The National Poetry Slam is taking place this week (August 3-August 7) in our very own St. Paul, Minnesota. The 21st annual National Poetry Slam will bring together 76 teams from across North America. Hundreds of the world’s best poets will converge on St. Paul for a five day festival of non-stop performances, workshops and heated performance poetry competitions.
These events will be held in numerous venues throughout downtown St. Paul - All leading up to team finals on Saturday August 7th, at the Legendary Roy Wilkins Auditorium.
These events will be held in numerous venues throughout downtown St. Paul - All leading up to team finals on Saturday August 7th, at the Legendary Roy Wilkins Auditorium.
A colleague and I went down to POP in downtown St. Paul to hear one of the preliminary rounds Wednesday evening and were asked to be audience judges. It was an amazing experience. Those poets really pour out their hearts and souls! Don’t miss it! The schedule is available at http://www.nps2010.com/.
What is Slam Poetry? To see an example, make sure to check out the link on the National Poetry Slam website to Taylor Mali on what teachers make at youtube.com.
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