# DFW Open Mics Poetry at # Mochalux Coffee and Tea Company

• DFW Open Mics Poetry at
  
• Mochalux Coffee and Tea Company
  
• 1101 E Bardin Rd
  
• Arlington, TX 76018

Every Saturday night Paul Sexton and DFW Open Mics stages a poetry open mic at the Mochalux Coffee and Tea Company from 8pm to 11pm. I spoke with Paul and he said they have been at this particular venue for a year and a half now. The coffee house has the usual Starbucks type of fair at about the same prices though I was surprised that when I asked for just a plain cup of Jo there was none made and so he had to make some Americana. But I did not go there for the coffee which was pretty good by the way. I went there for the poetry and pros but got pleasantly surprised. There was almost half as many singer song writers on acoustic guitar as there was poets. There was even a couple of original hip-hop type rappers with the music set up on their laptops that they would plug into the PA system. All in all there was about 20 entertainers which was also about half the audience. The poetry ranged from depressing to boring-mundane to spectacular. One cute short haired girl named Shanna read a short poem and then read an original Dark Fairytale that was excellent and very entertaining. Later I spoke with her and she told me that the dark fairy tales is her specialty. "Dark not to be confused with Disney" as she put it. The big surprise was the music. A few very entertaining singer song writers with their guitar. The finally was a girl that goes bye the name of Emiline. She plays a portable Yamaha piano and has a very pretty but kinda haunting voice that moves the emotions. Paul told me he does other open mics but has scaled back a little lately in preparation for the release and promotion of his new book, what he calls a post modern poetry novel titled "Her Soul Bled Out". I attended the book release party at Mochalux and plan to check out this poetry and spoken word venue more often.