Participate: Submit your poetry. View slam poetry and spoken word poems. Publish poetry online. Vote for the best.
CATEGORIES: Rhythm & Flow | Passion & Power | Musicality | Inspirational | Wordplay | Beauty & Imagery |
How This Works
|
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.
The site thrives on engagement from the slam poetry community.
We’d love to hear your comments on this one. What can be learned from this poet?
--Slam Poems Team
[VIDEO]