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...
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