Any slam poets?

[aaa1234]

Cannot beat Shakespeare although technically he is a playwright.

[Gustavsson]

I've never been to a slam poetry meeting or whatever you would call them, but what I've seen of slam poetry online is really good. It tends to hit me deeper when spoken than it would on a page.

[HoneyB]

umm... what is slam poetry?

If you'd be interested, read Colleen Hoover's book called Slammed - it is a New Adult/YA contemporary romance type, but a touching/emotional story. Anyway, this girl moves with her family to a whole new place after her father died. She meets her new neighbor and they click. He introduces her to slam poetry - it has some really great examples in the book. It's on my bookshelf as a 4 star book. Also, Point of Retreat (has a hilarious and brilliant little girl in the second story and more slam poetry - I'd say even better than the first book), and This Girl are the three books in the series.

[spablo_94]

I remember writing a slam poem for my English class. I liked reading other people's slam poems than make my own. During my senior year in high school my professor in English invited his former student, which is now a professional slam poet and have already published his own book of slam poems, to our class. He was so good, that's why I now like slam poems.

[RStone]

I'm intrigued and love watching the videos. One thing I've really noticed is that poems that might not be brilliant on the page are really able to come alive when performed and become brilliant. I've done some poetry readings, but they were less energy and more recitation than what I imagine a poetry slam to be. I went to an open mic once, and that was… well, not great. There was a regular crowd and they weren't too welcoming, so I've not looked elsewhere.