http://slampapi.com/blog Take the Mic and Stage a Poetry Slam! Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:09:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://slampapi.com/blog/slam-radio/comment-page-1#comment-3668 stefan Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:39:40 +0000 http://slampapi.com/blog/?page_id=161#comment-3668 Marc, I tuned into your show for the first time and heard a woman who I think was a teacher, read a poem about teenagers I can't get it out of my head. I have to know the name of the poet and the poem. It was broadcast Aug 20 about 8pm give or take a half hour. Here are some of the last line of the poem I caught on a recorder I had handy: "American teenagers have no celebrated rituals of transition, they smash into back seats and stairwells, limbs askew like fireflies caught between fingertips, they sleep online sheets, eat holes, plug themselves into computers overnight, they embed phones into fingertips, filling hallways with smoke and cologne, and curses. It has come to be that he is a bug, a boy, a big boy, she is a gorilla, a girl, a great girl, and no one notices the change over breakfast." Marc, I tuned into your show for the first time and heard a woman who I think was a teacher, read a poem about teenagers I can’t get it out of my head.
I have to know the name of the poet and the poem. It was broadcast Aug 20 about 8pm give or take a half hour. Here are some of the last line of the poem I caught on a recorder I had handy:
“American teenagers have no celebrated rituals of transition, they smash into back seats and stairwells, limbs askew like fireflies caught between fingertips, they sleep online sheets, eat holes, plug themselves into computers overnight, they embed phones into fingertips, filling hallways with smoke and cologne, and curses. It has come to be that he is a bug, a boy, a big boy, she is a gorilla, a girl, a great girl, and no one notices the change over breakfast.”

]]> http://slampapi.com/blog/slam-radio/comment-page-1#comment-3657 Stephanie Caulley Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:13:15 +0000 http://slampapi.com/blog/?page_id=161#comment-3657 Mark, I caught your show for the first time tonight, 21 November 2009. I am not a big fan of poetry, but I really enjoyed your show. It was a showcase of your favourite recorded pieces. One of the pieces you played was called "The Word", but I can not remember the poets name. I would love to know what it is so I can track it down. Mark,
I caught your show for the first time tonight, 21 November 2009. I am not a big fan of poetry, but I really enjoyed your show. It was a showcase of your favourite recorded pieces. One of the pieces you played was called “The Word”, but I can not remember the poets name. I would love to know what it is so I can track it down.

]]> http://slampapi.com/blog/slam-radio/comment-page-1#comment-3656 Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:22:37 +0000 http://slampapi.com/blog/?page_id=161#comment-3656 Hi Mark - I love your work and what you've created! I'm a singer-poet with roots in the literary world (1989 Wesleyan Univ. Press book "The Transparent Body," lit mags from Antaeus to City Lights Review, NEA grant, etc.) as well as the jazz world, now performing tunes with a band integrating poetic "rap" and spoken word. I have 4 music CDs out with great national press and radio. My new CD THE POETRY OF GROOVE is just hitting radio and being added to many stations. I'd love to perform and/or be interviewed and/or have tracks played on your show! Here's my new music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owXjQh9L68g Are all your broadcasts live ones? Are you still on sabbatical? Looking/hearing forward, thanks, Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein) Hi Mark – I love your work and what you’ve created! I’m a singer-poet with roots in the literary world (1989 Wesleyan Univ. Press book “The Transparent Body,” lit mags from Antaeus to City Lights Review, NEA grant, etc.) as well as the jazz world, now performing tunes with a band integrating poetic “rap” and spoken word. I have 4 music CDs out with great national press and radio. My new CD THE POETRY OF GROOVE is just hitting radio and being added to many stations. I’d love to perform and/or be interviewed and/or have tracks played on your show! Here’s my new music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owXjQh9L68g
Are all your broadcasts live ones? Are you still on sabbatical? Looking/hearing forward, thanks, Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein)

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