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 ...

Two college students Darius Simpson and Scout Bostley collaborated on a poem called Lost Voices. However,when performing they had no knowledge that the video of them showcasing at the 2015 College ...

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HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Henrico County middle and high school students took the mic Wednesday evening for the third annual Black History Month Poetry Slam. Students recited original works along ...

One by one, poets shrug their way to the stage, pausing for a breath before diving in. Without fail, someone from the crowd offers the rallying cry: "Let's go, poet!" The room answers in its own ...

On Friday, Feb. 21, the University of Massachusetts’ Center of Racial Justice and Youth Engaged Research and the Black Healing, Joy and Justice Collective held the second annual W.E.B. Du Bois Poetry ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Verselandia! is back. Portland’s annual city-wide youth poetry slam championship takes place April 24 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Tribes battle PGE’s plan to seize ...

WILLIAMSBURG — A Williamsburg slam poetry team recently took first in a state slam poetry event, and then went on to place in the top 10 in the nation. Williamsburg’s Slam Connection was one of six ...