The Saint Louis Poetry Slam

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The Original SLAM in St. Louis, is looking for a 15 great poets, every third Wednesday of the month. Sign up is at 7, the show starts at 7:30pm with a CASH prize for the best poet of the night, decided by five random judges. There is a $5 cover charge. Poetry Slam = Poetry Competition.

The St. Louis Poetry Slam was started in 1989 when Marc Smith transplanted it from Chicago to the Venice Cafe, hosted by Bob Putnam. It remained there for 2+ years and moved to the Wabash Triangle Cafe, once it had outgrown the venues limitations. When the Wabash tragically burned down in 1994 it lay fallow for 3 years. In 1997 Kevin McCameron, Hari Sky Campbell, Peter Sparks and David Noble rebooted the Slam on a dare from Michael O'Brian at Blueberry Hill. It has been ongoing since in numerous venues such as- Llywellyn's, The Red Sea, Dressell's, Rhythm & Brews, The Focal Point, etc. In 1999 it was incorporated as a non-profit Word in Motion.

Word In Motion is a 501(C)3 charitable organization that supports literacy and the arts in St. Louis by putting poets on stage, in workshops, in front of students of all ages. WIM governs The St. Louis Poetry Slam, promotes literacy and art in St. Louis, and places professional poets in schools and workshops.

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Marc Kelly Smith

to feature at

The St. Louis Poetry Slam


March 16th 2011, 8pm Door

at The Focal Point

2720 Sutton Maplewood, MO 63143
Marc Kelly Smith is best known for bringing to the worldwide poetry community a new style of poetic presentation that has spawned one of the most important social/literary arts movements of our time. As stated in the PBS television series, The United States of Poetry, a “strand of new poetry began at Chicago’s Green Mill Tavern in 1987 when Marc Smith found a home for the Poetry Slam.” Since then, performance poetry has spread throughout the country and across the globe to hundreds of cities, universities, high schools, festivals, and cultural centers. Each year, teams from American and European cities compete in National Poetry Slams, extravagant homespun festivals blending thousands of poetic voices. The Slam has taken root and is flourishing in Australia, Germany, UK, Canada, Switzerland, France, Brazil, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Belgium, Madagascar, Singapore, and even at the South Pole.

The St. Louis Poetry Slam is held every 3rd Wednesday of the Month, 8pm at the Focal Point, 2720 Sutton, St. Louis, MO 63143. Open to all, $5 door makes up the $50 Cash Prize to the best performance Poet, Audience Judged. For more information, call 314.776.7370.

Word In Motion is a 501(C)3 charitable organization that supports literacy and the arts in St. Louis by putting poets on stage, in workshops, in front of students of all ages. WIM governs The St. Louis Poetry Slam, promotes literacy and art in St. Louis, and places professional poets in schools and workshops.