Name: Slamlandia Poetry Open Mic ft. Zara Jamshed
Start: 2025-09-04T18:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-09-04T20:00:00-07:00
Location: Powell's City of Books

Slamlandia Poetry Open Mic ft. Zara Jamshed

Come out for a poetry open mic at Guilder Coffee (inside of the downtown Powell's Books) with a featured reading from Zara Jamshed!
About this Event

Join us on SEPTEMBER 4TH for an IN PERSON poetry open mic at Guilder Coffee inside of the downtown Powell's Books!

Sign-ups now start are at 6:00 PM, and the show will begin at 6:30 PM.

This show is just a poetry open mic with a feature. If you wish to attend a poetry slam, please come out to our third Thursday show (at Literary Arts)!

Poets get 3 minutes on the mic to share one poem, or two *very* short poems. If sign ups are light, an announcment at the start of the show will be made that poets may have more time to read.

Just poetry on the mic - no music or stand up, please!

This show is all ages.This show is free to attend, but we will be taking donations to pay our featured poet. Suggested donation is $5.

Guilder Coffee1035 W Burnside St.Portland, OR 97209

Here are some important COVID-related things to note:-- While not mandatory, masks are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED-- COVID is still a very real thing, please be smart and safe and, if you are feeling ill the day before/of, please stay home and do not come to this event

We will have a feature from Zara Jamshed!

Zara Jamshed is a queer, trans, disabled Pakistani and Indian American poet and climate justice worker from New York City living in the Bay Area. They are the winner of the Penrose Poetry Prize for LGBTQIA+ writers and have work published in The Arrow, Foglifter, Keppel Health Review and others. Zara has had their work supported by Asian American Writers Workshop, Kearny Street Workshop, The Muslim Alliance of Sexual and Gender Diversity (MASGD), Queer Ancestors Project, Still Here San Francisco, Tin House, The Writer’s Grotto and more. Their debut full-length collection Neither Created Nor Destroyed was a semifinalist for the Pamet River Prize, a finalist for the Stories Award for Poetry, and is available now with Game Over Books.

Please see our Accessibility and Safer Space info below.

★ •*´¨`*• O P E N • M I C •*´¨`*• ★Our open mic goes for an hour, followed by a reading from our feature. We will take as many sign ups that come our way, but we will only get through as many folks as we can in an hour, so come early to ensure a spot on the open mic. First come, first served. Poets get 3 minutes to share on the mic.★ •*´¨`*• A C C E S S I B I L I T Y •*´¨`*• ★Powell's books meets ADA requirements. There are entrances and bathrooms there are accessible, and the building has both ramps and elevators throughout. Please reach out for more information.★ •*´¨`*• S A F E R • S P A C E • P O L I C Y •*´¨`*• ★(1) – Slamlandia is committed to the safety of our community and all of its members. This includes but is not limited to performers, audience members, venue staff, volunteers, featured poets, and Executive Council members. We will not allow any act of hate, bigotry, harassment, or violence within our space and will prohibit the entrance of those who have committed these acts in or outside of our space.(2) – The Slamlandia community is a community based in consent. It is the responsibility of individuals initiating contact to receive enthusiastic consent for the following activities:☆ Physical contact☆ Discussion of personal or heavy topics☆ Discussion of poetry shared on stage(3) – Slamlandia does not censor our mic and space - with the exception of hate speech. Hate speech includes, but is not limited to threats of violence, the use of slurs for a group you do not belong to, racism, sexism, transphobia, transmisogyny, homophobia, classicism, and ableism.☆ Marginalized voices expressing anger toward the group of people oppressing them does not fall under the category of hate speech.☆ In the event that a performer is using hate speech on stage, an Executive Council member will end their performance and ask them to leave the stage.☆ In the event that a performer uses hate speech, it is the responsibility of the Executive Council to explain to the performer why this was a violation of our hate speech policy to the best of their ability and point them to resources for further explanation.