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hallawayjoe Andyland 2002-04-24 4:17 PM slam day 2 Previous Entry :: Next Entry Mood: Excited |
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Tonight is the second semi final for the flagstaff team. I am looking forward to it. Suzy Lafollette, Jon Conry, and John Kafonow, also Anika, Ben, Logan, Zack, any of them could place in the top five. I am sure a few dark horses may arise. The other night at the Prop/cover slam Buddy Wakefield featured. It was pretty cool. He is a consumate performer, but I wasn't as much into his songs. His poems were awesome though. I've been spoiled by the music stylings of Dom Flemons. I am still working on my thesis. That won't be done until May 9th or so. I also have to do some grading and such. Slam is sometimes percieved as a gimmick. A gimmick to get people to listen to poetry, but it is also a reaction to the literary establishment. Not a rebellion, but a reaction. To get a job in academia you have to have a few books out and an MFA or PhD. To get published in most lit journals, you have to write poetry that fits the mold of the journal. With Slams all you have to do is pay a few bucks and have 3 original poems. That is all. That means that you could be a janitor, or dishwasher or some worker on the low end of the pay scale, and if things go right for you, and you have good poetry and presentation you might win a slam against seasoned slammers or writers with a higher social status. Although there is insularity in slams as well, and some slammers do take an anti literary stance. The slam poets that I know, many of them, do read Billy Collins, Sylvia Plath and Langston Hughes. It depends on the person. I am proud to be an academic and a slammer. If I never achieve fame in either, that is okay. I am having fun doing it. |
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