tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post5778986291876179729..comments2023-10-31T23:27:18.777-04:00Comments on Random Noodling: Poetry Friday--Poetry Slam!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-82256042847892874612011-08-13T23:13:31.606-04:002011-08-13T23:13:31.606-04:00Hee hee! I may have lost a whisker or two myself.Hee hee! I may have lost a whisker or two myself.Carliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992805076865220524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-62958251985584149452011-08-13T06:39:25.237-04:002011-08-13T06:39:25.237-04:00Hi Diane!
Enjoyed your poem :-) I think there'...Hi Diane!<br /><br />Enjoyed your poem :-) I think there's a wide variety of slam poetry...sorry you had some rough experiences!Tabathahttp://www.tabathayeatts.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-28637075160076909162011-08-12T13:18:07.654-04:002011-08-12T13:18:07.654-04:00I think of it as being loud and angry probably bec...I think of it as being loud and angry probably because my interests in poetry tend to simple tellings of simple truths. I've been to slams where the tellings border on horrific (catalogs of drunkenness, rape, and other abuse). I don't deny the dynamic, though! I haven't seen enough variety, I guess. All the more reason for me to go tomorrow!Diane Mayrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09767689319000732296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-67940559757997605342011-08-12T10:25:30.984-04:002011-08-12T10:25:30.984-04:00*twitches whiskers*
Cool poem, Diane -- I've ...*twitches whiskers*<br /><br />Cool poem, Diane -- I've been to a couple of slam poetry performances. Always interesting and dynamic, not always loud and angry.jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-84749804630834880732011-08-12T09:54:39.601-04:002011-08-12T09:54:39.601-04:00how the heck did i not know the NPS has been happe...how the heck did i not know the NPS has been happening IN MY HOME TOWN all this week?<br /><br />having helped produe radio broadcasts of slam poetry on the west coast almost a decade ago i have to say that while it is very much about the performance it wasn't all loud and angry. not then at least. it does feed off an audience, and there is much lost in reading slam poetry as opposed to david elzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.com