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 ...

But there are also more dynamic and modern forms, such as slam poetry. We’ve already discussed this art form, which can be easily integrated into an educational setting. In fact, librarians and social ...

Rochester Institute of Technology’s Poetry Slam team is ready to rhyme, as they compete on the national stage for the very first time. Five students from throughout the university will represent RIT ...

Seasoned and amateur poets alike are standing behind microphones all over Utah to share a taste of their passion: slam poetry. Many BYU students have found common ground in this increasingly popular ...

You might not imagine poets, those long-haired, dreamy bohemians, as aggressive competitors. But at the National Poetry Slam (August 1-6)—taking place in Georgia for the first time this year—more than ...

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' ...

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 ...

Made of spit and spirit, cunning and chaos, deliverance and destruction, Kristiana Rae Colon’s “Octagon” takes apart the world of slam poetry with bravado and brio. Though at times self-indulgent, ...

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