You can probably picture prototypical poetry slammers, right, the kind depicted in popular culture? Strident and pedantic, enraged and inspired, they spout truths and gibberish in equal measure with ...

The Ninth Annual Bluebonnet Poetry Slam returns to Conroe to give local and regional poets an opportunity to give voice to their work - and have a chance at earning cash prizes. The event, sponsored ...

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Through slam poetry that centers LGBTQ+ voices and inspirational videos that touch on navigating life with autism, Lydia Gates has fostered communities both in the heart of Flagstaff's mountain town ...

You can't really explain the bond between siblings. One minute you have them in a chokehold for dominance over the TV remote, the next minute you're texting them surreal memes. Even if you love them, ...

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 ...

Every Sunday night for the past 21 years, poets have gathered at Chicago’s most venerable jazz club to celebrate a different sort of sound: the spoken word. On any given night at uptown’s Green Mill, ...

If you were part of a specific genre of 2000s “creative weirdos,” you may have found yourself pulled into the spoken word poetry scene. The art form — which, as the name implies, includes any poetry ...

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 ...

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 ...