TEXARKANA, Ark. - The community was invited to the Salvation Army of Texarkana’s Boys and Girls Club Wednesday to watch young poets compete in their first poetry slam.

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.

Ten local high school students will take the stage at the Academy of Music on Saturday, April 5, at 7 p.m. to compete in the Third Annual Academy Regional Youth Poetry Slam. The event, a ...

Renee Jackson, left, and Brandon Bowman brainstorm ideas during a poetry workshop Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in Texarkana, Arkansas, ahead of TRAHC and the Boys and Girls Club's first-ever poetry slam.

Wyndmere Poetry Slam has received a $1,500 grant from the Richland/Wilkin Community Foundation to help fund its second annual ...

NORTHBEAST POETRY SLAM. At the Foundry, 101 Rogers St. July 20-21 at noon. Tickets are $25 for all-access passes and $10 for just the slam finals. eventbrite.com.

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 creator of slam poetry has started a podcast, “Thru the Mill with Marc Kelly Smith,” about his life and career as well as the roots of the spoken-word competition.

TEXARKANA, Ark. — Young poets from the Salvation Army of Texarkana's Boys and Girls Club took center stage at their first poetry slam, held in partnership with the Texarkana Regional ...