It”s coming down to the wire for the several hundred poets across the nation who are gearing up for next week”s National Poetry Slam Finals in Austin, Texas. In Richmond, poets gathered at ComedySportz Improv Theater for a practice slam Sunday night. On Monday night in Kalamazoo (yes, Kalamazoo!), the Kalamazoo Slam Team hosted a [...]

Reported at Happynews.com, award winning poet Paul Farley helped give a boost to a project that supports homeless youth throughout Great Britain. Farley judged a poetry contest sponsored by UK”s Foyer Network, and held workshops for the winning poets. Foyers is a UK based program that gives homeless youth, ages 16-25, a place to call [...]

The Sweet Verse Spoken Word Tour features some of the hottest names in Spoken Word. Come and check out some of the biggest names in performance poetry !
Featured artists include :
Rene Reyes,
Rachel Mckibbens,
Oveous Maximus,
Big Mike,
Lemon,
Marc Marcel,
Sunni Patterson,
Ainsley Burrows,
Andrea Gibson,
Poetri,
RedStorm,
The 5th L,
Abyss,
Georgia Me,
Jamie DeWolf Kennedy,
Will Da Real One,
Mayde de Valle,
Quiet Rage,
Triple Blak,
and many more! Believe it!
The [...]

It”s up and running! The official web site for the 2006 National Poetry Slam is up, and it”s a doozy. This year, they”re pulling out all the stops to make sure that those of us who are watching from home get to be part of the fun and excitement. There are blogs available for members, [...]

Last week, we pointed you to Quickmuse, the fifteen minute poem site, and this week they”re proving that they”re going to be fun for a while. This week they”ve added another battle royale, pitting poet/publishers Marge Piercy and Johathan Galassi against each other in an epic fifteen minute race. Piercy and Galassi”s efforts can be [...]