You can bet money you're going to hear a political poem when a white poet starts singing "Amazing Grace," or a black poet begi...

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...

"Grandma's Got it Going On (Rise and Shine)" By Shane Koyczan Every day, Grandma would come into my room and I would hear her ...

It's not easy confronting one's history, especially if it has a dark history, like Southern Whites confronting racism. Greg Nix, my ...

It's not easy confronting one's history, especially if it has a dark history, like Southern Whites confronting racism. Jason Carney,...

One of the 12 Olympians of Slam, Beau Sia is known for identity poems. He has said that moving to New York at 19 made him conscious of his i...

William “Billy” Collins (born 22 March 1941) is an American poet. He served two terms as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 t...

I saw Rives perform this at the 2004 National Poetry Slam in St. Louis. Poems specifically about body language or sign language offer the po...

Poets idolize other artists, be it Ludwig von Beethoven, Frida Kahlo, Jimmy Hendrix, Jackson Pollock or Stephen King. A hero poem is a rathe...

The list poem is one of the simplest poetic forms. Essentially, the poet takes a simple theme and pens a list of extended metaphors, similes...

William “Billy” Collins (born 22 March 1941) is an American poet. He served two terms as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 t...

Nothing says poetry needs to be rhymed meter and perfect symmetry. Some great slam poetry is essentially a scripted stand-up comedy routine ...

Your secret shame, be it Star Wars, the Lord of the Rings, or Harry Potty, audiences love it when you Embrace Your Inner Nerd . If you secr...

Your secret shame, be it Star Wars, the Lord of the Rings, or Harry Potty, audiences love it when you Embrace Your Inner Nerd . If you secr...

One of the 12 Olympians of Slam, Marty McConnell is one of the best female voices in the national poetry slam scene. I first saw her at the ...