tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post7373428916627483687..comments2023-04-25T08:25:28.470+01:00Comments on Anti-Laureate of the People's Republic of Cork: Why I'm not organising anything anymore for the slam fraternityAnti-Laureatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836276384278736475noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-51195816814658813892010-11-04T02:52:34.510+00:002010-11-04T02:52:34.510+00:00Yet another so-called culture is born: the very na...Yet another so-called culture is born: the very name gives it away. SLAM: to publically throw the gauntlet down and jump on it!<br />Slamming has nothing to do with an established poetry scene although slammers will argue they have an ‘established poetry scene’. <br />The Slam is consciously structured to ignore the courtesy of recognised poetry etiquette or established rules - a deliberate and forceful anti-poetry exercise. <br />In my personal experience, the genre gives any bolshie ego a chance to stand up in front of a usually-inebriated audience often spouting the bastardized words of others. The performers pretend intellectuality and stick their thumbs up to those who dare turn away. And the loudest, drunken cheer usually wins!<br />Populated by those who have no chance of publication or main stream recognition, I have been shocked to read some EP’s putting their toes in the water - why instantly destroy your hard-won EP reputation?<br />Just another instant gratification exercise typical of the era but thankfully, soon forgotten!<br />This too will pass.Frances Macaulay Fordehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12121383700089833300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-34268513366881505062010-03-17T15:51:05.166+00:002010-03-17T15:51:05.166+00:00I couldn't agree more. At open mic nights, I h...I couldn't agree more. At open mic nights, I have seen people sitting re-reading their own work throughout the other poets' performances, and then leave as soon as they have have given their reading, or even worse, start chatting with their friends. I concur with WOMEN RULE WRITER above that a lot of these people don't actually read poetry.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895811732061413506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008525689819633407.post-90587348721080353922010-02-25T19:47:43.344+00:002010-02-25T19:47:43.344+00:00Interesting. Maybe this is why I dislike slam? The...Interesting. Maybe this is why I dislike slam? The navelgazing nature of it.<br />Listening to a lot of the 'poetry' at slams leads me to the conclusion that many of these people don't read poetry.<br />I avoid them as a rule, though I have acted as judge at 3 of them.Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.com