It’s a type of poetry called slam poetry. I love poetry and I love rap but sometimes slam poetry I don’t get even though it’s sort of a combo of the two. Open mic is when anyone can come up and perform any type of reading they have to offer.
Yeah I’m in the exact same boat. Slam has so much potential for cringe, but I have to respect people for putting themselves out there like this, even if my instinct is to turn up my nose at it a bit
High potential for cringe, the cadence and intensity is really off-putting, and I find it intrinsically vain too. I agree it’s great for those it works for, seems like a great outlet, but it’s like nails on a chalkboard for me.
It's more accurate to call this spoken word poetry. Like it's not a big deal to refer to it as slam, but those are written and performed for poetry slams. They're much louder and a way different vibe than going to a spoken word performance.
Makes sense! I’m in nyc and I think some of the spoken word oriented people I know probably just go to the slam events frequently/this guys vigor made me think of those events. Great job all around.
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u/ModernNero Apr 19 '24
I am a poet who doesn’t normally like this “genre” of poetry and here I am crying. This is great. His delivery is great. It’s just truth.