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National Poetry Month 2025 lends us its shimmer for just a few days more! So let’s investigate Slam Poetry—what is it? For years I never knew! Let’s find out what it is and what it ain’t, and let us all agree that “So I Married an Axe Murderer” provides the ultimate example of an exaggerated beatnik-style poetry performance cinema has to offer. And remember, be a Mensch!

Slam poetry | Definition, Guidelines, & History | Britannica

www.britannica.com/art/slam-poetry

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_slam

4 Misconceptions about Slam Poetry (and what it actually is) | BYU English Society

http://www.englishsociety.byu.edu/?p=526

https://youtu.be/BuD94WnuxjU?si=_inS1-oDepe18RLd

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