When McDaniel High School librarian Nancy Sullivan originally started the first youth poetry slam competitions in Portland in 2005, she didn’t have any concept of the new event’s staying power.

Marc Kelly Smith had a great idea in the early 1980s: make poetry readings more palatable. He had thought, “Why is this artform that I have been writing and reading most of my life presented onstage ...

Last weekend, Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design’s joint poetry slam team sent members Kris Cho ’22, Blessed Sheriff ’19, Dāa Guy RISD ’19 and Manuel Ávalos ’19 to take part in the College ...

BINGHAMTON(WBNG) -- CARES hosted it’s 4th annual Black History Month poetry slam. Community Advocates Restoring Educational Standards (CARES) is a non-profit organization advocating for families in ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — I suspect most TV viewers enjoyed rooting for Faizan Zaki, a 13-year-old from Plano, Texas, as he stood on a stage last Thursday inside a National Harbor, Maryland, theater and ...

The Nickel City Poetry Slam returns this FRIDAY, MAY 5, at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery! Join us as the best local talent fights for cash money, your love and a chance to be on the first Buffalo Slam ...

Apr. 19—BEMIDJI — Slam poetry is a form of catharsis for Claire Nelson. Thriving in a competitive format, the Bemidji area nurse secured a first-place victory at the Watermark Art Center's final ...

In honor of National Poetry Month, broadcaster and poetry lover, Camille Conte, is organizing a poetry slam on Tuesday, April 2 at Main Event Grill. She was part of the Alaska Poetry League in the 90s ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Slam host Ngoma. Credit: Brian Slattery Photo Memories of the Children’s Crusade. A vision of ...

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 ...

STAGE? I AM NOT AND NEVER WILL BE, NEVER REALLY WANT TO BE NORMAL, BUT AT LEAST NORMAL. HERE. CANTAB IS POETRY. THE CROWD IS YOUNG, HIP AND ARDENT, OPEN MINDED. IF YOU THINK THAT SOMEBODY IS IN THE ...