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Author : R.K. Cowles
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1329100026
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (291 download)
Download or read book Slang Poetry Volume I written by R.K. Cowles and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Adams
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199986533
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)
Download or read book Slang written by Michael Adams and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slang, writes Michael Adams, is poetry on the down low, and sometimes lowdown poetry on the down low, but rarely, if ever, merely lowdown. It is the poetry of everyday speech, the people's poetry, and it deserves attention as language playing on the cusp of art. In Slang: The People's Poetry, Adams covers this perennially interesting subject in a serious but highly engaging way, illuminating the fundamental question "What is Slang" and defending slang--and all forms of nonstandard English--as integral parts of the American language. Why is an expression like "bed head" lost in a lexical limbo, found neither in slang nor standard dictionaries? Why are snow-boarding terms such as "fakie," "goofy foot," "ollie" and "nollie" not considered slang? As he addresses these and other lexical curiosities, Adams reveals that slang is used in part to define groups, distinguishing those who are "down with it" from those who are "out of it." Slang is also a rebellion against the mainstream. It often irritates those who color within the lines--indeed, slang is meant to irritate, sometimes even to shock. But slang is also inventive language, both fun to make and fun to use. Rather than complain about slang as "bad" language, Adams urges us to celebrate slang's playful resistance to the commonplace and to see it as the expression of an innate human capacity, not only for language, but for poetry.
Author : Marc Smith
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 140224231X
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Take the Mic written by Marc Smith and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get on Stage and Perfect Your Performance Have you ever enjoyed a slam or two and thought, "I could do this," but felt apprehensive staring at that empty mic—or worse, you climbed up on stage and struggled? Let Marc Kelly Smith, the founder of Slam Poetry, teach you everything you need to be a confident performer, from writing a powerful poem, to stage techniques, to going on tour (if that's where your muse leads you). Take the Mic is filled with insider tips, backstage advice, and tons of examples of slam poems that wake up an audience. With this book, you'll also be able to link to the PoetrySpeaks.com community to listen to samples, meet poets, and unearth inspirations for your next performance. The Ultimate Guide to Writing and Performing with Power Take the Mic is an essential guide for lifting your poetry from the page to the stage. Marc Kelly Smith (So What!), grand founder of the Slam movement, serves as you personal coach, showing you how to craft stage-worthy verse and deliver a poetry performance that shakes the rafters and sparks thunderous applause. In Take the Mic, you discover how to... Pen poetry that's conducive to on-stage performance Overcome stage fright Practice powerful performance techniques Rehearse like a pro Shape a loose collection of poems into a killer set Connect with your audience — heart and soul Master the art of self-promotion Schedule your own slam poetry tour Transform your hobby into paying gigs Act professional to establish a solid reputation in the Slam community Take the Mic is packed with practical exercises you can do alone or in class to hone your skills and transform your body, mind, voice, verse, and spirit into an engaging stage presence. You'll also find a brief history of slam, the rules and regulations that govern official slam competitions, and a list of PSI (Poetry Slam, Inc.) Certified Slams, so no matter where you are, you always have a place to Take the Mic!
Author : Allan Wolf
Publisher : Candlewick
ISBN 13 : 1536203076
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (362 download)
Download or read book No Buddy Like a Book written by Allan Wolf and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Calling readers and daydreamers, word mavens and lovers of adventure! This celebration of the power of books is a rallying cry for letting imaginations soar. We learn important stuff from books. We learn to speak and think. We learn why icebergs stay afloat . . . and why Titanics sink. Have you ever wanted to climb to the top of Everest with one hand behind your back? Kiss a crocodile all by yourself on the Nile River? How about learning how to bottle moonlight, or track a distant star? There are endless things to discover and whole universes to explore simply by reading a book. But books are only smears of ink without the reader’s mind to give their letters meaning and bring them to life. With a rollicking, rhyming text and delightful artwork, poet and storyteller Allan Wolf and illustrator Brianne Farley remind us that books, no matter how they may be consumed, give readers of every background an opportunity to expand their world and spark their imagination. With infectious enthusiasm, No Buddy Like a Book offers an ode to the wonders of language—written, spoken, and everything in between.
Author : Mark Eleveld
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 140225041X
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)
Download or read book The Spoken Word Revolution written by Mark Eleveld and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A dynamic and clarifying volume chock-full of fresh and informative commentary...and an exciting array of knock-out poems." —Booklist Starred Review "Accompanied by a terrific CD that showcases the great variety of styles performance poetry embraces, from the purest of recitations to seductive musical presentations, this dynamic anthology embodies the thrilling and mutually beneficial rapprochement between the traditionalists and the slammers, something that seemed about as likely 10 years ago as that proverbial cold day in hell." —Chicago Tribune The Spoken Word Revolution brings to life the written and performed works of more than 40 of the most influential slam, hip hop, performance art and contemporary poets in the world today. This defining collection of spoken word poetry captures today's electrifying words and voices, in text and immediately live on one audio CD.
Author : Elizabeth Acevedo
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062662821
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (626 download)
Download or read book The Poet X written by Elizabeth Acevedo and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, and the Pura Belpré Award! Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New York Times-bestselling novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet, about an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth. Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers—especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about. With Mami’s determination to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. So when she is invited to join her school’s slam poetry club, she doesn’t know how she could ever attend without her mami finding out. But she still can’t stop thinking about performing her poems. Because in the face of a world that may not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to be silent. “Crackles with energy and snaps with authenticity and voice.” —Justina Ireland, author of Dread Nation “An incredibly potent debut.” —Jason Reynolds, author of the National Book Award Finalist Ghost “Acevedo has amplified the voices of girls en el barrio who are equal parts goddess, saint, warrior, and hero.” —Ibi Zoboi, author of American Street This young adult novel, a selection of the Schomburg Center's Black Liberation Reading List, is an excellent choice for accelerated tween readers in grades 6 to 8. Plus don't miss Elizabeth Acevedo's With the Fire on High and Clap When You Land!
Author : Harryette Mullen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520927834
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Sleeping with the Dictionary written by Harryette Mullen and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002-02-22 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harryette Mullen's fifth poetry collection, Sleeping with the Dictionary, is the abecedarian offspring of her collaboration with two of the poet's most seductive writing partners, Roget's Thesaurus and The American Heritage Dictionary. In her ménage à trois with these faithful companions, the poet is aware that while Roget seems obsessed with categories and hierarchies, the American Heritage, whatever its faults, was compiled with the assistance of a democratic usage panel that included black poets Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps, as well as feminist author and editor Gloria Steinem. With its arbitrary yet determinant alphabetical arrangement, its gleeful pursuit of the ludic pleasure of word games (acrostic, anagram, homophone, parody, pun), as well as its reflections on the politics of language and dialect, Mullen's work is serious play. A number of the poems are inspired or influenced by a technique of the international literary avant-garde group Oulipo, a dictionary game called S+7 or N+7. This method of textual transformation--which is used to compose nonsensical travesties reminiscent of Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky"--also creates a kind of automatic poetic discourse. Mullen's parodies reconceive the African American's relation to the English language and Anglophone writing, through textual reproduction, recombining the genetic structure of texts from the Shakespearean sonnet and the fairy tale to airline safety instructions and unsolicited mail. The poet admits to being "licked all over by the English tongue," and the title of this book may remind readers that an intimate partner who also gives language lessons is called, euphemistically, a "pillow dictionary."
Author : Kyle Tran Myhre
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1638340102
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (383 download)
Download or read book Not A Lot of Reasons to Sing, but Enough written by Kyle Tran Myhre and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OF WHAT FUTURE ARE THESE THE WILD, EARLY DAYS? An exploration of the role that artists play in resisting authoritarianism with a sci-fi twist. In poetry, dialogue and visual art the book follows two wandering poets as they make their way from village to village, across a prison colony moon full of exiled rebels, robots, and storytellers. Part post-apocalyptic road journal, part alternate universe history of Hip Hop, and part “Letters to a Young Poet”-style toolkit for emerging poets and aspiring movement-builders, it's also a one-of-a-kind practitioners' take on poetry, power, and possibility. NOT A LOT OF REASONS TO SING is a: -post-apocalyptic road journal -alternate universe history of Hip Hop -“Letters to a Young Poet” -toolkit for emerging poets and aspiring movement-builders it's also a one-of-a-kind practitioners' take on poetry, power, and possibility.
Author : Miguel Algarin
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805032576
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Aloud written by Miguel Algarin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1994-08-15 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multicultural selection of contemporary poems by Puerto Rican and other poets who meet at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York City.
Author : Siaara Freeman
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1638340285
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (383 download)
Download or read book Urbanshee written by Siaara Freeman and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2023 IPPY Awards - Poetry Gold 2023 IBPA Awards - Poetry Silver 2023 Publishing Triangle Awards Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry - Finalist Urbanshee is Siaara Freeman's retelling of fairy tales and mythological stories through a modern and urban lens. This collection discusses the weight of being Black in America, Freeman's relationships to lovers and family, and how the physical place you grew up can become part of your identity. Urbanshee expertly combines humor, fantasy, and raw emotion to create this astonishing reinvention of classic fables. Freeman's poems are ventrously unique and are sure to enchant anyone who reads them.
Author : Nikki Grimes
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0425289761
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (252 download)
Download or read book Bronx Masquerade written by Nikki Grimes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beloved and award-winning novel now available in a new format with a great new cover! When Wesley Boone writes a poem for his high school English class, some of his classmates clamor to read their poems aloud too. Soon they're having weekly poetry sessions and, one by one, the eighteen students are opening up and taking on the risky challenge of self-revelation. There's Lupe Alvarin, desperate to have a baby so she will feel loved. Raynard Patterson, hiding a secret behind his silence. Porscha Johnson, needing an outlet for her anger after her mother OD's. Through the poetry they share and narratives in which they reveal their most intimate thoughts about themselves and one another, their words and lives show what lies beneath the skin, behind the eyes, beyond the masquerade.
Author : Emanuel Xavier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Bullets & Butterflies written by Emanuel Xavier and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A luscious, vibrant, and wicked anthology featuring poetry by Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, Regie Cabico, Staceyann Chin, Celena Glenn, Daphne Gottlieb, Maurice Jamal, Shane Luitjens, Marty McConnell, Travis Montez, Alix Olson, Shailja Patel, and Horehound Stillpoint.
Author : Alloy Books
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780613339643
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Slam written by Alloy Books and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poetry for teenagers.
Author : Daniel Tiffany
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226803112
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)
Download or read book Infidel Poetics written by Daniel Tiffany and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry has long been regarded as the least accessible of literary genres. But how much does the obscurity that confounds readers of a poem differ from, say, the slang that seduces listeners of hip-hop? Infidel Poetics examines not only the shared incomprensibilities of poetry and slang, but poetry's genetic relation to the spectacle of underground culture. Charting connections between vernacular poetry, lyric obscurity, and types of social relations—networks of darkened streets in preindustrial cities, the historical underworld of taverns and clubs, the subcultures of the avant-garde—Daniel Tiffany shows that obscurity in poetry has functioned for hundreds of years as a medium of alternative societies. For example, he discovers in the submerged tradition of canting poetry and its eccentric genres—thieves’ carols, drinking songs, beggars’ chants—a genealogy of modern nightlife, but also a visible underworld of social and verbal substance, a demimonde for sale. Ranging from Anglo-Saxon riddles to Emily Dickinson, from the icy logos of Parmenides to the monadology of Leibniz, from Mother Goose to Mallarmé, Infidel Poetics offers an exhilarating account of the subversive power of obscurity in word, substance, and deed.
Author : Miles Merrill
Publisher : NewSouth
ISBN 13 : 1742244777
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Slam Your Poetry written by Miles Merrill and published by NewSouth. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "No props. No music. No costumes. Just you, your words and a mic-you've got two minutes to make the crowd scream your name. Miles Merrill, spoken word artist and founder of Australian Poetry Slam, and award-winning teacher Narcisa Nozica will take you from novice to spoken word superstar in no time. Twenty years after Merrill introduced poetry slams to Australia, there’s a national competition with a live audience of 20 000 people, and it’s taught in schools across the country. It’s been nothing short of a revolution! With tips from stars of the Australian poetry slam scene, including bestselling author Maxine Beneba Clarke, Slam Your Poetry provides step-by-step instructions and exercises that will inspire you to: 1. Write a poem that pops 2. Rehearse like a winner 3. Wow your audience 4. Beat stage fright 5. Run a winning competition for your school or community group Part how-to guide, part masterclass, part manifesto, this book will help teachers, students and wannabe spoken word artists of all ages slam like a pro."
Author : Jenn Hart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781911570158
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (71 download)
Download or read book The Best Poetry Book in the World written by Jenn Hart and published by . This book was released on 2017-10 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burning Eye are to Spoken Word Poetry what City Lights were to the Beat Generation: indispensable champions and publishers dedicated to a distinctive literary movement. Editors Jenn Hart and Clive Birnie present the highlights from the first five years and one hundred Burning Eye books. Here are the hits and anthems; the foot-stomping, finger-clicking, belly-laugh inducing crowd-pleasers gathered togther under one cover. FEATURING: Dan Cockrill * Raymond Antrobus * Jack Dean Anna Freeman * Megan Beech * Emily Harrison Sally Jenkinson * Kirsten Luckins * Keith Jarrett Paula Varjack * Hannah M. Teasdale * Jeremy Toombs Liv Torc * Joelle Taylor * Agnes TÖrÖk Sophia Walker * Thommie Gillow * Rosy Carrick Tina Selderholm * Crysse Morrison * Lucy Lepchani Salena Godden * Jenn Hart * Sam Boarer A. F. Harrold * Harry Baker * Robert Garnham Matt Panesh * Ash Dickinson * Johnny Fluffypunk Rob Auton * Joe Hakim * Selina Nwulu * Hollie McNish Toby Campion * Andrew Graves * Amani Saeed James Bunting * Lucy English * Emma Joliffe Laurie Bolger * Penny Pepper * Kate Fox Jemima Foxtrot * Molly Case * Elvis McGonagall Jess Green * Mark Grist * Nasser Hussain Molly Naylor * Dan Simpson * Sophia Blackwell Amy McAllister * Stef Mo * Sara Hirsch Fergus McGonigal * Keshia Starrett * Tony Walsh Shruti Chauhan * Hannah Chutzpah * Jamal Mehmood Shagufta K Iqbal * Vanessa Kisuule * Michelle Madsen Deanna Rodger * Mairi Campbell-Jack * Lydia Towsey Malaika Kegode * Rebecca Tantony * Chris Redmond Pete Bearder * Henry Raby * Scott Tyrrell
Author : Mary Lambert
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
ISBN 13 : 1250195888
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across: Poems by Mary Lambert written by Mary Lambert and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful and brutally honest, Mary Lambert's poetry is a beacon to anyone who's ever been knocked down—and picked themselves up again. In verse that deals with sexual assault, mental illness, and body acceptance, Ms. Lambert's Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across emerges as an important new voice in poetry, providing strength and resilience even in the darkest of times.
