Students gathered in the Memorial Union Underground on Tuesday, Feb. 24, as snaps and applause filled the room during Washburn University's Black Student Union poetry slam. The event brought together ...

Rayvon Rollins is a poet in Gainesville and he’s getting ready for a poetry slam about cancer. “Holistically rebuilding a reality rotted and all it took was a look into myself to get well. Wow, I'm ...

Jon Kelly was a homeless 17-year-old high school senior in Miami when he joined the Army to provide for his fractured family. Since the second grade, he had been putting his feelings down on paper — ...

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 ...

Last Friday, Oct. 13, The Dirigo Poetry Collective and the University of Maine Campus Activities Board (CAB) held a Poetry Slam. The winners were Jane Pappas in third place, Kirsten Daly in second and ...

STAGE? I AM NOT AND NEVER WILL BE, NEVER REALLY WANT TO BE NORMAL, BUT AT LEAST NORMAL. HERE. CANTAB IS POETRY. THE CROWD IS YOUNG, HIP AND ARDENT, OPEN MINDED. IF YOU THINK THAT SOMEBODY IS IN THE ...

As the Twin Cities’ slam poetry scene rebuilds, BuckSlam — a new organization dedicated to the style of competitive poetry performance — has quickly established itself at the forefront. Now, as its ...