Zoe's Coffee Cafe, corner of 33rd and Avenue M, Temple. From south, as you exit at the first stop, take a right then at the next light, take a left, continue about 5 blocks, look for blue neon sign. From north, exit 300 off IH 35, go left under the overpass at first stop light, take a right then at the next light, take a left, continue the same 5 blocks, look for the same blue neon sign as the guys coming from the South. Teas and Cheez open mic, with Ebony Poets Society. Include permission to publish.
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God bless Patricia and her poetry and all the other fine poets in the Map. Difficult to pick out the highlights, but I would go with Mary Eastham's and P. T. Paul's. Both spoke volumes. I look forward to the Map every week and am pleased to be a part of it. Mistress of Heritage House, will pay poetic tribute to Bennedene Walton and her big pink house on E. 13th.