The Seattle spoken word and poetry community and all its friends...
Influences
Sonya Sanchez, Saul Williams, Taylor Mali, The Last Poets, Nikki Giovanni, Patricia Smith, The Suicide Kings, Buddy Wakefield, Tara Hardy, Paul harding, Gabrielle Bouliane, Roger Bonair-Agard, Shawn Vines, Piece, C.R. Avery, Mike McGee, Cass King, Paula Friedrich, Regie Gibson, Shane Koyczan, Jessica Care Moore, Ishle Yi Park, Selou Sundiata, Bob Redmond, Sarah Jones, Danny Hoch, Beau Sia, Blair, Celena Glenn, Rives, Michael Cirelli, Jack McCarthy, Sherman Alexie, Rachel Kann, and many, many more.
The Seattle Poetry Slam is a weekly poetry extravaganza that takes place at SPITFIRE, in the Belltown neighborhood of downtown Seattle, on 4th Ave., btwn Bell & Blanchard, every WEDNESDAY at 8:00pm.
OPEN MIC, Featured Poet and...THE SLAM - a competitive poetry reading where the focus is equally split between the content of the poem and how it is performed. The judging of this competition is done by randomly picked members of the audience, resulting in the democratization of poetry!!
Slam winners receive cash prizes and a chance to represent Seattle on the National and International level against the greatest performance poets in the world!!!
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME EARLY TO GET ON THE MIC!!!
we only take 6 in the open mic and 8 in the slam!
Spots get taken up quickly!
Seattle Poetry Slam is home venue to the 2007 Individual National Poetry Slam Champion Danny Sherrard; two time Individual National Poetry Slam Champion Anis Mojgani; two time World Poetry Slam Champ Buddy Wakefield; 2007 IWPS Finalist Ryler Dustin; and Tara Hardy - 4th ranked female Poetry Slammer in the country and founder of the Bent Writing Institute.
"Down to the Bone" DVD
now available on Amazon.com !!!
Click HERE to order your very own copy of the 2006 SPS Grand Slam DVD - Seattle Poetry Slam's biggest show of the year, featuring 2-time World Slam Champ Buddy Wakefield, 2-time Nat'l Slam Champ Anis Mojgani, spoken word and beat-box extraordinaire C.R. Avery and many more.
TOO $HORT & THE PACK - November 22, 2008 _____________________________________________
-Too $hort - With 16 albums under his belt, Shorty The Pimp is surely a Hip Hop Giant. Representing Oakland, CA Too $hort was one of the first out of a long stream of future artists to come up out of the Bay Area and into the national limelight. From old school classics "Freaky Tales" and "That's Your Life" Too $heezy has stayed relevant with recent booty shakers "Shake That Monkey" and "Blow The Whistle". With Seattle being one of the official "Short Towns" you don't want to miss this West Coast & Hip Hop legend when he's macks his way into town... and that's on game - B!*CH!
-The Pack- "Got my Van's on But They look like sneakers....." If you've been in clubs you know that hook. Courtesy of 6 friends from Berkely, California THE PACK has reached national attention with their ode to the skateboard shoe "Vans" and most recently with "In My Car" which was featured on MTV' TRL. Uptempo beats, fresh & witty lyrics and a high-energy stage show is what THE PACK is about.
Not only will The Bay be in the building, but some of the hottest homegrown 206 Artists will be rocking the mic as well.
I featured there last year. I have some new pieces. I'd love to come back. I have a brand-new c.d. to sell. All my poetry people check this show out...
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; "Broken-roofed buildings" are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
