Leslie Wu, a doctoral student in computer science at Stanford, took an appropriately high-tech approach to presenting her poem "Say 23" at the first Stanford Code Poetry Slam. Wu wore Google Glass as ...

Rochester Institute of Technology’s Poetry Slam team is ready to rhyme, as they compete on the national stage for the very first time. Five students from throughout the university will represent RIT ...

When McDaniel High School librarian Nancy Sullivan originally started the first youth poetry slam competitions in Portland in 2005, she didn’t have any concept of the new event’s staying power.

This month, Williamsburg’s Slam Connection took home fifth place at the 34th annual Southern Fried Poetry Slam, held from June 9 to 13 in Orlando, Florida. Last year, the team ranked sixth in their ...

The Southern Fried Poetry Slam is in Orlando through Sunday, with a full schedule of competitions and community events.

While poetry writing has been an integral part of the Delhi University for many years, the art of spoken poetry (commonly known as slam poetry), is now emerging as a new trend. With youngsters taking ...

Marc Kelly Smith had a great idea in the early 1980s: make poetry readings more palatable. He had thought, “Why is this artform that I have been writing and reading most of my life presented onstage ...

Seasoned and amateur poets alike are standing behind microphones all over Utah to share a taste of their passion: slam poetry. Many BYU students have found common ground in this increasingly popular ...

Some soccer players are described as being "poetry in motion" when they're on the field. Riya Arora, a Grade 5 student at Cedar Hills Elementary School, could be described in such a way — but her most ...