Comments on: What Is Slam Poetry? http://slampapi.com/blog/slam-books/two-days-in-a-row.html Take the Mic and Stage a Poetry Slam! Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:57:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Anne http://slampapi.com/blog/slam-books/two-days-in-a-row.html/comment-page-1#comment-3665 Anne Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:46:39 +0000 929e626a-1db0-4948-aefc-99adaeff5ee6#comment-3665 Dear Mark, I'm researching for a term paper on Slam Poetry so I'm really glad I stumbled upon your site. First, my question: I read that the word SLAM was taken from Grand Slam as in Baseball. Is this true? My thesis was to be that Slam Poetry is in the grand ole tradition of oral poetry. Nothing new (which you seem to have confirmed), and outside of the realm of "famous nobodies" it flourishes. It seems it has its fire because people need to express themselves and other avenues don't always afford that opportunity. Correct? Me, I prefer to express through the quiet page. However, I enjoy listening to others but miss the space sometimes that a printed page gives. Looking forward to reading more of your postings. I hope you read this and respond to the question. . . fingers crossed. Dear Mark,
I’m researching for a term paper on Slam Poetry so I’m really glad I stumbled upon your site. First, my question: I read that the word SLAM was taken from Grand Slam as in Baseball. Is this true?
My thesis was to be that Slam Poetry is in the grand ole tradition of oral poetry. Nothing new (which you seem to have confirmed), and outside of the realm of “famous nobodies” it flourishes. It seems it has its fire because people need to express themselves and other avenues don’t always afford that opportunity. Correct? Me, I prefer to express through the quiet page. However, I enjoy listening to others but miss the space sometimes that a printed page gives.

Looking forward to reading more of your postings. I hope you read this and respond to the question. . . fingers crossed.

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