German spoken word artist Annika Blanke used to have to explain what slam poetry was. That’s changed in the last few years, as audiences have increased both in-person and online. Some poetry slam ...

Sound Of Sages (SOS) was an idea derived from the title of one of Paul Word (Winner of WarOfWords Season 4)’s slam winning piece “SOS” after WarOfWords4 by Bankole Kolawole. With a panache for massive ...

The 6th Annual Exit 36 Slam Poetry Festival will feature Grammy-nominated artist Tarriona "Tank" Ball. The fiery powerhouse lead singer of Tank and The Bangas is also an accomplished spoken word ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — It’s not often that “thinking inside the box” is lauded as a winning strategy. But for ...

Dr. Paula Monroe, youth leader Samarra Ramsey and Amy Bloess from PRC Resources discuss the upcoming "Voices of the Stage" slam poetry event at the University of the Incarnate Word's Rosenberg Sky ...

Instead of the caged bird, it is the caged word that sings in slam poetry. At least, this was the case at this week’s Providence Poetry Slam Semifinals, where the raw, poignant emotion of nine ...

Spoken word poet Shahaddah Jack says if there’s one person who made her believe she could be a poet, it was her mother. “She always instilled in me that I'm enough just the way that I am and poetry ...

While poets of the page may publish their writing in the Canon, Tufts' literary magazine, spoken word poets work outside and beyond the written word. Many write, practice and compete within the Spoken ...

Don't tell me poetry is as dry as big words on paper. Or as random and esoteric as the word esoteric. As culture changes, so does our definition of poetry, and recent expansions have taken us in ...

April 16 was B.Y.O.P. night at Coming to the Table-Historic Triangle’s monthly gathering. Everyone was invited to Bring Your Own Poem to observe National Poetry Month, which was established to ...