Saturday, May 4, 2013

How to write a Slam Poem

1. Be creative.
2. Think about what makes you mad/happy
3. Choose a theme (Journal entry, memoir, regular poem, haiku, etc.)
4. Think of a story to open up with.
5. Make it relate-able to a target audience.
6. Pick a 'thesis' for your poem (trust your instincts or something cheesy like that)
7. Drink a Dr. Pepper.
8. Work your thesis discretely, or not discretely into your poem.
9. Throw in a few more stories if you'd like.
10. Talk about the beginning again, sort of bring everyone's attention back to your main point.
11. Yell
12. Kick
13. Scream
14. SLAM

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