slam poetry

Slam poetry: that magical mix of rhythm and rhyme.

The Signs Are All There
Introduction For Sasha Desideri's "Ministry of Silly Pictures" — Unofficial Poetry Challenge, which you can check out here:
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 months ago in Poets
By my name
I am here in the midst of the silence Walking through life, this hot desert that's in flame My brain is suddenly diverted whilst my lips proclaims
By Harydo Neon2 months ago in Poets
Blowing Raspberries
You constantly make people cry, 'Though nobody seems to know why. You act rude and coarse Without any remorse, And shamelessness is your standby.
By Julie Lacksonen2 months ago in Poets
box of grieve
There is this box of grieve holding all the things i choose to leave all the letters and believes tickets, keepsakes and old trophies
By Sarah G. Heitzinger 2 months ago in Poets
How did you Sleep?
May you lose sleep until I find peace. May you be haunted by me in your dreams. May your every path bring you back to me
By Sara Wynn2 months ago in Poets
Perdendosi
The house lights come up No curtain call each Maestro and Maestra Lets their baton fall The halls lay empty The balconies stilled “The clarinet is useless!” “It won’t pay the bills!” Horde by horde The choruses chant No rhythm, no rhyme An ignorant lament They sing their verses In boardrooms and bailiwicks Aeolian scales Corrupted, sycophantic One by one The students depart Until the second chair’s Bereft a beating heart The house lights come up The curtain falls But no soul attends This evenings ball Concert halls closed The microphone falls Leaving naught but static’s Lonely echoed call
By Matthew J. Fromm2 months ago in Poets
Who?
Who crushes the caterpillar’s wings? Who listens when the butterfly sings? There is no fright with a dog’s play bite But we are furious when the bee stings
By Atomic Historian2 months ago in Poets
Ex Static
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By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 months ago in Poets
F*CK OFF
We come into this world soiling ourselves and rest under that same shitty soil once the lights go out for good. When you see me, do not ask me, "What do you do for a living?" I exist in my mortal shell for the time being, nothing more, nothing less.
By Armand Slayer2 months ago in Poets
The Swords Of A Thousand Men
This came from a comment on my "Song of Swords" poem by Sam which said: "Oh! I thought this would be a list of swords like Excalibur, the sword of Gryffindor, Durendal, Andúril, Dawn, Ice"
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 months ago in Poets
A Song Of Swords
Introduction The idea from this came because I put a Hawkwind album on and the first track was "Song Of The Swords". I also like the concept of George RR Martin's Iron Throne which is constructed of swords, because no ruler should ever be comfortable in their seat.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 months ago in Poets
I Don't Want That Cake!
The thought of that sugar sweet taste, The thought of all that yummy chocolate; A foodies dream to our taste buds, Resisting would be futile,
By Carol Ann Townend2 months ago in Poets