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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.
Thanks for the add! Don't forget to visit unitedworldpoets.com, the social community for poets! Post poems, enter free poetry contests, connect with poets worldwide, and much more. Unitedworldpoets.com, be apart of the worldwide poetry movement.
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How was your weekend? I was recently in New York City playing some acoustic gigs to promote my new CD and I wanted to know that we recorded it all on video for you and you can check it out on my profile!
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Hope is the thing...
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land, And on the strangest sea; Yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me.
To celebrate the completion of my second poetry book, Worn Pajamas, I will be offering my first book, Life Inside Pajamas: A Poetic Look at Modern Society, as a FREE download. Just my way of saying thanks for the support over the years. Check out my blog for info how to download.
"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have." -- Frederick Keonig
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