{"id":27871,"date":"2026-05-17T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/?p=27871"},"modified":"2026-05-12T08:44:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:44:45","slug":"1-11-2015-awr-redemption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/?p=27871","title":{"rendered":"1.11.2015 AWR: Redemption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

No need to fear                    Leave past transgressions behind<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just \u2018cause it\u2019s a new year     To yourself and others be kind<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is your clean slate         Only the present has potential<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why hesitate?                  For new activity experimental<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Austin Writers Roulette kicked off its 2015 season with \u201cRedemption.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Proving once again great creative minds think alike, both Thom the World Poet<\/strong> and Teresa Y. Roberson<\/strong> sported their winter white. He wanted to symbolize winter weather and she wanted to symbolize a holy person.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Roberson\u2019s<\/strong> younger cousin, Veronica <\/strong>redeemed herself by visiting again since last year.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Poet, Cathrin Gordon<\/strong>, dressed in the opposite manner, as a little devil. Roberson<\/strong> couldn\u2019t resist showing off her black boots as well.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Poet Jonathan Lowell <\/strong>redeemed himself by attending once again. His only other visit to the roulette occurred January 2014.
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The various roads to redemption correspond to the individual.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Nonetheless, we can all appreciate a delicious mimosa, the theme drink! Note how poet Allyson Whipple<\/strong> has what she called a \u201cWhipple Mimosa,\u201d meaning all champagne and no OJ.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Birdman 313 <\/strong>talked about a song of redemption to the moon.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Whipple,<\/strong> who was raised Catholic and in the Midwest, proved there was redemption and humor in apologizing to everything and everyone.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Lowell <\/strong>had unwittingly submitted to this roulette when he shared his latest book of poetry with the organizer. Being a good sport, Lowell<\/strong> read three unusual redemption poems from the perspective of a whale, a birdcage and a snow globe.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Lila McCall <\/strong>discovered it\u2019s never too late to redeem one\u2019s self, even on New Year\u2019s Eve.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Cathrin Gordon <\/strong>found redemption, freedom and her voice from her childhood.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Daniel Davila<\/strong>, in a pseudo-North Carolinian accent, related the hate crime he survived and danced his way to redemption while remembering a \u201cthin blue ribbon of sky.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Teresa Y. Roberson<\/strong> advised everyone to issue \u201credemption coupons\u201d in order to clear their conscious and move on.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Thom the World Poet<\/strong> gave an offstage delivery about redemption, accompanied by Davila <\/strong>and Ron Kewin<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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The audience was invited to sign up for the open mic.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Ron Kewin<\/strong>, accompanied by Davila<\/strong>, started the open mic.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Allyson Whipple<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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At this point, audience member, Jesse<\/strong>, whispered to the organizer, \u201cI don\u2019t like thinking while I\u2019m drinking!\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Birdman 313<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Veronica Hunte<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Daniel Davila<\/strong>, accompanied by Kerwin<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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M. Alexis<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Capoeira teacher, CW<\/strong> AKA \u201cRastinha<\/strong>,\u201d invited the audience to stand up and do the basic capoeira move, the jinga.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Thom the World Poet<\/strong>, accompanied by Davila<\/strong>, ended the show by saying, \u201cWelcome to yourself.\u201d
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Please join the Austin Writers Roulette Sunday, February 8th for \u201cBad Date Night.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No need to fear                    Leave past transgressions behind Just \u2018cause it\u2019s a new year     To yourself and others be kind This is your clean slate         Only the present has potential So why hesitate?                  For new activity experimental The … Continue reading 1.11.2015 AWR: Redemption<\/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-27871","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\/27871","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=27871"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27904,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27871\/revisions\/27904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}