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Created by Marya Summers in 2000, the Delray Beach Poetry Slam is the longest running poetry slam in FLORIDA! We hold poetry slams, championships, workshops and other poetry events throughout Palm Beach County. We are a community of poets and poetry lovers, and we converge EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT at DADA in downtown Delray Beach to celebrate and circulate the art of poetry through SLAM! This event is currently run by Chris the Imperial: [email protected]... all feature contacts should be made via this email address!!!!!
What is a POETRY SLAM?
A poetry slam can be considered a COMPETITIVE open mic. The best description and history of slam can be found at the official Poetry Slam, Inc website: www.poetryslam.com
Poets sign up @ Dada every tuesday night @ 10pm to perform original work we let the audience be the judge! Poets can also earn the opportunity to compete at regional, national and international slams! The Delray Beach Poetry Slam competes annually at the National Poetry Slam (NPS) and the Individual World Poetry Slam (IWPS), both presented by Poetry Slam, Inc. We also (sporadically) compete at the Southern Fried Regional Slam and at Hot Air: Florida Slam Championships.

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My Blog

Coming clean to all the poets

Ok, by now, (through all the spam! so sorry!) surely you know that I'm no longer running the Delray Beach Poetry Slam... RENDA did for a while, and now CHRIS THE IMPERIAL runs that shit. If you want...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:40:00 GMT

Summer Update!

I know it's been a while since my last update, and it looks like this will be MY last update! More on that later...So, since we last spoke, Chunky travelled to Vancouver, Canada to compete at IWPS! ...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

IWPS, Features and lots of love! 'Tis the Season....

There is SO MUCH GOOD STUFF coming up at Dada that I just CAN'T CONTAIN MYSELF ANY LONGER!!!1st- THIS TUESDAY, December 5, is the IWPS slam-off. One Florida poet will beat out the crowd to represent ...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 01:00:00 GMT

Change is in the air- Update, September 10

Last week's slam signalled nothing less than the end of an era. Richard "Grinning Dog" Green (long-time host of the now defunct Poetry @ Underground Coffee Works in WPB and local, regional and nation...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 07:56:00 GMT

NPS Update Sunday

Well, its over, and WHAT A FINISH!!! Ok, lets back track.  Delray didn't do as well as we hoped we would, but we certainly stood up to meet our competition well, and honorably!!!  Many of th...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 01:52:00 GMT

NPS 2006 Update, Friday

HELLO AGAIN!So, let me tell you: we had the honor of participating in what was quite possibly the BEST BOUT IN THE TOURNAMENT SO FAR. When the dust of love settled, DENVER pulled ahead of everyone wit...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 01:51:00 GMT

NPS Update 1

Greetings from Austin!In short, the poetry is MUCH hotter than the WEATHER!!! So, this was the first day of the National Poetry Slam in Austin, and the whole crew is here: Renda flew in at 11 (and boy...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 22:50:00 GMT

Getting ready for Nationals...

So, its a Sunday.We leave on Tuesday morning (and Renda leaves on Wednesday) for the National Poetry Slam in Austin TX, where it will be VERY VERY HOT- and that's just the poetry forecast!I have a few...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 13:38:00 GMT

Summer at Poets Anonymous

Happy Fourth of July!Yes, there WILL be a slam tonight @ Dada, I'll be there, you'll be there (or wish you were), it'll be good times all around.In other news: CONGRATULATIONS TO KENSATION!!!! A memb...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 12:07:00 GMT

May update!

Yes, we are alive and kicking!We held our first slam team workshop this past Tuesday, and it was pretty good. I can say with absolute honesty: we are WORKING HARD this year! Just wait until you see ...
Posted by on Sat, 13 May 2006 06:43:00 GMT