Time & Location
Jan 12, 2021, 6:30 PM – 7:35 PM
Virtual Online
About the Event
FREE INTRODUCTORY CLASS!
Slam poetry and Spoken Word have taken over YouTube and now Zoom much to the chagrin of the traditional poet. However, even the traditional poet can enjoy a good slam competition once they understand the objective. T. S. Eliot, one of the founding fathers of modern poetry, may have been the first ‘Slam Master’ of American history. Eliot started reading (speaking) his poems, often written with a political slant, in the early 1900’s. He was so radical or “def” that in 1914 he left America and went to England to forge the Modernist Movement. So, what do Eliot and Chicago construction worker Marc Smith have in common? This workshop will explore the history of slam poetry and review the works of ‘Old Possum’ and ‘Slampapi’ and write our own minute slam poem. So - Let us slam!
THIS CLASS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE MARYLAND STATE…