San Francisco Bound! Each year,we attend the largest
poetry event in the world: the
Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam
Finals at Masonic Auditorium,
right at the top of San
Francisco's Nob Hill. Seeing the
top teen poets in the state helps
us gear up for our own show back
in Sacramento. |
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The Cal Poetry Jam This year, we were lucky to stage
the Cal Poetry Jam at the
Sacramento Theatre Company. Mack
Dennis opened the show. |
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The Soccer Poem "Good game, girls!" |
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A Critique of Radio Hip Hop Another of our fearless poets
critiqued hip hop while urging it
back to its roots: "whatever
happened to griots from Ghana?" |
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Global Warming! Global Warming, "it ain't no
lie. Better do something quick,
or we're all gonna die!" |
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Defying Gravity A three-person performance
poem "defied gravity" with its
breathtaking final words. |
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The Sonnet One poet read an original sonnet
designed to woo that special
someone! |
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An Enthusiastic Audience We can't wait to do it all over
again this year, beginning with
the Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam
Finals at Masonic Auditorium! |
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