For those of you already familiar with slam poetry, you don't need me to beg or cajole you into going to the 25th Anniversary Extravaganza at the Metro. The rest of you, your heads filled to the brim ...

Karen Lowry receives an Australian Postgraduate Award and Curtin Research Scholarship. She is affiliated with WA Poets Inc and Perth Poetry Club. Slam poetry has become increasingly popular in recent ...

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 ...

Tom Hanks dropped by Late Night recently to perform slam poetry all about the beloved (yes beloved) 1990’s television show, Full House. The routine was a full house – see what I did there? – of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — According to the dictionary, a Poetry Slam is a competition using elimination rounds for the reading of poetry. Recently, Explore Community School in East Nashville held its ...

It's the biggest poetry party of the year! Slam poetry's biggest night is Friday, May 6th at Town Hall. Eight spoken word poets will compete for four spots on the Seattle team going to the National ...

One by one, nine poets took the stage at a Southeast Portland church last Sunday, each cramming their existential ponderings, cultural outrage and personal passions into a tight, rhythmic three ...

I ambled through the doors to watch the Stockton All-City Poetry Slam a number of years ago, not realizing that Mama T had other plans. There was a seat near the back of the room, well away from the ...

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 ...

With strong sentiments concerning Valentine’s Day, there’s one event that encompasses all of these emotions for one’s entertainment. The second annual “”Love Me, Do Me, Leave Me”” slam poetry event is ...

'Stories with a Heartbeat' is a new podcast from WUNC using a poetic lens to explore conflict. As athletes from around the world compete for gold in Rio this summer, poets from across the U.S. are ...

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 ...