Poetry Slam

The National Poetry Slam is the largest performance poetry festival in the world, and in 2005.
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Poetry slam is the competitive art of performance poetry. It puts a dual emphasis on writing and performance, encouraging poets to focus on what they're saying and how they're saying it. This is the first time that i had even heard about this, i had no idea what a poetry slam was, and it was quite interesting.