! 
Everyone is welcomed. Bring your thoughts, your books, your art, and promote your self.  Mike Guinn and the Fort Worth National Slam Team masterfully host this eclectic grass roots approach to unity via the art of creative self expression.
So put it on your calendar and lets do what Martin Preached. LETS COME TOGETHER AND BE ONE!  SDCC 6:30PM 3400 Fitzhugh Dallas Texas 75019

 
CALLING ALL YOUTH POETS!
The DFW Youth Poetry Slam Is Open To All North Texas Youth.
Offering Free Youth Poetry Workshops @ 6:30PM Led By Founder Mike G with coaches - Duane Madden & Alex Sparks. This Is An Open Forum.  
All Of This preparation is leading up to The Peaceful Vocations Youth Slam on Feb 5th & Brave New Voices International Poetry Festival -San Francisco July 20th - 27th. Contact Mike Guinn-Fdr at (817) 412-3964 and visit www.mikeguinn.com for more info on our youth poetry page.

Dallas Poetry Slams Presents
National Performance Poets
 Live at Its A Grind Coffee Shop
2901 Indiana Ave In Dallas
8:00-10:00PM 
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=119661574771094#!/group.php?gid=298810784344

For more poetry and spokenword oportunities in Texas contact Michael Guinn (817) 412-3964 or visit www.mikeguinn.com 

You are recieving this email from the most creative grassroots events promoters in Texas! Mr. Mike Guinn voted By FW City Magazine as 2009's Top Community Mentor and was presented the prestigious National Poetry Award in 2010.
Please scroll down and see just how active Mike is with no budget just his boundless passion and tremendous talent for bringing folks together.

WEEKLY EVENTS 
If you focus on what you have to do then you will not even notice the nats, fleas and mosquito mentalities nipping at the heels of your successes.
Just stay focused. www.mikeguinn.com

Click on www.mikeguinn.com for all things Poetry And Spokenword
Here is a short list of some the Quality Spokenword Opportunities and Events that I coordinate, Promote and host. And you are all invited anytime…
(817) 412-3964
Sundays is SPIT! Spokenword Radio Show. 8PM. LIVE on www.kebnradio.com Call (646) 595-4685 .
 
Tuesdays is One of the Biggest Multicultural Open Mic and Poetry Slam In The Country. Over 400 pile in to this standing room only event each week for the past 10 years.  Free Admisson-Free Parking-Freedom Of Speech. Located at Embargos 210 E. 8th Str FW

1st Tuesday is Our Brave New Voices Youth Poetry Workshops Barnes And Nobles FW

1st Thursdays is Our Brave New Voices Youth Poetry Workshops Barnes And Nobles FW

4th Fridays LUV JONZ Spoken Jazz Set. Featuring Spokenword Artists and Jazz Musicians. Next Show Jan 28th at 3220 Coffee X Spot – FW Contact Mike Guinn for Details. (817) 412-3964, Click link to visit our discussion group. http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id=106767929379151&notes_tab=app_2347471856#!/pages/The-Luv-Jones-Relationship-Radio-Show/106767929379151?v=wall

Weekly Radio Show
Tonight on SPIT! Presented BY http://www.kebnradio.com/spit.html  We'll invite Poets and Spokenword Artists to Log on and call in as we unveil our Poetic New Years Resolutions! We will also reveal all the things you wanted to know about getting your self out there. We will also highlight several National Opportunities for exposure and compensation via a brand new black owned television station http://bouttimetv.com/ Call in (646) 595-4685 and speak live with Mike Guinn on SPIT! Spokenword and Poetry In Texas 8PM CST! EVERYONE IS INVITED!
 WWW.MIKEGUINN.COM Now booking for 2011. Call today to book One of the most dedicated and influential grassroots poets in the country. (817) 412-3964

Michael Guinn will be appearing LIVE in Sacramento, Memphis, Dallas This Holiday Season.  See below for details.

UPCOMING EVENTS RECAP:
Jan 15thTHe $1000 MLK Evening Of Slam -UT Arlington
Jan 20th The First Annual Youth Poetry Slam- SD Cultural Center
Jan 22-23: San Antonio Retreat
Jan 25th - Come Celebrate My Birthday at THE EMBARGO!
Jan 27th YOUTH WORKSHOP 
Feb 4th: THe Super Bowl Of Comedy and Poetry Slam-Arlington Tx
Feb 5th: Peaceful Vocations YOuth Poetry Slam-Embargo -FW 3PM
Feb 7th: Words Over Latte. Shreveport
Feb 14th: The Language Of Love At The Coffee X Spot.
Feb 17th Black History Program with Texas Instruments -Dallas
Feb 19th:TCU Vagina Monlgues: Read My Lips Slam
Weekly Venues:
Fort Worth Slams. Biggest Open Mic In Texas @ Embargo-Tuesdays 8:30PM. Free Admission. Free Parking. Free Speech
Bout Time TV Show Jan 15th Live on Digital Channel 18.2

Visit www.mikeguinn.com for more details or call (817) 412-3964.

Mike Guinn is one of the nations most active spokenword and poetry promoters and is known fo creating events for multicultural artists and auidiences. If you want an quality host, coordinator, mentor then contact me asap. Artistic Self Expression Is God's gift To The World. Thank for your indulgence.

SUNDAY NIGHT IS SPOKENWORD INTERNET RADIO SHOW AT ITS FINEST!!
“S P I T” (SPOKEN WORD AND POETRY IN TEXAS)
HOSTED BY DFW’S HARDEST WORKING PROMOTER-MIKE GUINN 
CALL IN # IS 646 595 4685 OR LISTEN TO WWW.KEBNRADIO.COM

TUESDAYS—FORT WORTH POETRY SLAMS
THE #1 POETRY OPEN MIC IN THE STATE OF TEXAS (NOW IN  OUR 10TH YEAR)
EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT 8:30PM—10:30PM
FREE ADMISSION-FREE PARKING-FREEDOM OF SPEECH
HOSTED BY TEXAS’S #1 HOST/POETRY PROMOTER/SPEAKER/MENTORS
MR. MIKE GUINN & ANTHONY DOUGLAS

EVERY 3RD THURSDAY-SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER (FREE)
7PM—9PM 3400 Fitzhugh Dallas Texas (FREE)
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YOUTH SLAM MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS  SATURDAYS AT UTA.
Teen Poetry Workshop– 3:30PM At UTA Saturdays (Beginning Jan)
Tuesdays at the Barnes & Nobles Sundance Downtown Fort Worth 6:00PM

EVERY THIRD THURSDAYS TAKE IT TO THE STAGE OPEN MIC!
FREE ADMISSION! AT THE SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER
3400 Fitzhugh Dallas—Call Mike Guinn At (817) 412-3964 for Details

LUV JONZ SPOKEN JAZZ SET FRIDAY MONTHLY AT THE COFFEE X SPOT.  Next Show Jan 28th.  3220 Mitchell Blvd Fort Worth Texas  ($7) Free Wine-Parking-Giveways. LIVE MUSIC!

NATIONAL LEVEL POETRY EVENTS
The $1000 MLK FREEDOM SLAM -Jan 15th At UT Arlington’s Bluebonnet Ball Room
HOSTED BY MIKE GUINN & JANEAN LIVINGSTON WITH KEVIN SANDBLOOM
MUSIC BY DJ BO           BANQUET        CASH BAR         VENDORS          MLK CELEBRATION COMMITTEEE

The $1000 Superbowl Of Slam Friday Feb 4th Superbowl Weekend-$25 Registration
Hosted By Mike Guinn And AJ Houston –Location TBA First Pay-First Play Basis

BRAVE NEW VOICES NATIONAL YOUTH POETRY SLAM SAN FRAN CISCO  CA
JULY 20TH—25TH PRESENTED BY YOUTH SPEAKS INC

ARKANSAS GRAND SLAM NOV 4TH &  5TH 2011 HOSTED BY PAM RAWLS & MIKE GUINN
HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS (visit www.thepoetsloft.com)

NATIONAL POETRY SLAMS BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS AUGUST 8TH—13TH

NATIONAL POETRY AWARDS– DALLAS FORT WORTH TEXAS
AUGUST 19TH - 21ST  HOSTED BY MIKE GUINN AND  TROY LEWIS

(IDEAS FOR RAISING AWARENESS– INCREASING VISIBIILITY– RASING MONEY-UNIFYING) MUST CO PROMOT EVENTS-TICKET GIVEAWAYS-GIFT BAG WITH FLYERS AND INFO  OF EACH OTHER! 

LINKS FOR INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE POET MIKE GUINN

VISIT MIKE GUINN'S MUSIC PAGE ON REVERBNATION.COM

 VISIT MY MEET UP.COM PAGE FOR FORT WORTH SLAMS EVENTS  http://www.meetup.com/THE-FORT-WORTH-NATIONAL-POETRY-SLAMS-AND-OPEN-MIC/  

Michael Guinn-MSW
Motivational Speaker-Poet-Youth Empowerment Specialist
Founder-Fort Worth Poetry Slams
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