In order to connect with the audience, slam poems represent the quotidian, the everyday. aspernDieSeestadtWiens Slam poetry has become increasingly popular in recent years and has far overtaken more ...

Yuuri Miki reads her poems with a fierceness and softness — deep breaths and an edge to her voice that cuts like a knife. Reading poetry aloud is an art, a skill that made her Japan national slam ...

On Sept. 29, the featured poet was Ashley Crooks-Allen, known under the stage name Lyrical Ley. Crooks-Allen earned their master’s degree from the University of Georgia in 2022 with a doctorate in ...

“Louder Than a Bomb,” uses the now familiar genre formula seen in such competition docs as “Spellbound,” “Planet B-Boy,” and “Murderball,” relying on viewer knowledge of these tropes to plunge into ...

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 ...

With the annual Poetry Slam Cyprus competition coming up in early March, two national winners team up to teach aspiring poets and writers all they know about slam poetry and how to get closer to a win ...

This is Notes From the Edge, a series reporting from the sharp edge of the UK’s creative industries. This week, we discover what’s stirring in the world of Slam Poetry, why it matters and how it ...

Applause rang throughout a sold-out Nourse Auditorium in San Francisco last month when seventeen-year-old Imani Diltz took the stage at the Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Grand Slam finals. As she ...

It is time for slam poetry to hit Nicosia again. On Monday and Tuesday the annual event will bring together poetry lovers and enthusiasts of the spoken word to enjoy performers from Cyprus and abroad ...