Ten teens recently performed original slam poetry at the Marcus Center for Performing Arts in Vogel Hall, with six selected to represent Milwaukee in the Brave New Voices Final competition in Houston, ...

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 ...

To John Basinger, a Middletown-based poet, storyteller and singer, slam poetry means “the face looks outward instead of inward.” Poetry has traditionally been an inwardly directed art, he says, ...

WILLIAMSBURG — This Friday, Williamsburg will be center stage for the state’s biggest slam poetry event when the Virginia Team Poetry Slam Championship comes to the Kimball Theatre. Originally called ...

If you're looking to start the new year rhyming and flowing, Laredo BorderSlam Poetry invites poets and newcomers to share ...

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 ...