Ask Shayna “Simba” Castano where she got her “Lion King” nickname and she’ll shrug. It’s just something that stuck, she explains, possibly because of her hair, a thick, black mane. Other than her ...

The first slam poem Bianca Phipps wrote was about a boy. She’d broken up with him but didn’t say everything she needed to. So she said it in a poem, on a stage, in front of strangers. “It’s terrifying ...

At least four hundred poets have descended on Denver, heads full of memorized verses, for the National Poetry Slam.For those who can't distinguish a slam poem from a verbal fistfight or the recitation ...

Slam poetry is a performance art based around the recitation of a poem. Osborn said it’s difficult to describe. “It’s like poetry and theater got together and had a baby,” she said. “It started out of ...

Last week, eighth-graders from Bradley Beach elementary school took the auditorium stage to perform original spoken word ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... KAYLA PRICE: Slight as a haiku, with a shock of short, tousled hair and electrically earnest, Kayla Price is a relatively new face in Denver’s slam poetry ...

ATLANTA — A young boy takes the stage. In a shaky voice, he says, “My name is Royce. My poem is titled, ‘White Boy Privilege.'” The video of the 14-year-old student’s slam poem at his school has gone ...

Slam performance poet Harry Baker can find both humour and emotion in the unlikeliest of subjects, whether he’s comparing his love to a T-Rex in Dinosaur Love or dropping puns in the German-inspired ...

Karen Lowry receives an Australian Postgraduate Award and Curtin Research Scholarship. She is affiliated with WA Poets Inc and Perth Poetry Club. Slam poetry has become increasingly popular in recent ...

Spoken word poetry is very popular and there are a number of well-known spoken word poets. As well as winning poetry awards, spoken word poet Kae Tempest has also been nominated for music awards ...

Poetry combined with hip-hop, classical and pop music has young poets competing for prizes from $100 to $1,000 at this year’s Dranoff 2 Piano Fusion “Piano Slam.” The music-poetry mashup is at the ...