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 ...

Laredo Border Slam Poetry is working to bring the Gateway City’s voices to the Southern Fried Regional Poetry Competition this summer and is asking the community for support. The Southern Fried ...

The ringing endorsement of a snap, the modest approval of an “mm-hmm,” the hearty affirmation of a clap and cheer. Get your reactions ready, because a kinetic style of poetry-as-performance is about ...

IOWA CITY — It’s not often that “thinking inside the box” is lauded as a winning strategy. But for spoken word poet Henry Morray, it’s the introduction to a winning piece of art. “These days, I’m ...

Durban has been announced as the host city for the 5th World Slam Poetry Competition and Convention, scheduled to take place from October 5 to 11, 2026. The annual international poetry competition is ...

The Department of English, MGM College, organised a Slam Poetry Competition on the theme “Poetry in Motion – Voices That Inspire” at the college auditorium on September 19. The literary activity was ...

Slam poetry is about expressing passion for something. It can be used to educate, communicate or advocate for ideas people feel are important. Slam Poetry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — A city-wide SLAM Poetry Competition will be held in Savannah on May 30. Young people will have the ...

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 ...