Bennington, Vermont has been better off, as far as the poetry scene goes, since Charlie Rossiter got there & began this open mic series at The Tap House. Then along came corona & COVID-19. Since then Charlie has persisted on Zoom with his wide-open mic. & I have enjoyed being there without driving for an hour.
The host tonight, as before, as now was Charlie Rossiter, & did the 2-round thing.
Barbara Sarvis, who had just hung around last month listening, tonight read a a rap piece written last week about the rules of growing up in the 50s & 60s “Like a Lady,” then later something from a workshop using “If…,” on the pandemic like a bird & illusions, & said she wants to do a painting about it.
Laura Ellzey sang songs in both rounds, in number 1 the 1972 hit “Summer Breeze” by Seals & Croft, then the dogs barked, then in the 2nd round Winnie the Pooh’s “A Little Black Rain Cloud.”
Jack Rossiter-Munley, who was downstairs then upstairs, played an instrumental "St. James Infirmary," then returned in the second round to back up Charlie.
Charlie Rossiter read his walk down the nostalgia road “Ode to the Old TV” & the old TV shows he used to watch on it, then in the second round, with Jack on guitar, a piece written back in Chicago “Alley Cat” for Walter & the boys alley catin’.
Tom Nicotera’s poem “Reading at Dawn” was a reaction to the book The Many Faces of Christ by Philip Jenkins & on hearing the cry of a crow, then it was a different critter in the second round “Grasshopper for Breakfast” a poem on fear & instinct.
Kenn Ash mixed up humor, rhyme & his pocket trumpet a piece about being short, then another on his muted trumpet “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” parody about missing the toilet last night; in the second round another funny rhyme on “Room Effect,” or the problem of “why did I come in here anyway?”
If you are interested in joining this monthly Zoom poetry meeting email Charlie at charliemrossiter@gmail.com for more information.
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