It’s been 20 years since Nancy Sullivan, a media specialist at Portland’s McDaniel High School, organized a poetry slam for students in the school’s library. That one slam eventually evolved into ...

Marc Kelly Smith had a great idea in the early 1980s: make poetry readings more palatable. He had thought, “Why is this artform that I have been writing and reading most of my life presented onstage ...

Last Thursday evening, the University of Maine Campus Activities Board (CAB) hosted a poetry slam at the Memorial Union. This was the fifth bi-annual poetry slam at UMaine, where six student ...

Lily Myers first started writing poetry in a creative writing class in her junior year of high school. She first encountered slam poetry during her first year at Wesleyan University. Then, as a ...

This was the loud and unapologetic environment I stepped into at Get Lit’s Classic Slam, a poetry competition where more than 50 high schools participate annually. It was, as Tiffany Snow, Get Lit’s ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — I’m always amazed when I think of how boys and girls can stand on a stage and spell words I’ve never heard of and will likely never use in any stories I might write. Think of the ...

WILLIAMSBURG — This Friday, Williamsburg will be center stage for the state’s biggest slam poetry event when the Virginia Team Poetry Slam Championship comes to the Kimball Theatre. Originally called ...

RENSSELAER, N.Y. (WRGB) — Nearly two dozen students from several local schools competed in the 3rd Annual Capital Region Poetry Slam at Doane Stuart, performing their original works before a packed ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii’s slam poet, Steven “Kealoha” Wong, conveys his messages through passion, rhythm, and rhyme. His artistry earned him the honor of being named Hawaii’s first poet ...

What if the outpouring became the inspiration for a work of poetry and could be accepted internationally? This is the story ...

It's the biggest poetry party of the year! Slam poetry's biggest night is Friday, May 6th at Town Hall. Eight spoken word poets will compete for four spots on the Seattle team going to the National ...

Tom Hanks dropped by Late Night recently to perform slam poetry all about the beloved (yes beloved) 1990’s television show, Full House. The routine was a full house – see what I did there? – of ...