What is a poetry slam?
Slam! Into the Mouth of the Dharma!” -Allen Ginsberg
“Why do you want to hang out with us old guys? If I was young, I’d be going to the Slam!” -Gregory Corso
The summer of 2013, I volunteered at the National Poetry Slam in Boston, M.A.. It was a wonderful experience. Slam New Orleans took victory, for the second year in the row, and offered some of the most amazing poems I’ve seen performed.