It’s been 20 years since Nancy Sullivan, a media specialist at Portland’s McDaniel High School, organized a poetry slam for students in the school’s library. That one slam eventually evolved into ...
Illustration by Adriana Georgopulos. (Saul Willams photo by Walter McBride / Getty Images / Ntozake Shange photo by Daniel Zuchnik / WireImage) the greatest Americans have not been born yet they are ...
and Sundown Records will host a Poetry SLAM at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, at Fozzie's Smokin Bar-B-Q, 114 Third St. NW. "A poetry slam is a competitive art event in which poets perform spoken word ...
One by one, poets shrug their way to the stage, pausing for a breath before diving in. Without fail, someone from the crowd offers the rallying cry: "Let's go, poet!" The room answers in its own ...
WILLIAMSBURG — A Williamsburg slam poetry team recently took first in a state slam poetry event, and then went on to place in the top 10 in the nation. Williamsburg’s Slam Connection was one of six ...
As the Twin Cities’ slam poetry scene rebuilds, BuckSlam — a new organization dedicated to the style of competitive poetry performance — has quickly established itself at the forefront. Now, as its ...
It’s time for a poetry slam revival, according to Boston Poetry Slam producer Myles Taylor. Slam poetry, which is a competitive event where poets recite spoken-word poetry in front of an audience and ...
Roses are red, yellow and even pink. I’m always interested in what you think. However sweet, two lines of rhyme might be, it’s not that, which makes a poem worthy of reading or reciting aloud. “Unless ...
Every April, Worcester hosts an impressive slate of National Poetry Month events looking back on the past. This year, the month will end on a different note with a look towards the future of poetry in ...
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