Poetry Slam

by Glazner, Gary

• ISBN13: 9780916397661
• ISBN10: 0916397661
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Manic d Pr

Summary

Poetry slams-the Olympics of poetry-have become a cultural phenomenon. This groundbreaking anthology documents 10 years of poetry slams, with 100 poems from national slam champions and a dozen essays on how to run a slam, winning strategies, tips for memorizing poems, and more.

Table of Contents

Poetry Slam: An Introduction	11	(2)
Gary Mex Glazner
The Rules	13	(2)
The Room	15	(7)
Bob Holman
DisClaimer	22	(1)
Bob Holman
The Secret Explanation of Where Poems Come From	23	(1)
Allan Wolf
Teacher	23	(1)
Tyehimba Jess
Backwards Day	24	(2)
Daniel Ferri
My Desk	26	(1)
Debora Marsh
Careful What You Ask For	27	(3)
Jack McCarthy
Joseph Brodsky is Dead	30	(1)
Victor Infante
¿Por Que Esta Lorca Muerto?	31	(3)
Gary Mex Glazner
The Invention of Jack Kerouac	34	(1)
Jose Padua
Slam and the Academy	35	(2)
Jeffrey McDaniel
The Adventures of Rufus & Mary Jane, Pt. III: Blues on the Corner/Ghetto Heaven	37	(3)
Ayodele
SNAP!	40	(1)
Sarge Lintecum
Semper Fi Jewelry Box	41	(1)
Maria McCray
Funeral Like Nixon's	42	(2)
Gayle Danley
Burn, Motherfucka', Burn	44	(3)
Monica Lee Copeland
Rock'n'Roll Be A Black Woman	47	(1)
Tara Betts
I Wore A Coin In My Shoe When We Got Married	48	(2)
Sou MacMillan
Memorizing A Poem	50	(5)
The Fatman	55	(3)
Daniel S. Solis
America (It's Gotta Be the Cheese)	58	(2)
Eitan Kadosh
What's Rennet?	60	(1)
Sonia Feher
Disasterology	61	(2)
Jeffrey McDaniel
Sweetspot (or Some Men are Bigger Than Baseball)	63	(3)
Ms. Splet
A Poem about Football	66	(4)
Eirean Bradley
Persona Poem	70	(5)
Patricia Smith
Superman In the Nursing Home	75	(1)
Rusty Russell
Gilligan	76	(2)
Michael Salinger
Why Amelia Earhart Wanted To Vanish	78	(2)
Derrick Brown
Medusa's Diner	80	(2)
Paula Friedrich
My Father's Coat	82	(1)
Marc Smith
Inventing Jobs	83	(1)
Hal Sirowitz
Mama's Magic	83	(2)
Glenis Redmond
Third Letter to Little Brother	85	(1)
Mike Henry
Grandfather's Breath	86	(2)
Ray McNiece
Aesthetics and Strategy of the Poetry Slam	88	(5)
Daniel S. Solis
Bring Them Back!	93	(1)
Lisa King
Diving Into Murky Water	94	(3)
Horehound Stillpoint
Savanna	97	(2)
Ken Hunt
Anaconda, a kaddish	99	(2)
Brenda Moossy
Ocean Poem	101	(1)
Matthew John Conley
Night Shift	102	(1)
Carl Hanni
Big Andre	103	(2)
DJ Renegade
Ali	105	(2)
Michael R. Brown
Big Rich Kowalski	107	(2)
Marty Evans
Throb	109	(2)
Dayvid Figler
Motor Red, Motor White, Motor Blue	111	(3)
Phil West
The Wussy Boy Manifesto	114	(2)
Big Poppa E
You Probably Can't Hook Up My VCR Either	116	(1)
Karen Wurl
The Night Sun Rose Over Soho	116	(2)
Chris Brown
Barefoot in the City	118	(1)
Lisa Buscani
Pick Up	118	(1)
Alexis O'Hara
Smelling the Summer Moon	119	(1)
Georgia Popoff
Looking for Nice Green Sandals	120	(1)
Sheila Donohue
The Evolution of Slam Strategy	121	(2)
Taylor Mali
Crazy Hunger	123	(1)
Lisa Hammond
Mango Pantoum	124	(1)
Eve Stern
French-Kissing Martha Stewart	124	(2)
Cin Salach
Chinese Restaurant	126	(1)
Justin Chin
Artichoke	127	(1)
Wendi Loomis
Le Pain Perdu	128	(5)
Castadera McGee
Your Father Says You Are Beautiful	133	(1)
Faith Vicinanza
Mirage	134	(1)
Da Boogie Man
Tour	135	(4)
Genevieve Van Cleve
Picasso	139	(2)
Ellyn Maybe
The Freedom	141	(3)
Tracy Townsend
Pucker	144	(2)
Ritah Parrish
Romy's Poem	146	(2)
Dufflyn Lammers
Chicks Up Front	148	(2)
Sara Holbrook
Hard Bargain	150	(3)
Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz
Kissing With The Lights On	153	(2)
Daphne Gottlieb
King on the Road	155	(2)
Cass King
Untitled	157	(2)
Cass King
...Naming and Other Christian Things	159	(2)
Roger Bonair-Agard
My Million Fathers, Still Here Past	161	(1)
Patricia Smith
Eulogy of Jimi Christ	162	(7)
Reggie Gibson
Canis Rufus (Ode to Chaka Khan)	169	(2)
Dana Bryant
Et Cetera and All That Jazz	171	(2)
Ariana Waynes
The Horse Cock Manifesto	173	(3)
Beau Sia
Deconstructing the Prop Slam	176	(5)
Lisa Martinovic
If I Were A Man, I'd Have A Big Dick	181	(2)
Lisa Martinovic
Big Rig	183	(2)
Krystal Ashe
Fingertips & Laughter	185	(2)
Nisa Ahmad
The Emperor's Second Wife	187	(1)
Adrienne Su
Tree	188	(1)
Edwin Torres
In A Place Where	189	(1)
Patricia A. Johnson
Albuquerque	190	(2)
Juliette Torrez
Understand	192	(2)
Kenn Rodriguez
Telephone Call from Lebanon	194	(1)
Rifka Goldberg
Calcium Rings	195	(3)
Jerry Quickley
The Old Vacherie Road	198	(1)
Mack Dennis
Rarefied in Arkansas	199	(3)
Clebo Rainey
All In Its Own Time	202	(1)
Eva Leandersson
American Poets Go To Europe	202	(2)
Beth Lisick
Untitled	204	(2)
Lynne Procope
I Don't Want to Slam	206	(3)
Staceyann Chin
At The Slam	209	(1)
Steve Marsh
My Pain Keeps Me Regular	209	(3)
Edward Thomas Herrera
Head To Head Haiku	212	(1)
Daniel Ferri
Safety	213	(1)
Aaron Yamaguchi
Haiku	213	(1)
DJ Renegade
Haiku	213	(1)
Deborah Edler Brown
Haiku	213	(1)
Kimberly Jordan
Group Discussion on the Group Piece	214	(6)
Mike Henry
Karyna McGlynn
Danny Solis
Susan B. Anthony Somers-Willett
Genevieve Van Cleve
Hilary Thomas
Phil West
Wammo
Super Hero, Baby	220	(3)
GNO
Jason Edwards
Jason Carney
Saying It with meat/Duet	223	(3)
Gregory Hischak
Group Sex	226	(3)
Regie Cabico
Evert Eden
Taylor Mali
Beau Sia
Tube	229	(3)
Danny Solis
Hilary Thomas
Wammo
Phil West
Redheads	232	(3)
Tim Sanders
Gabrielle Bouliane
Poetry Slam: A Timeline	235