{"id":8673,"date":"2011-01-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/8673\/night-of-poetry-and-cake-because-death-is-too-brutal"},"modified":"2011-01-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-18T00:00:00","slug":"night-of-poetry-and-cake-because-death-is-too-brutal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/8673\/night-of-poetry-and-cake-because-death-is-too-brutal\/","title":{"rendered":"Night of Poetry and Cake (Because death is too brutal)"},"content":{"rendered":"Are you in the mood for poetry? Ahmad Makki is hosting a poetry shebang that will have you buttering your butt and calling yourself a biscuit, confused? You should be! This evening of poetry in motion includes live music, free giveaways and more buffoonery than you can poke a stick at. <br \/>  <br \/>  A star studded line up of spoken word performances from Edmond Haddad, Tina Fish, Mazen Zahreddine and Double A the Preacherman will be rocking the poetic mics. You don\u2019t have to rhyme to have a good time, but you do need to arrive early to receive a piece of cake and ensure a front row seat to what promises to be the poetry circus of 2011.    <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"167\" height=\"250\" data-id=\"475649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/8673-167x250.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-475649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/8673-167x250.png 167w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/8673.png 355w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"167\" height=\"250\" data-id=\"475651\" 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