Poetry+Slam



On Tuesday Week 6, you will all be involved in a Poetry Slam workshop and competition as part of Creativity Week. This page is designed to introduce you to what Poetry Slamming is, and give you some interesting links and resources to help you on your way. **Here is the link to the Australian Poetry Slam website** //Click the image to visit the site - this has 2014 information, but will give you an idea of what it's all about.//

== =WHAT IS POETRY SLAMMING? =

//"A slam itself is simply a poetry competition in which poets perform original work alone or in teams before an audience, which serves as judge. The work is judged as much on the manner and enthusiasm of its performance as its content or style, and many slam poems are not intended to be read silently from the page."// poets.org

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Visit this site to have some your questions about Poetry Slamming answered. ======

(well, at least most of them given that some questions are particular to the organisation itself).
=HOW DO I DO IT? =

** Here's a TED Video to get us going. ** media type="custom" key="28332455" align="center"

**And here's another from a past St John's student - Mel** Atkinson who **made it all the way to the National Finals in 2008** media type="custom" key="27230210" align="center"

**And here are FIVE STEPS TO SUCCESSFUL POETRY SLAMMING** media type="youtube" key="9f8VcV8v2LE" width="560" height="315" **And the last example from Shane Koyczan** media type="custom" key="28332457" align="center"

**Enjoy the fun of the Slam!!**