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THE BATTALION
Friday, October 2U
Shout
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Slam poetry is an outlet for students’ emotions
By Dino Ramos
THE BATTALION
Generally, there are two types of poet
ry. There are poems that have structure,
meter and are meant to be read in English
class. Then, there also are poems that are
better said out loud.
Slam poetry is a type of poetry that
needs to be vocalized. It is a form of self-
expression that is utilized as an emotional
outlet. Slam poetry provides an opportuni
ty for poets to give an emotional outpour
of humor, sorrow, happiness and anger.
Poets can share these emotions one at a
time, or all at once, together. Slam poetry
has elements from all emotions but mostly
centers on anger.
“It is definitely an opportunity to express
my anger out of all the emotions,” said
Anthony Guevara, Class of 1999. “It gives
me a chance to say what’s on my mind
about anything and calling it art.”
In the recent past, poetry was read in
“beatnik” coffee house settings. Today,
poetry sessions still exist in coffeehouses
such as Sweet Eugene’s in College Station,
but there are now more venues where you
can find people reading slam poet
ry and other types of poetry.
Places such as libraries, book-
stores, college campuses and even
street corners are popular places
where people can be found speaking
“When I go to a slam poetry session. I total
ly feel what the reader is feeling and where
he is coming from.”
The elements of slam poetry are for the
most part, simple. Unlike traditional poetry,
slam poetry does not have any structure,
and there are no boundaries.
Feelings play the most important role in
slam poetry. When writing a slam poem,
one is basically speaking his or her mind
and makes it blatantly obvious in what they
are speaking about. Many slam poets write
about bitter break ups, estranged parents,
bad childhood experiences and basically,
bad-natured history.
Popular among the minority community
are slam poets speaking about political and
ethnic issues. This stems from cultural poet
ry written by poets who have written about
their culture in an artistic manner.
Many cultural slam poets have taken this
to a whole new level. In the Asian-
American community, a popular group
among slam poetry
lovers is a group called “I Was Bonn
Two Tongues.” The group is comprise;
four individuals that are from dife
Asian backgrounds, ranging from Korer
Filipino, They recite poems abouti
stereotypes, political issues and respe;
Asian family traditions.
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With) Two Tongues’ when I was ale:
ference in New York." said Mansafii
Class of 1999. “I was never exposedtoi
thing like that here in Texas, and their#;
hit so close to home.”
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it has opened the doors to many
types of poetry and has even inspired
to write her own.
Slam poetry can give people theop
tunity to vent anger as an art form, lies
an alleviation of the pain one feelsfr®
end of a relationship or from the sadder
the death of a loved one.
“When I broke up with my boyfn
after two years. I wrote a lot of poetry
read it to my friends,” said JoannaCoi
junior biomedical science major, it did
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part, a performing art. Slam
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words on a piece of paper,
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formed, it can be seen in a
totally different light.
“When I read regular
poetry, it is as though I
have to think really hard to
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