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Marc Kelly Smith (born 1949) is an American poet and founder of the poetry slam movement, for which he received the nickname Slam Papi. [ 1 ] Smith was born in 1949 and grew up on the southeast side of Chicago .
Mwende Katwiwa, who performs under the name FreeQuency, is a Kenyan-American slam poet, community organizer, and activist. [1] [2] Their poems address issues of identity, emotion, racism, colonialism, and police brutality in the United States. They live in New Orleans. [3] Katwiwa graduated from Tulane University in 2014.
Ramya Ramana (born March 3, 1995) is an American poet based in New York City. [2] [3] [4] Ramana is a winner of the Youth Poet Laureate of New York City award. [5]In 2015, Ramana was invited to participate in a local event in Guyana hosted by One Billion Rising a domestic violence awareness organization.
A slam poetry is a competitive art event in which poets perform spoken word poetry before a live audience and a panel of judges. While formats can vary, slams are often loud and lively, with audience participation, cheering and dramatic delivery.
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He is a two-time Grand Slam Champion, a National Poetry Slam Finalist, an Individual World Poetry Slam Finalist, and a two-time TEDx speaker. [7] In 2015, he was named one of Colorado's Top 100 Creatives by Westword magazine. [8] On July 23, 2019, he was named Colorado's eighth poet laureate by Governor Jared Polis. [9]
Neil Hilborn (born August 8, 1990) is an American slam poet who writes and performs poetry. His poems often detail personal experiences and battles with mental illness. He is best known for his poem "OCD", which has received 75 million views online. Hilborn tours to perform his poetry at colleges and other venues.
He appeared on Seasons 3-6 of HBO's Def Poetry Jam [1] and was a member of Team Hollywood, which won the 2004 National Poetry Slam. His best-known poems include "Kite," [2] about waking up alone in a new lover's apartment, and "Mockingbird," which he performs differently every time, incorporating the words of other poets and speakers in the ...