Conceived in the '80s, propagated in the '90s and formalized in the 2000s, Slam Poetry is once again evolving, this time to meet the demands of the YouTube era. Since last year, Podslam.org has ...

The British poet’s unique spoken word creations helped him win the 2012 Poetry Slam World Cup; even Ed Sheeran has called him “a champion”. It’s no wonder Baker proved a hit with his most ...

The group focuses on teaching kids how to perform and use literary ... a teaching artist at the Word said. At the slam, the poets prepared original poems on a range of personal themes from race, to ...