I Want To Slam! - A Philosophical Primer for the New - Part 1

[scottwoods]

Note: This is my attempt to create a formal, easily referable answer to a question I get a lot. If this doesn’t answer your question, proceed. But if you haven’t stopped here first, I would ask that you do so.

If you just want to know when Writers’ Block Poetry Night slams in Columbus are, go to the link below. I don't usually assume that when

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[hot_rod_poet]

"Slam is not a style, but an act. There are a lot of styles in Slam, and while a lot of poets sound and look alike, that has more to do with artistic laziness than it does with what Slam requires."

Amen.

I also contend that there's no such thing as a slam poem, only poems that have the potential to score well in a poetry slam. Corollary: There are many rants, lists, and stories that have the potential to score well in a poetry slam, but that doesn't inherently make them poems.