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Slam Poetry

A poetry slam is an art competition where poets perform spoken word poetry in front of a live audience and a panel of judges. At a poetry slam, poets compete as individuals or in teams, and their performances are judged as much on excitement and style as on content. The judging is normally done by a panel of five judges, who are usually chosen from the audience. The response of the audience can sometimes be used to judge the poets. Members of the crowd are picked by an emcee or host to serve as judges in a poetry slam. There are five judges at the national slam, although regional slams usually have three. Following each poet's performance, each judge assigns a score to each poem. The scores usually range from zero to ten. The top and lowest scores are removed, leaving each performance with a score between 0 and 30. The host will frequently introduce a "sacrificial" poet before the competition begins, whom the judges will grade to calibrate their judging. At a typical slam...

Let’s write amazing poetry together.

Let’s write amazing poetry together.   There are no specific rules for writing poetry. Having some structure, as with all creative writing, can help you reign in your ideas and work more productively. Here are some pointers for people who would like to improve their poetry writing skills. However, if you haven't written a poem since high school, consider this a beginner's tutorial that will teach you the fundamentals and get you to produce poetry in no time.   Read a lot of poetry: Poetry should be read in large quantities. Start by reading poetry if you wish to write poetry. Allowing the words of your favorite poetry to flow over you without necessarily seeking deeper meaning is a fun way to achieve this. You can also do some research. Examine a Robert Frost verse for an allegory. Consider the deeper meaning of a poem by Edward Hirsch. The symbolism of Emily Dickinson's work is being rediscovered. Perform a line-by-line examination...

Poetry and It's Magic...!!!

Poetry  is one of those things where you learn more about yourself as an artist than you do about the form itself.   “The fountains mingle with the river, and the rivers with the ocean, the winds of heaven mix forever, With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine, in one spirit, meet and mingle. Why not I with thine?”       By - Percy     You know writing Poetry is a very interesting journey and it will make us better writers. It has always been a bit fantastical especially Shakespeare’s Sonnets. They always seemed to be border lining on the magical and that was so very alluring. Poetry is known for its magic.   It expresses   emotion .  A lot of writing forms express emotion, but with poetry, it seems to go deeper. With such minimal writing, the words can mean anything which can make it relatable to so many people. And one person can have one perspective while another can think it means som...