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 ...

In Trigger Warning, her award-winning poem, Portland poet Jordan Wolmut dissects the concept of a slam poetry competition while taking part in one. In the poem, Benson High School senior Wolmut ...

Ask Shayna “Simba” Castano where she got her “Lion King” nickname and she’ll shrug. It’s just something that stuck, she explains, possibly because of her hair, a thick, black mane. Other than her ...

Slam poetry is a performance art based around the recitation of a poem. Osborn said it’s difficult to describe. “It’s like poetry and theater got together and had a baby,” she said. “It started out of ...

One by one, nine poets took the stage at a Southeast Portland church last Sunday, each cramming their existential ponderings, cultural outrage and personal passions into a tight, rhythmic three ...

A regular slam poetry night is moving to the stage of the Sydney Opera House to decide the 2025 Bread & Butter Poetry ...

When Olivia Vella’s seventh grade teacher asked every student to write a monologue on a topic about which they were passionate, Vella immediately knew what she wanted to say. She wanted to tell girls ...

Poet Britteney Conner redefined consent in her spoken word poem "Consent" at the Rustbelt Regional Poetry Slam in Detroit. In her poem, posted to Button Poetry, Conner defines consent in multiple ...

At least four hundred poets have descended on Denver, heads full of memorized verses, for the National Poetry Slam.For those who can't distinguish a slam poem from a verbal fistfight or the recitation ...

Birmingham Public Library is hosting its first Bards & Brews poetry slam of 2026 on Jan. 9. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. at ...

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, ...

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 ...