{"id":6021,"date":"2004-02-26T19:06:37","date_gmt":"2004-02-26T19:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2004\/02\/26\/not-just-any-ol\/"},"modified":"2004-02-26T19:06:37","modified_gmt":"2004-02-26T19:06:37","slug":"not-just-any-ol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2004\/02\/26\/not-just-any-ol\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Just Any Old Community College"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min<\/span><\/span><p>In my email, I just got an invite to a local poetry slam organized by a<br \/>\ncolleague in Social Work.  With the invitation, he included a poem from one<br \/>\nof the orators at a recent KC slam, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taylormali.com\/index.html\" >Taylor<br \/>\nMali<\/a>.  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