Okay, this year I want to run some serious poetry programs. One of my favorite events. 10 minutes on a theme. Splicings of poetry; interplay of different characters. All proving a point. I have enclosed some poetry clips that I would like people to play around with. It shows the versatility of performance poetry.
If you are interested in running some of these, you need to contact me bagregg@rma.edu and then type up the transcript. We will find the actual text by the time we compete.
NOTE: The language in some of these is pretty rough. We will edit when it gets to competition. We do not use profane language in a round. However, the cutting edge poetry that we are looking for often does.
Shappy, Spoken Nerd (a real favorite):
Katie Makkai, Pretty (nice for a girl):
Sarah Kay, Hands (also nice for a girl):
Sharon Matesky, My Space (good for anyone, like it really for a girl)
Javon Johnson, Elementary (nice guy poem; especially for black students. Need to seriously edit)
Taylor Mali, Like Whatever (really cool for a dude or anyone)
Taylor Mali, Labelling Keys (we have this one and it is super cool)
Taylor Mali, On What Teachers Make (super cool for an education program)
Beau Sia... just amazing Poetry...
Back to the Now (nice for everyone)
Deep (nice)
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