Poetry combined with hip-hop, classical and pop music has young poets competing for prizes from $100 to $1,000 at this year’s Dranoff 2 Piano Fusion “Piano Slam.” The music-poetry mashup is at the ...

and Sundown Records will host a Poetry SLAM at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 21, 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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 21—BEMIDJI — Watermark's next spoken word Poetry SLAM! event will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, at Fozzie's Smokin' ...

Sometimes small changes can make or break a night. SLAM!, (Soul, Love, And Meaning), Boston College’s spoken word club, was supposed to host its first Sunset SLAM! of the year outside. Unfortunately, ...

Slam poetry in Chicago is getting a shot in the arm from Frankie’s Tee, a media platform and talk show founded in 2024. Hosted by west-side natives Tanya “Tee” Smith and Frankie Fabre, Frankie’s Tee ...

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 ...

The Z Experience Poetry Slam on Monday saw a lot of changes from previous years, in introducing new hosts and a new competition format. But its commitments to making voices heard, diving deep into ...

14 year old girl’s slam poem in ode to Kamala Harris! I have written a slam poem in honor of Kamala Harris, which I have recorded and posted to YouTube – https ...

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 ...

Watch this 7th grader use slam poetry to tell girls: 'You are good enough' Olivia Vella wanted to tell girls her age that they were talented, smart and beautiful -- no matter how often they were told ...