2193:, Katsunori Kusunoki, a professor of communications at Toyo University, found a way to incorporate slam poetry into his students’ lives; allowing them to showcase their competitiveness and love of poetry by putting together “poetry boxing” matches. Kusunoki created annual “poetry boxing” tournaments in order to provide a medium for expression and social interaction . The rules are “16 boxers face off in pairs in competitions of stand-up verse that last for three minutes. Winners compete in series of challenges such as timed presentation and a round of improvised jousting.” A master of ceremonies adds to the event by providing nicknames for the competitors. Kusunoki's goal was to try to get his students to open up by breaking language barriers and expressing themselves.
2173:. According to al-Misry, having a variety jobs gave him the experience to understand the struggles of Egyptian people in different classes of life. He had good knowledge of Arabic literature, grammar and some commonly used foreign words as well as slang; which he used to form Halamantishi poetry. Muhammad Ragab Bayyoumi in 1986 wrote an article entitled Hussein Shafiq al-Misry: Ustaz la Tilmeeth lah" (Hussein Shafiq al-Misry: A Teacher with No Student of His) in which he introduced al-Misry's poems and explained al-Misry's literary poetry techniques. In Egypt Performance Poetry is new in popularity, the term "Ash-Shi'r al-Mu'adda" was recently introduced as the term for performance poetry. Poets such as
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or host to act as judges for the event. In the national slam, there are five judges, but smaller slams generally have three. After each poet performs, each judge awards a score to that poem. Scores generally range between zero and ten. The highest and lowest score are dropped, giving each performance
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A single round at a standard slam consists of performances by all eligible poets. Most slams last multiple rounds, and many involve the elimination of lower-scoring poets in successive rounds. An elimination format might run 8-4-2; eight poets in the first round, four in the second, and two in the
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One of the more interesting end products (to me, at least) of this constant shifting is that poets in the slam always worry that something—a style, a project, a poet—will become so dominant that it will kill the scene, but it never does. Ranting hipsters, freestyle rappers, bohemian drifters,
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and elsewhere of these poetry slams, in which various young men and women in various late-spots are declaiming rant and nonsense at each other. The whole thing is judged by an applause meter which is actually not there, but might as well be. This isn't even silly; it is the death of
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poetry festival since 1998. The youth poetry slam movement was the focus of a documentary film series produced by HBO and released in 2009. It featured poets from Youth Speaks, Urban Word, Louder than a Bomb and other related youth poetry slam organizations.
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event. The current (2013) National Poetry Slam Team champions are Slam New
Orleans (SNO), who have won the competition for the second year in a row. The current (2014) Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion was Dominique Christina.
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Chicago Authors (YCA) provides workshops, mentoring, and competition opportunities to youth in the Chicago area. Every year YCA presents
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last. Some slams do not eliminate poets at all. The Green Mill usually runs its slams with six poets in the first round. At the end of the slam, the poet with the highest number of points earned is the winner.
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3849:Big Towns, Big Talk : Poems,
3835:Well Defined: Vocabulary in Rhyme
3660:Miguel Algarin & Bob Holman,
3640:The Chronicle of Higher Education
1392:European Poetry Slam Championship
3790:The Words Don't Fit in My Mouth,
3533:British Broadcasting Corporation
2880:Janice Erlbaum (April 3, 2008).
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3620:10.13169/arabstudquar.39.2.0815
2526:"PSI FAQ: National Poetry Slam"
45:needs additional citations for
3580:"International Youth Day 2020"
3397:"English Minor | Berklee"
3348:Text and Performance Quarterly
3035:. June 3, 2008. Archived from
2435:"A Brief Guide to Slam Poetry"
1959:National Endowment of the Arts
1493:World Poetry Slam Organisation
1109:Women of the World Poetry Slam
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3952:said the shotgun to the head,
3578:Reid, Caroline (2020-08-12).
3499:Lakhani, Somya (2015-02-04).
2543:Sid Smith (August 16, 1999).
2514:. New York: Soft Skull Press.
2120:An Open Letter to Honey Singh
3973:A Little Truth On Your Shirt
3852:Close to Death : Poems,
3360:10.1080/10462937.2010.511252
3245:. March 2006. Archived from
2439:A Brief Guide to Slam Poetry
1199:From 10 to 11 December 2016
1105:individual World Poetry Slam
3527:Yadav, Shalu (2015-02-02).
3319:"Up Close with Kip Fulbeck"
2689:Introduction. CreateSpace.
2480:Baig, Mehroz (2014-03-12).
1932:Filippo Capobianco (Italy)
1916:Xabiso Vili (South Africa)
1730:Clotilde de Brito (France)
4067:
3921:Top Secret Slam Strategies
3750:In the Time of Assignments
3103:Italy24 News Entertainment
2819:"Austria holds new record"
2026:and has competed at slams.
1943:Lady Laprofeta (Colombia)
1705:Ikenna Onyegbula (Canada)
1580:Joaquin Zihuatanejo (USA)
1448:Carmien Michels (Belgium)
1257:, slam poet and author of
1175:In 1998, spoken word poet
2886:Best American Poetry Blog
2232:List of performance poets
2063:Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1905:Lorenzo Maragoni (Italy)
1488:
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1303:Like Lambs to the Slammer
4046:African-American culture
3859:Teahouse Of The Almighty
3855:Life According to Motown
3709:Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz
3463:Aptowicz (2008), P. 233.
2976:Aptowicz (2008), p. 297.
2967:Aptowicz (2008), p. 290.
2592:. In Yu, Timothy (ed.).
2482:"Slam Poetry: A History"
2165:Slam Poetry has been in
2070:Berklee College of Music
1982:Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz
1755:Amélie Prévost (Québec)
1630:David Goudreau (Québec)
1437:Nuno Piteira (Portugal)
1335:Poet and lead singer of
1255:Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz
4036:Contemporary literature
3890:Storms Beneath the Skin
3774:The Forgiveness Parade,
3560:(in French). 2017-12-15
3385:. Ann Arbor: U of MI P.
2685:Gorski, Hedwig. (2015)
2171:Hussain Shafiq al-Misry
1880:Giuliano Logos (Italy)
1680:Simon Roberts (Québec)
1490:Poetry Slam World Cup -
1482:Poetry Slam World Cup -
1383:WOW - Incendi Spontanei
1352:Slam: A Poetic Dialogue
1312:In an interview in the
3956:The Dead Emcee Scrolls
3937:Tarnish and Masquerade
3794:God Is Not an American
3608:Arab Studies Quarterly
2639:"8x8 rules and format"
2396:University of Zaragoza
2104:
1830:JĂ©rome Pinel (France)
1655:Harry Baker (England)
1485:Coupe du Monde de Slam
1459:Marie Darah (Belgium)
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3917:What Learning Leaves,
3741:15 Ways to Stay Alive
3501:"Don't Mess with Her"
2469:on February 16, 2009.
2433:aapone (2014-02-04).
2247:Postmodern literature
2061:, winner of the 1985
1805:Sam Small (Scotland)
1555:Danny Sherrard (USA)
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944:Literature portal
3778:The Splinter Factory
3700:Susan Somers-Willett
2116:London 2012 Festival
2042:Susan Somers-Willett
1970:Nuyorican Poets Cafe
1605:Ian Keteku (Canada)
1345:Nuyorican Poets Café
1287:Nuyorican Poets Cafe
1181:Nuyorican Poets Cafe
1121:master of ceremonies
1101:National Poetry Slam
1085:September 11 attacks
1051:National Poetry Slam
1047:Green Mill Jazz Club
985:Nuyorican Poets Cafe
718:Groups and movements
54:improve this article
3946:The Seventh Octave,
3480:on 29 November 2014
3401:college.berklee.edu
3306:. 12 November 2017.
3252:on August 11, 2006.
3039:on October 11, 2008
2840:on December 8, 2008
2667:on February 7, 2012
2414:www.powerpoetry.org
1855:Dani Orviz (Spain)
1530:Anis Mojgani (USA)
1415:Dani Orviz (Spain)
337:Short prose fiction
240:Major written forms
4051:Culture of Chicago
3970:Sonya Renee Taylor
3929:Roger Bonair-Agard
3806:Harmless Medicine,
3783:Jessica Care Moore
3506:The Indian Express
3171:. TGR. 17 May 2021
3029:"The Fall of Slam"
2787:www.poetryslam.com
2661:my.poetryslam.com
2643:Boston Poetry Slam
2459:"Sex Dating Sites"
2272:Nuyorican Movement
2214:English literature
2179:Kamel Ash-Shennawy
2177:, Ahmad Rami, and
2083:Louder Than a Bomb
1470:Pablowsky (Spain)
1318:, literary critic
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3746:Douglas A. Martin
3304:Poetry Foundation
3006:978-0-9565-4671-5
2942:"The Perspective"
2603:978-1-108-48209-7
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3799:Justin Chin
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3078:newsrnd.com
2282:Spoken word
2237:Oral poetry
2030:Kip Fulbeck
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1467:Rome, Italy
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908:Composition
785:Tragicomedy
624:Verse novel
512:Non-fiction
416:Speculative
355:Short story
225:spoken word
215:Performance
188:heroic epic
18:Poetry Slam
4020:Categories
3904:Tara Betts
3831:Outspoken,
3803:Bite Hard,
3667:Marc Smith
3589:2021-02-23
3564:2021-02-23
3538:4 February
3512:4 February
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2768:2013-08-20
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2444:2017-07-17
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2376:References
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2262:Recitative
2016:Bob Holman
1359:Def Poetry
1307:slam voice
1283:Bob Holman
1274:Bob Holman
1248:dub poetry
1078:60 Minutes
1073:60 Minutes
1055:Fort Mason
1039:Marc Smith
1032:Marc Smith
1019:response.
1009:Marc Smith
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578:Travelogue
573:Persuasive
553:Journalism
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