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A slam poetry is a competitive art event in which poets perform spoken word poetry before a live audience and a panel of judges. While formats can vary, slams are often loud and lively, with audience participation, cheering and dramatic delivery.
"Shrinking Women" is a poem by Lily Myers. Myers recited it at the 2013 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational; the video was subsequently reposted by Button Poetry and HuffPost, where it went viral. The video of this performance had been viewed more than five million times by 2016. [1]
Mwende Katwiwa, who performs under the name FreeQuency, is a Kenyan-American slam poet, community organizer, and activist. [1] [2] Their poems address issues of identity, emotion, racism, colonialism, and police brutality in the United States. They live in New Orleans. [3] Katwiwa graduated from Tulane University in 2014.
In 2000, he became the first Canadian to win the Individual Championship title at the beach National Poetry Slam. [3] Together with American slam poet Mighty Mike McGee and fellow Canadian C. R. Avery, he is a co-founder of Vancouver, British Columbia spoken word, "talk rock" trio, Tons of Fun University (T.O.F.U.).
Francisco is the founder and current coach of the San Diego Poetry Slam Team, which won the 2017 National Poetry Slam Championship. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Francisco performed his spoken-word poem "Complainers" on his first appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on March 1, 2018.
This category includes artists who make slam poetry. Pages in category "Slam poets" The following 81 pages are in this category, out of 81 total.
Baker has won the London and UK Slam Poetry Championships. [5] In 2012, he won the World Slam Poetry Competition, becoming the youngest ever winner. [1] Unlike other poets, his poems are based on feelings and emotions. In 2014 Baker began performing as a speaker for TED. [4] His talk ‘A love poem for lonely prime numbers’ has over 2 million ...
Christina was hailed champion at the National Poetry Series Slam in 2012. In 2017, her book Anarcha Speaks won an award from the same body. [17] [18] In 2012 and 2014, she was hailed as Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion. [19] [13] She earned the National Underground Poetry Slam Champion in 2013. [7] [13]