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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThe Fool hosted this show!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n The Austin Writers Roulette gathered once again\u2013this time to discuss the many facets of Fools\u2019 Paradise.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Prior to the show, The Fool couldn\u2019t help posing with one unsuspecting venue patron before enlisting him and his friends to move furniture.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Since the lovely bartender, Vivian<\/strong>, had colorful hair, she joined the fools and volunteered patron\u00a0in the pre show pictures.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n First-time rouletters, Amber Andersen<\/strong> and Laura Bruce<\/strong> also got to take a pre show picture with The Fool. Donna Dechen Birdwell<\/strong> arrived with her \u201cBelize Paradise\u201d bag.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Kicking off the show, Birdman 313<\/strong> described how fools fall in love.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Amber Andersen<\/strong> recounted a drunken fools\u2019 paradise.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n John Kojak <\/strong>told of an escape from an abusive fools\u2019 paradise.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Daniel Davila<\/strong> answered the age-old question why fools fall in love.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Laura Bruce <\/strong>explored the emotional side of paradise.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Donna Dechen Birdwell<\/strong> embraced something better than a fools\u2019 paradise.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Lila McCall <\/strong>warned us about the impending Paradise Lost with disappearing freshwater.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Mackenzie<\/strong> demonstrated the grass is not always greener on the other side of paradise.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Stephanie Webb <\/strong>detailed the foolish state of being seen through other people\u2019s myopic vision.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Teresa Y. Roberson<\/strong> enlightened the audience about how to enter fools\u2019 paradise through credit card overextension.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n A brief fools\u2019 photoshoot broke out!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Thom the World Poet<\/strong>, accompanied by DJ Cabrini Green<\/strong> and Daniel Davila,<\/strong> incorporated all the previous poets\u2019 facets of paradise along with an audience shout out to weave in \u201cangels.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then, the open mic began. Jeffery Hollie<\/strong> Trevor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n Tim Tealer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Jonathan Lowell<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Jason<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n Birdman 313<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n David Lester Young<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Roger<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Patricia Fiske<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Neal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n Lila McCall<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n John Kojak<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Christina M. Jackson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Daniel Davila<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Brian<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n Stefani<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n Thom the World Poet<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Big \u201cThank You\u201d to the record-making audience who attended the culminating show of the Austin International Poetry Festival!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fleeting happiness This high emotion won\u2019t last Loving everything as is Stability\u2019s fading fast Blind with joy of today This part of life is like a recess Reality\u2019s hidden away \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Break\u2019s over; pick up the … Continue reading 4.12.2015 AWR: Fools’ Paradise<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-austin-writers-roulette"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27759"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28683,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27759\/revisions\/28683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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