Wake the Dead

Yesterday I went to the common experience event at Wake the Dead. It is this coffee house that people go to and you can write something and read it aloud there. I went to the open mic night on Monday. There were a bunch of people in a tiny room where the event was held. At first nobody wanted to get up and read something so I went and got a hot drink. When I got back someone started to read their poetry, but I had lost my spot in the room so I had to stand at the door. After the first person went the other people got up the courage to go up and share their stories. Some people shared Shakespeare, and some altered already written stories and gave them their own twist and read those aloud. They were all very creative and interesting, and I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I was going to. But there was one person who really stuck out in my mind. I can't remember his name, but he did something so original that I wish he never left the stage. I just wanted to keep listening to him. He took an older story, put it in an old western time period, and then played it on the guitar. It really intreaged me and I wanted to listen to some other stories he had, but he only did the one. After he left the stage, I stayed for a couple more poems. They just didn't compare to his put to music. I really enjoyed the open mic night and I'll will probably go back to listen to some more readings.