Additional Info For more Jennifer Falu, follow her at: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SuperBlondeFALU SlamFind is a free performance poetry mobile app that allows you to easily find every poetry slam & poetry-friendly open mic in North America. Information courtesy, YouTube
Today, Amazon Publishing announced a call for submissions for the Little A Poetry Contest, dedicated to the discovery of emerging poets. The contest will be judged by the acclaimed poets Cornelius Eady, Jericho Brown and Kimiko Hahn. The winner will receive $5,000 in prize money and a publishing contract featuring a $2,000 advance with Little … Continue reading Amazon Publishing Announces the Little A Poetry Contest for Emerging Poets (via Business Wire)
Additional Info Recorded live at Dean's List 3. The Strivers Row showcase. Alysia Harris Performing "Paris In The Rain" http://www.alysiaharris.com http://www.thestriversrow.com Information courtesy, YouTube
The Your Voice section of The Poet's List showcases articles and blog posts written by poets. These pieces may or not be about poetry. Most often, they are on topics with which the poet finds passion. You can find more of these posts, here: Your Voice. By Kevin Powell This post is an excerpt from … Continue reading Your Voice: Kevin Powell – Black People, White People, and Racism With a Smile | (via Huffington Post)
The event didn’t generate the buzz of “Hamilton” on Broadway. It didn’t even provoke the excitement that some future high school production of the musical might. Come to think of it, of all the offerings in cutthroat cultural New York City last Tuesday night, Judges Reading Poetry would probably have ranked near the bottom. The … Continue reading Doing Justice to Some Good Poetry (via WSJ)
Additional Info Performing during the Button showcase at the 2015 National Poetry Slam. Follow Button on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/SG5Xm0 Information courtesy, YouTube
Watch the poem here! Poet Elizabeth Acevedo is writing to understand. That process began at a young age, growing up in a Dominican family of oral storytellers, she said. It flourished with her high school poetry club, with whom she would attend open mics around the city, watching poets perform at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, … Continue reading Spoken word poet Elizabeth Acevedo issues a challenge to rape culture (via PBS)
Additional Info Recorded live at Dean's List 3. The Strivers Row showcase. Miles Hodges and Carvens Lissaint performing "Strive" http://www.thestriversrow.com Information courtesy, YouTube
The Your Voice section of The Poet's List showcases articles and blog posts written by poets. These pieces may or not be about poetry. Most often, they are on topics with which the poet finds passion. You can find more of these posts, here: Your Voice. By Robert Peake The simplest but least useful way … Continue reading Your Voice: Robert Peake – The Seven Types of Poetry | (via Huffington Post)
Ka’Lee Strawbridge-Moten stood in front of the crowd at the Writers Organizing to Represent Diverse Stories slam poetry competition and asked the audience “what you got?” and they responded with “words.” Strawbridge-Moten (sophomore-security risk analysis) was the first of eight poets to perform on Monday night as the creative writing group welcomed writers to compete … Continue reading Penn State’s ‘Writers Organizing to Represent Diverse Stories’ holds slam poetry competition (via Daily Collegian)
