As part of my creative writing class, we had to go to some sort of reading - poetry or short story. Noveen and I went to the Nuyorican which is this really cool bar that was the first place ever to do poetry slams. By the time we got there it was standing room only but for the second half we got a spot on the balcony. The show started off with two slam poets just doing a couple of their own poems and then after that the actual slam started. Pretty much, if you want to be in the poetry slam, you have to send in a video clip and they'll select you if you're good enough. Then, they randomly select 5 audience members to be the judges. My favorite poet of the night was this girl from Brown who had one poem about how she's in love with Philip Seymour Hoffman. It was really funny. Unfortunately though, she didn't win. If only they had picked me to be one of the judges...
I've never been to a poetry slam before but it was really great, because there's such a larger emphasis put on word play and rhyme, as well as the motions that go into the poetry. You don't just stand there, stiff as a board, and recite your poem. One guy actually did breakdancing while doing his poem, which I thought was incredibly fitting way to describe how the genre fits within the realm of poetry... Anyways, hopefully I'll go back another night.
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