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Poetry slams

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Topical headingPoetry slams
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Variant(s)Slams, Poetry
See alsoPoetry--Competitions
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Found inWork cat.: 2003063457: High, Linda Oatman. Sister Slam and the poetic motormouth roadtrip, 2004.
Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia (Slam poetry is a form of performance poetry that occurs within a competitive poetry event, called a "slam", at which poets perform their own poems (or, in rare cases, those of others) in as nuanced a performance as the performer can muster and as the material can bear--with an eye to the audience who vote on such things.)
Poetry Slam Incorporated WWW site, January 23, 2004: SlamFAQ (a poetry slam is an event in which poets perform their work and are judged by members of the audience)
Am. heritage dict. (Slam, n. def. 4: a poetry slam)