Poetry slam is one of the few examples we have of a “language game” (to use Ludwig Wittgenstein’s famous term, but not exactly the way he means it) that is explicitly named as such.

The 12 kids sat scattered in pews facing the podium, listening as their instructor went over details for the poetry slam that would cap off their three-day winter poetry camp. Emanuelee "Outspoken ...

Poetry, however, is her favorite medium, as she always tries to give her poems a hopeful ending, despite the struggle and hardship reflected in them, so people can know that things can get better.

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 ...

Smith took tonight, Sept. 15, 2023, to read some of her poems written on her phone. She’s been trying to record more poems in hopes of writing a book rather than performing them once. She said it ...

Slam Connection, founded by Williamsburg poet laureate LaCroy Nixon, saw success at both the Virginia Team Poetry Slam ...

Poetry combined with hip-hop, classical and pop music has young poets competing for prizes from $100 to $1,000 at this year’s Dranoff 2 Piano Fusion “Piano Slam.” ...

The Vermilion Poetry Society has announced that it will host its first Poetry Slam Contest, according to a news release. The ...

Roses are red / Violets are blue / There's a poetry slam / Friday in the M.U. The Devil's Inkwell: Creative Writing Guild, which welcomes writers from diverse majors across the ASU campus, is holding ...

Memories of the Children’s Crusade. A vision of alien visitations in the future. Invocations of superheroes. Fist-raising calls for change. These were all part of the 28th annual Z Experience Poetry ...

The preliminary slam will take place in the White Room at 138 Green St. in Worcester from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. that night, and Mass Poetry encourages aspiring slam poets to be there early as the ...