The poets and teams at the 2012 National Poetry Slam. The numbers are merely alphabetical order placeholders. Much thanks to Danny Stra...

Sedona National Poetry Slam Team Bout 8 (Venue 2, 9 p.m.), Tuesday Sedona Poetry Slam: Tyler "Valence" Sirvinskas, Evan D...

"The Peach is a Damn Sexy Fruit," by Christopher Fox Graham, clearing poem at the July 30, 2011, Sedona Poetry Slam at Studio Liv...

Objectifying a body part of the opposite sex can sometimes be a difficult thing to do in poetry. Between lovers, behind closed doors, we all...

To The Girl Riding Shotgun For Montana and Sarrah Wile across this home country of rednecks and ranchers the pages of my ancestry turn backw...

Round Three: The signature poem All slam poets become "known" for certain poems. When the chips are down and you need a perfect 30...

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...

Results from the Old Town Shootout Poetry Slam The third Poexplosion 3 Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, Old Town Center for the Arts, Cottonwood, Ar...

Last night, I slammed in Flagstaff. Manifest Destiny, a poet from Tempe, was the feature. He came up for GumptionFest earlier this month. He...