This is something I've really wanted to get out there for a while. I came across this the other day when I was looking for places to share poetry at in the area. I was expecting to find coffee houses with someone beating on the bongos, the stereotypical TV version and I think the way it was featured on "Boy Meets World." I figured Mr. Feeny can't be wrong, right? Well what I found was what's called poetry Slams. In my opinion, this stuff is insane. I've been doing some research on it and its amazing. People compete across the world to be the master of "spoken word". A lot of times the judges are picked out of the audience - how cool is that? Five judges score the poets from 1-10, and the highest and lowest scores are dropped. Then the lowest scoring half of poets are dropped at the end of each round. Essentially, half the poets are cut each round until there is a winner. I've posted my favorite video yet below, I really think it's amazing. The poem is called "Scratch and Dent", and its spoken by Eric Darby. Before you dismiss the video as some hippy and boring recitation of poem, give it a listen. It's... almost a spoken word rap, but better cuz the messages in Slam Poetry are often positive and uplifting while observing the world we live in. It's hard to describe, but it is an incredibly energizing style of poetry and incredibly impressive. Much different than what we learn in school, but i like it! Check it out!



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