Although Pokémon and slam poetry each experienced their heyday in the 1990s, it has, for some reason, taken until now for somebody to combine the two. It’s finally happened, though, thanks to The Warp ...

A new crop of championship youth slam poets was crowned last week at Literary Arts’ Competition. At Arlene Schnitzer Concert ...

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 ...

Rayshawn Flowers is a little intimidated being the center of attention. The eighth grader at Key Middle School is usually not very talkative, but these days, he’s found a new mode of expression — slam ...

Most performers at the Uptown Poetry Slam get one poem; Del Valle, who made a surprise appearance for National Poetry Month, ...

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 ...

Memories of the Children’s Crusade. A vision of alien visitations in the future. Invocations of superheroes. Fist-raising calls for change. These were all part of the 28th annual Z Experience Poetry ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 16—BEMIDJI — Watermark's first spoken word Poetry SLAM! of the year will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 26, at Fozzie's ...

At Piano Slam 2024, then junior Edwina Tony from Miami Norland Senior High passionately delivers her spoken word poem, “From Permed to Proud.” Poetry combined with hip-hop, classical and pop music has ...