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 ...

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 ...

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On a dark Monday night, the dazzling bulb lights hanging from the ceiling of Midnight Coffee shone through the streets of ...

The competition brought together students from seventh grade through seniors, all gathered in the historic one-room ...

DuWaup's Cincinnati Poetry Slam will be held Saturday, Nov. 12, from 5 to 9 p.m. Poets, patrons and small business vendors will have the chance to connect at Artville to network and look at ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The fourth annual Food 4 Thought Poetry Slam is returning to the Virginia Museum of History and Culture on Saturday, Oct. 5. Ahead of the event, 8News got an inside look at what ...

Adriana E. Ramirez is a co-editor of "In the Shadow of the Mic." Slam poetry began in the 1980s, in Chicago, as an alternative to more staid academic-poetry readings. With its combination of plain ...

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 ...

Poetry slams have come a long way since 1985, when members of the Chicago Poetry Ensemble started read-ing their work at the old Get Me High Lounge in Bucktown. Today there are poetry slams in every ...

Poetry slams have come a long way since 1985, when members of the Chicago Poetry Ensemble started reading their work at the old Get Me High Lounge in Bucktown. Today there are poetry slams in every ...