Two aspiring poets have been crowned champions at the 2026 Australian Poetry Slam finals at the Sydney Opera House.

Canvas has much more art here: <a href="https://goo.gl/AVC4jE">https://goo.gl/AVC4jE</a> Poetry is changing. Many of today's ...

The ringing endorsement of a snap, the modest approval of an “mm-hmm,” the hearty affirmation of a clap and cheer. Get your reactions ready, because a kinetic style of poetry-as-performance is about ...

The iconic Uptown Poetry Slam is practically etched in stone on the Green Mill calendar. But April’s edition featured a particularly special performance: Chicago’s new poet laureate, Mayda Del Valle, ...

Spoken Word and performance poetry is on the rise again in Guyana. Two shows have been advertised over the past month which seem to be generating quite a bit of excitement and these have emerged to ...

The organizers’ shirts proclaim “The poets are coming,” and so they are. More than 200 of them. And today’s the day. The Southern Fried Poetry Slam debuts today in Central Florida, the first time in ...

A group of young poets from New Haven is putting the Elm City in the national spotlight. The Ink Theory slam poetry team gained national recognition when they were crowned the 2026 Brave New Voices ...

Daily Star Books and SHOUT have been jointly organizing our monthly Slam Poetry Nights since September 2022. What goes into ...

Read the original version in Portuguese here. Poetic collective hosts a gathering on June 28, with free admission This Saturday, June 28, from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, the collective Slam das Minas RJ will ...

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