One can find videos of slam poetry mainly on YouTube. Slam poetry is a completion where poets read their original works. They are then numerically judged by members of the audience.
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A poetry slam performer is often described as passionate, engaging the audience through powerful words and emotions.
A poetry slam is a competition where poets perform their original work in front of an audience and judges. Poets are typically scored on their performance, style, and content. It is a popular form of spoken-word poetry that often emphasizes emotional and personal expression.
The Humberville Poetry Slam - 2009 was released on: USA: March 2009 (San Francisco Asian American Film Festival)
Slam poetry is a competitive form of spoken word poetry where participants perform their work in front of an audience and judges score their performance. Performance poetry, on the other hand, refers to any type of poetry that is intended to be performed or read aloud, but does not necessarily involve competition. Both slam poetry and performance poetry emphasize the spoken aspect of poetry and engaging with the audience.
A poetry slam is a meeting and competition between poets who perform their own original modern work. The competition is typically held in a coffee house or small stage venue, but there are large annual nationwide competitions with audiences of thousands. The poetry at a slam is not necessarily different from that of 'regular' poetry, however, due to the nature of a poetry slam competition, often the poetry is more stylistically similar to a well composed rap, delivered emotionally and powerfully, rather than a recited couplet. This style is typically referred to as 'Spoken Word' type poetry, because the poems are meant to be received as a stage performance of the author rather than seen on the page, although there is often crossover. 'Modern' poetry typically means poetry written in the last 20 years that is NOT written to be performed as spoken word---often in this type of poetry, style matters more than aspects such as rhythm and rhyme, both of which are qualities of Spoke Word poetry (or Slam poetry) that are well received by a hip-hop influenced audience.
Poetry Slam
Slam Poetry is designed to be read out-loud in a competition with other poets. Think Eminem in 8 Mile, but more civilised!
An event where spoken-word poety is performed.