Word of Mouth Cincinnati (WoMC), a literary event consisting of both an Open Mic and a Feature Performance, runs the last Tuesday of every month at 7:00 p.m. upstairs at MOTR Pub.
Word of Mouth Cincinnati, which began in January 2014, is co-hosted by fellow writers Jim Palmarini and Mark Flanigan. It was founded in memory of the late Aralee Strange who, after many years living, writing and producing work in the Cincinnati area, moved to Athens, Georgia where she co-founded Athens Word of Mouth.
WoMC is an intentional arc of both past and future utterance, inspired by our most revered voice, with a nod to her Athens, GA compatriots. Word of Mouth asks poets to Show Up, Mouth Off and Pay Attention.
Our Feature Performer on March 29, 2016 is Ben Gulyas (Cleveland, OH).
Ben Gulyas has been an oral poet in the Cleveland/Kent/Cincinnati area for some shy 30 years, participating in readings at many venues over time. He performs a blend of written and spontaneously created poetry with musicians and bands every Friday night at the Barking Spider Tavern and has done so for over 10 years.
He enjoined with WOM in Athens in longtime humming connection with Aralee Strange. Living mostly in a dream state, when not wandering and picking up objects off the street, he can be found wandering and picking up objects elsewhere. At some point early on in life, he wandered off into a rolling obscurity of images. There he remains.
