Soap Boxing is a poetry Slam
It happens every first Monday at the Artists' Quarter
(A really cool Jazz club in downtown St. Paul)
We bring in a special guest feature every month, so you can experience the diversity and power of spoken word performance poetry, and see some of the best poets in the world.
The top 12 down below include your humble host, past and future Soap Boxing features.
The Artists' Quarter is at
408 St. Peter Street in St. Paul, MN
Doors at 7 pm
Slam at 8 pm
18+
$5
visit www.soap-boxing.com for all the info
or call (612) 207-7991
What is Poetry Slam?
‘Poetry Slam’ is the competitive art of performance poetry.
Up to ten poets perform in a randomly selected order. Five judges, randomly selected from the audience, score each poem (based on writing and performance) from 0.0 to 10.0. The highest scoring poets move on to the next round/s. The 1st – 3rd place winners win prizes.
The rules are as follows:
• Each poem must be of the poet's own construction
• Each poet gets three minutes (plus a ten-second
grace period) to read one poem, if the poet goes
over, points will be deducted from the total score
• The poet may not use props, costumes, or musical
instruments
• Of the scores the poet received from the five
judges, the high and low scores are dropped, and
the middle three are added together, giving the
poet a total score of 0-30
Visit www.soap-boxing.com for complete rules
Poetry Slam was started in 1986 by a Chicago construction worker named Mark Smith (so what) as a reaction against elitist poetry snobs. It was also a way to get audiences interested in, excited by, and out to see spoken word performance poetry. Slam has grown steadily and is now a worldwide phenomenon, with major Slams occurring in hundreds of venues on five continents.
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