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Keen on Spoken word or have some poems to share?
Come down to SUP East's open mic poetry night!
Our special guest Poet will be announced shortly.

This the first SUP East Open Mic for the year. and all our koha will go help our Te Oro Spoken Word Club members and finalists Eric Soakai and Marcus Mackenzie to help them get the NZ Poetry Slam National Final!

We want you to bring your poems and your crew, to sign up to perform alongside our guest poet for the month
Bring your koha/donation to help our poets.

Sign-ups to perform starting from 6.45 pm
Kick-off at 7 pm.
Koha entry
See you there

Action Education (Facilitator – Eric Soakai)

Ken Arkind is an American National Poetry Slam Champion, Tedx Speaker, Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam Champion and published author who has performed his work in 49 States, 6 countries and at over 200 colleges and universities. He is the founding Program Director of Denver Minor Disturbance, an independent literary arts organization dedicated to helping Colorado youth find voice through the mediums of poetry and performance. Ken has recently completed his Bachelor of Creative Arts at Manukau Institute of Technology specializing in creative writing.