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 ...

LEFT: Reading from his slam poem “Labels” at the Ralston Arena is Ralston High School junior Lance Otto. Otto is in his first year of competition with the Avenue Scholars slam poetry team and competed ...

Lincoln High School's slam poetry team will perform Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the ballroom at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln student union. "We would love staff and community to attend and show some ...

This isn’t the goateed poet in the coffeehouse dive, sporting his beret, sipping an absurdly tiny espresso and passively mumbling a few verses about his gerbil. All while no one in the audience ...

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 ...

Citing a rising popularity in the performance-based art of slam poetry, the Western Colorado Writers' Forum has organized what is thought to be the first official Slam Poetry Competition in Grand ...

The Vermilion Poetry Society has announced that it will host its first Poetry Slam Contest, according to a news release. The event will take place July 24 at the Vermilion Boat Club, at 5416 Liberty ...

Edmonds Center for the Arts (ECA) invites poets of all ages from across the Puget Sound region to step forward and share their voices through WE SPEAK, an annual celebration […] ...

Mojavi Wright wants to win. And he thinks his team has the talent to do so. “If we can make it to the semi-finals, then we’ve got a chance,” Wright said. His sport? Poetry. Wright is the coach of the ...