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 music-poetry mashup is at the ...

Sometimes small changes can make or break a night. SLAM!, (Soul, Love, And Meaning), Boston College’s spoken word club, was supposed to host its first Sunset SLAM! of the year outside. Unfortunately, ...

The first slam poem Bianca Phipps wrote was about a boy. She’d broken up with him but didn’t say everything she needed to. So she said it in a poem, on a stage, in front of strangers. “It’s terrifying ...

Seasoned and amateur poets alike are standing behind microphones all over Utah to share a taste of their passion: slam poetry. Many BYU students have found common ground in this increasingly popular ...

Middle school is a level of hell I'd never wish on an enemy. The awkwardness, the insecurity, the constant pressure to be someone else when you're not so sure of who you are in the first place. The ...

Slam poetry in Chicago is getting a shot in the arm from Frankie’s Tee, a media platform and talk show founded in 2024. Hosted by west-side natives Tanya “Tee” Smith and Frankie Fabre, Frankie’s Tee ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 11—BEMIDJI — Watermark's first spoken word Poetry SLAM! of the season will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18, at Fozzie ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 21—BEMIDJI — Watermark's next spoken word Poetry SLAM! event will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, at Fozzie's Smokin' ...

Nia Lewis hated dodging strangers making leering comments on the street. First the catcalls made her angry. Then they inspired her. “You must understand that a body is just a body, a silhouette isn’t ...

Poet Britteney Conner redefined consent in her spoken word poem "Consent" at the Rustbelt Regional Poetry Slam in Detroit. In her poem, posted to Button Poetry, Conner defines consent in multiple ...

Gayle Danley crawled along the floor of the Banneker-Douglass Museum, smacked the carpet with her hand and belted out a line from her championship work "Bully Poem." "Jessie Patterson," Danley boomed ...