Dedication from Cassaundra Sampson on Vimeo.
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Dedicated (Cassaundra Sampson)
Crimson Red (Zela Burg)
The Pursuit of Happiness (Sienna Johnson)
The Pursuit of Happiness from Sienna Johnson on Vimeo.
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The Pursuit of Happiness
Humanity is just a blip in the cosmos in the grand scheme of time
According to the Cosmic Calendar, the average years of human life is equivalent to only zero point one sixth of a second
Touch (Johnny Levy)
Great Art? (Matt Redder)
Remembering Mary (Phil Ginsburg)
Park Hill, Son (Johnny L.)
Park Hill, Son
My wife sometimes
Jokes that she
Wants me to be a
Bit more polished.
Maybe wear capris
Like rich Italian guys.
Or maybe like a scarf
Or something.
And I say what
I always say.
I'm from Park Hill.
All About You (Kia-San)
Haiku Challenger 3: Perfect Haiku (Tim H.)
Haiku Challenger 2: Ripples (Isaiah B.)
Haiku Challenger 1: Rest (Sarah)
Life beats down relentlessly
Peace is worth the fight
Untitled (Darby E.)
Black (Franko)
Overwhelmed (Tim Hernandez)
But who's not
Once I could think
But of what,
I forgot
My mind is caught
Inside a thought
Too big
And now it's
Bursting
What is true?
Am I, are You?
A dry well ever
Thirsting
This knot entangled
Synapse strangled
Mind encased in
Doubt
Can't find an end
Maybe my friend
My heart can help me
Out
Anxiety ridden
Emotions hidden
Tense and short of
Breath
Run away
No! not today
This time I'll face this
Death
I'm far too weak
Too shy too meek
Too insecure
Too immature
Too dumb too scared
Mentally impaired
Too useless
Too awkward
Too Broken
Searching for something
For someone to put my hope in
No one but You
Eternally true
Breathe me out
Breathe You in
Let it soak in
When I lose sight
Please hold me tight
And never cease
Overwhelming peace
Feelings (Austin J.)
I cried again.
Not that anyone would care.
I argued with them again, about something that's important to me.
Like always they don't understand and they don't care, or they just don't want to care.
It hurts.
The Painter (hitalot879)
EDITOR'S PICK: Shake the Dust (Anis Mojgani)
The Mission of Slam Poems is 1.) to showcase great slam poetry, and 2.) to create awesome conversations.
For these purposes, I frequently post examples of the best slam poetry performances that I have come across. This is a means of inspiring the slampoems.com community.
This slam poem model of excellence is called “Shake the Dust” by Anis Mojgani. I was inspired by the ferocious hopefulness, and the precision of delivery in this piece. I also appreciated how he crosses lines by delivering a message of hope to people on opposing sides of the equation: the bullies and the bullied, etc.
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We’d love to hear your comments on this one. What can be learned from this poet?
--Slam Poems Team
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Hardships of Life (Callum Finlay)
Dark Thoughts and Great Movies (Mr. Brightside)
Dark Thoughts and Great Movies
They say most girls dream of being a princess and want to be rescued by the prince. What about the boys? I for one wanted to be the prince, find my true love and live happily ever after. Isn’t that what most of us want. I did not know the story ends with the princess sleeping with all 7 dwarfs the Ogre and even the donkey too. Why can’t we be like penguins or seahorses or better yet a Werewolf? Damn you Morpheus and your red pill. (yes, I just referenced Snow White, Shrek, National Geographic, Twilight and Matrix, that’s how messed up my head is).
You Know Who You Are (Lorelai)
You know that you’re the one And I don’t mean the one in which I love I mean the 13 year old boy who took everything from me