Round Three: Road Trip Poem; The Past Fades, the Future Looms Part of poetry is a sense of growing up, leaving the past behind and looking t...

Round Three: A poem that celebrates the power of poetry You're at a poetry slam and it's the last round. Chances are, the audience i...

Round Three: A Love Poem with a Dash of Humor By the third round, surely someone has slammed a love poem. Perhaps everyone has dropped a poe...

Round Two: A Controversial Issue Be it abortion, gay rights, domestic violence, or suicide, controversial issues all have personal stories b...

Round Two: A personal poem about family We all have family. For some, family is a footnote. For others, family is the most important part of...

Round Two: An Intense Personal Poem An intense personal poem often makes a good piece to read in the second round a three-round slam. Be war...

Round One: Heavy Social Advocacy Living is tough. The world is unforgiving. While we all know this, there are certain incidents that hit us ...

Round One: The Power of an Artist Your audience is about to experience a poetry slam, a powerful art form that strives to elicit strong emot...

Round One: An invocation to open the slam Early in the first round, an invocation, much like one at the beginning of a church service, can p...

A Slam Tutorial Christopher Fox Graham's picks for a typical slam The following include my choices for a generic three-round sl...