Myles Taylor recites their piece in front of an attentive audience at the 2025 Team Selection Preliminary Slam. The Cantab Lounge hosts the event every Wednesday from 8 to 11 p.m. Photo courtesy Jarvis Subia. Just a foot from the audience stands a mic and Myles Taylor, the host and president of the Boston Poetry Slam, welcoming new and old artists to the dimly lit Cantab Lounge basement. Wasting not a second more, Taylor booms, “Welcome to the Boston Poetry Slam! We are here
