Marc Kelly Smith had a great idea in the early 1980s: make poetry readings more palatable. He had thought, “Why is this artform that I have been writing and reading most of my life presented onstage ...

Slam Poetry turns 25. We’ll celebrate with some of the best slam poets in the country. Andrew Tyree, a poet from St. Louis, Mo., performs during a competitive poetry slam at Nuyorican Poets Cafe in ...

“Louder Than a Bomb,” uses the now familiar genre formula seen in such competition docs as “Spellbound,” “Planet B-Boy,” and “Murderball,” relying on viewer knowledge of these tropes to plunge into ...

In order to connect with the audience, slam poems represent the quotidian, the everyday. aspernDieSeestadtWiens Slam poetry has become increasingly popular in recent years and has far overtaken more ...

At least four hundred poets have descended on Denver, heads full of memorized verses, for the National Poetry Slam.For those who can't distinguish a slam poem from a verbal fistfight or the recitation ...

This is Notes From the Edge, a series reporting from the sharp edge of the UK’s creative industries. This week, we discover what’s stirring in the world of Slam Poetry, why it matters and how it ...

Applause rang throughout a sold-out Nourse Auditorium in San Francisco last month when seventeen-year-old Imani Diltz took the stage at the Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Grand Slam finals. As she ...

This was the loud and unapologetic environment I stepped into at Get Lit’s Classic Slam, a poetry competition where more than 50 high schools participate annually. It was, as Tiffany Snow, Get Lit’s ...

HOW MUCH: $24.95 for Champions Stage on Saturday, March 21, all other events are free, at cicadapoetryslamfestival.com The Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival returns to Albuquerque this month with over 80 ...

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 ...