reverie Posted May 9, 2005 Report Posted May 9, 2005 (edited) Slam Quest ThreadSlam Quest O.O.C. threadIn order to fulfill my quill quest, I propose we hold a Virtual Poetry Slam.If you would like to sign on, please PM me with your Role preference...Ladies and Gentleman: The winner and champion of the first Annual Dreamlost Slam Quest is none other than the Co-Guild-leader from the Articulate Artisans of Alliteration: The poet and wordsmith:Mira Everyone please feel free to congratulate him in the Slam Quest thread.Additional Audience members real or unreal are free to show up at anytime...Slam Poetry explanation:Rev's takeZariah's takeSetting: Cabaret RoomRoles:[/color]Master of Ceremonies: ReveryHostess: ZariahFeatured Guest Poet: Cyril DarkcloudOpen Mike Poets: at least 5:1. Fountain (alt character)2. Zariah3. Tanuchan4. drummondo5. Vlad6. Ayshela7. OPEN list...Slam Poets: at least 3, but no more than 10.1. Mira2. Loki Wyrd3. Katzaniel4.drummondo5. cryptomancer6.7.8.9.10.Judges: 3 or 4, but can be members of audience1. Vlad2. Wyvern3. AyshelaAudience members: Open free for allWait staff / tea and or coffee makers / Bartendor: Open free for allAudience/MISC so far...maybe: Listed for Reference:1. Nyyrak2. Cerulean3. Katzaniel4. Tanuchan Waiter/Minstrel?5. Mynx Waitress6. Peredhil7. fountainSlam Poet Prize: A very special Cyril Darkcloud "multi-part critical analysis of the winning contestant's work"more to follow... Edited June 14, 2014 by Tanuchan broken links
reverie Posted May 9, 2005 Author Report Posted May 9, 2005 Proposed Order of Events: ~~subject to change~~~ 1. Initial Setup thread: Revery (e.g. M.C. opens up the floor for open mike) 2. Back stories welcome for any arriving poets/guest/staff/audience members 3. Open Mike Poets perform/ Hostess and MC sets the stage... 4. Break for chit-chat/food/ whatever… 5. MC makes introductions, goes over the rules, and opens the Slam Competition 6. Slam Poets perform 1 to 3 rounds of slam poetry 7. Judges Declare Winner 8. Winning Poet awarded prize... 9. Intermission 10. Special Guest Poet Performs… 11. MC Closes: “You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.”
reverie Posted May 9, 2005 Author Report Posted May 9, 2005 Rules/Procedures: Master of Ceremonies: MC is always right. MC will not perform poetry as Revery. Hostess: Hostess is always right... Special Guest Poet: May perform anything… Poet is not limited to Poetry. Guest Poet may sing, dance, preach, lecture, preform a one act play, plug her/her book, invite audience participation, teach an informal class, lecture, and take requests…whatever and what have you… Open Mike: 1. Poets may perform anything; I do mean anything remotely resembling poetry… 2. No time, prop, character, form or length limitations… 3. Audience is not obligated devote their whole attention to the Open Mikers… in other words, people might be moving around and talking during their performances. 4. OP Mikes will not be formally judged. 5. May be members of Audience. Judges: 1. May be member of Audience 2. Judges rate slam poets on a scale of 1 to 10 a)Initial Results/impressions may be PM’d to me and or other judges to review b)Final Results can be posted individually, in tandum with other judges, or filtered through the Hostess or Master of Ceremonies... c)American idol type sidebar judging styles allowed, though not required... 3. Judges will rate poets solely on their poetry, without regard to RP style, costume, props, past performance, etc. 4. Slam Poets’ Score will consist of the average of all judges 5. May judge as many as 3 elimination rounds. Rounds: 1. Number of Rounds will correspond to the number of Slam Poets Competing. 2. One Round for 3 Poets 3. Two Rounds for 5 Poets A. 2 Poets would be eliminated from the first round, leaving 3 to compete in the Second Round. 4. Three Rounds for 10 Poets A. 5 Poets would be eliminated from the first round, leaving 5 to compete in the Second Round B. 2 Poets would be eliminated from the second round, leaving 3 to compete in the Third and Final Round. Slam Poets: 1. May be members of audience 2. Must perform a new poem for every round of competition: No repeats. 3. Poet is judged solely on Poem Presented: RP style, Props, costumes though allowed should not Factored into the Judging. 4. Poems limited to 600 words or 100 lines entry, but there is no obligation to meet or “fill” the 600/100 word/line limit.
drummondo Posted May 10, 2005 Report Posted May 10, 2005 So there's not actually going to be any audio recording involved? :<
reverie Posted May 10, 2005 Author Report Posted May 10, 2005 (edited) Audio? hmm, never thought about that... **pauses to consider** 1. That would prolly involve someone willing to host the media files for that... 2. It might limit the participates, due to lack of means/know how to record audio... hmm... Well, I suppose if and only if all slammers agreed to put their poem in an audio format in addition to their post... AND if someone finds a means of hosting it, then I'd allow it... Otherwise, the quest shall proceed page poet style... it's a 'Vitual' Slam Quest remember... Hmm, but vitual could also mean doing a Video and Audio stream together...but I think that's a little beyond my skill, at least for my quest...and it might be a little much for dial up connections... Sounds like a good idea for the future though... rev... Edited May 10, 2005 by reverie
Peredhil Posted May 10, 2005 Report Posted May 10, 2005 Ummm. What is a "slam" in this context? *ducks and blushes*
Katzaniel Posted May 10, 2005 Report Posted May 10, 2005 Yeah... what is a poetry slam? Is this similar to what they do in that movie, 8 Mile, as in insulting each other with poetry?
Zariah Posted May 10, 2005 Report Posted May 10, 2005 LOL no not insulting each other. But I guess you could do that if you wanted to...it's not nice though. What is poetry slam? Simply put, poetry slam is the competitive art of performance poetry. It puts a dual emphasis on writing and performance, encouraging poets to focus on what they're saying and how they're saying it. A poetry slam is an event in which poets perform their work and are judged by members of the audience. Typically, the host or another organizer select the judges, who are instructed to give numerical scores (on a zero to 10 or one to 10 scale) based on the poet's content and performance. An example of rules/faq/etc. PSI-Poetry Slam Sorry rev...if you want to add/correct this in any way...let me know...
reverie Posted May 10, 2005 Author Report Posted May 10, 2005 Not at all Zariah... I'm been PM'ing explainations... Thanks for the assist though... rev...
reverie Posted May 10, 2005 Author Report Posted May 10, 2005 Okay, I've had two more happy quest seekers sign up: Wyvern as a Judge and Cyril Darkcloud as Special Guest... Likewise, because of a generous donation of time and resources: Audio may be do-able... I have to think about it some more, though... rev...
Katzaniel Posted May 10, 2005 Report Posted May 10, 2005 What is the difference between slam poetry and poetry? That's not the right question to ask. There is no such thing as "slam poetry" even though the term "slam poet" seems to have gained acceptance. Those who use the term "slam poetry" are probably thinking more of hip-hop poetry or loud, in-your-face, vaguely poetic rants. The more useful question to ask is "What is the difference between spoken word and poetry?" Spoken word is poetry written first and foremost to be HEARD. At any given slam, much of the work presented could be called spoken word. Ah, so filling it with rhymes and alliterations is probably a good strategy. Thanks for the explanations, both of you (though Rev, it might help more people if you just posted that whole PM into this thread) and I do believe I'll try this out. Sign me up for Audience member and Slam Poet competitor... though I suspect you might do better to allow more than 10 competitors...
Loki Wyrd Posted May 10, 2005 Report Posted May 10, 2005 I don't know if I have a mic, but if I do I'll give audio a shot.
reverie Posted May 10, 2005 Author Report Posted May 10, 2005 Katz: Glad to have you aboard... Regarding ## of Slam Poets: I actually expected more ppl to sign up for open mike than the Slam? hmm... Well, i can thrown out the Slam limit, if you think more than 10 will sign up... That would be really great...I just needed to illustrate the cooresponding # of rounds... But remember for every additional round I tack on, the poet most slam another poem. Loki Great. hmm, maybe after more people sign up, I should hold a poll for whether or not to use Audio? Thoughts? rev...
reverie Posted May 10, 2005 Author Report Posted May 10, 2005 (edited) As per Request... My PM loosely explaining Slam poetry... or my take on it at least... Hmm, how to describe slam poetry... Well, Slam Poets views the world of poetry in two Relms: Slam Poetry: Short Spoken Word poems that are meant to be Preformed before an Audience in a Competitive Setting (usually 3 minutes in length or less) Which, often incorporates elements of narrative story telling with a flair for the dramatic... and Page Poetry: Everything Else... Like, I'm a page poet... I write for the sake of writing, and generally direct poems either towards myself or one or two people in mind... Like a love poem... Slam Poets write to and for similar reasons, except they write their poems as performers on stage... Slam Poets can often sound like hip hop without music, but that's largerly a regionally thing... Like, if you are in a highly urban area, you'll get more spoken word with a hip/hop flare... See drummodo and Wyv's works... or if you in a more diverse college town, you'll find the poems have a less rhythmic but more reflective quality... But then, again you never know what you're going to get... Many people travel great distances to slam... Slam poems range from form stone cold serious to laugh out loud funny... Ya know, some of the great slam poets even elevate it to the Level of a very short One-Man-Show/Play...or Monolague with the Audience... Oh, but by no means, do I expect the Page Poets of the Pen to aspire fully to the level of a veteran Slam Poet... Like, I only have one or two poems that are slam worthy... Still, I do not recommend Slamming often... Like in any competition, you can tend to lose focus on what's important: the work. A lot of slammers get consumed with "Winning" and resort to overused trite gimmicks and hooks to win the audience over... See the pop music of any genre. I've also happened to meet Gyle Danley, a former international champion a few years ago: gayle danley Her website probably explain it better than I can.. Here's a couple of her poems: Gayle Danley, "Megahurts," she kept saying. "There are four hurts that stain the mind worse than coffee: when the cord is cut and the baby must endure life separately when he lies and leaves and the baby learns there is no such thing as love and must endure life separately when Mama lays her last breath into your arms and the baby realizes forever lies and must endure life separely when the baby dies and there is no one near to catch the final blinking of her eyes and she must endure death separately, megahurts, sugar, mega" and you know you numbers coming like the last orange line train slowly on schedule soon --- Civil Rice by Gyle Danley I didn't march in Birmingham or sit in at Woolworths or wave a picket sign boycott anything or spend a night in the county jail I missed all his speeches and was nowhere near that aching mule pulling his casket But I'll have you know I was part of the Civil Rice Movement Yes I ate rice with Coretta Scott King and it was't just any rice It was gently cooked resting beneath a blanket of gravy Coretta's niece was my cousin's best friend and during one of our many visits to the niece's home I had rice with the Kings! Mrs. King served it herself wearing an apron and her bouffant-for-life And then we discussed Dr. Kings next speech and he rehearsed it for me and we wrote the melody for that song(We shall Overcome) and I became the family advisor They're gonna build a monument to me with a fork in one hand and a copy of Ebony in the other The plague at my feet will read: Altanta Native Ate Rice With the Kings And I'll be on Oprah and I'll be judged not by the color of my skin but by the number of rice recipes I've created: mountaintop rice voting rice casserole I am somebody rice and my favorite brown rice (for colored eaters only) So let the marchers waste their time While they're toting pickets signs I'll be holding up my folk in memory of that spe- cial day Standing among the giants of my time: Rosa Jesse Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben .... well, hope some of that helps, rev... Edited May 10, 2005 by reverie
Loki Wyrd Posted May 11, 2005 Report Posted May 11, 2005 A poll sounds good. I'd probably actually prefer not speaking--I'm better on paper. But I like to challenge myself, and I have found I do have the capabilities to record, so either way works for me.
Mira Posted May 12, 2005 Report Posted May 12, 2005 Had this QQ taken place a month earlier, I would be all for audio recordings of poems. But now that I have lost my access to a high-speed internet connection I'm afraid that if I can not successfully record and upload, I will not be able to participate. If all of the other Slam Poets agree to an audio format I will do my best to follow suite and if worse comes to worse, might have to just post my poems in the normal way.
cryptomancer Posted May 12, 2005 Report Posted May 12, 2005 I am up for this, sounds fun and a good test of flair. undecided though as to open mic or slam, I will contemplate and let you know.
Katzaniel Posted May 12, 2005 Report Posted May 12, 2005 Seems to me that if we want audio, it would be only as an augmentation, entirely optional, or else you will probably lose participants due to that, and I rather suspect that isn't the ideal situation, given that it wasn't even part of the original idea. On another note, can we start working on these, or are we given a topic or something when we begin? As far as I understand, it would have to have been written specifically for this, but it doesn't matter if we plan ahead, right?
Tanuchan Posted May 12, 2005 Report Posted May 12, 2005 As a note... I'll be playing a new character for this one New Minstrel coming to the pen...
Loki Wyrd Posted May 13, 2005 Report Posted May 13, 2005 (edited) As far as I know slam poetry doesn't typically have a specific topic. Though I don't claim to know much... Edited May 13, 2005 by Loki Wyrd
Ayshela Posted May 13, 2005 Report Posted May 13, 2005 *laughs* sign me up for making coffee and tea! a couple of questions - 1. Will topics be assigned for either of the poetry events (open mike or slam)? 2. Is it either-or, or could an ambitious/undecided person sign on for both? 'shela the perpetually confused
reverie Posted May 13, 2005 Author Report Posted May 13, 2005 (edited) Katz: By all means start writing your poems now... I should have went over this point... but one of the basic concepts of Slam or even open mike is that 'this is not improv' You should have prepared piece ready to go by the time you are called up to the mike... Strickly speaking your poems do not even have to entirely orignal to this thread... I would prefer if you came up with something orginal for the quest though...but inspiration can be a fickle thing, ideed... It's not unheard of for many people in real life to Slam poems that were written a long, long time ago... and some use the some one's over and over and over again... This can get to be bit tiresome though... Regarding Topics, Loki's right. Your subject matter is whatever you choose... Slams and open mikes are Free-for-all anything goes kinds of things... So long as you use only words... No elaborate props, No Music, No drums... Ayshela: Topics: Unless someone expressely needs a theme given to them individually to jump start their creativity... I will not be assigning topics... If anyone wants to do both Open mike and Slam... Go right ahead... Keep in mind, that you can't Slam the same poem, you read at Open mike though... Also the only open rows that are limited as an 'either or' choice are that of "Judge" and "Slam Poet" A judge can be a member of the audience, staff, open mike, even be the special guest... But a judge cannot "slam" that would be a confict of interest... Like wise: Anyone can read at open mike, even the M.C. Please sign up for this before hand though... rev... Edited May 13, 2005 by reverie
Peredhil Posted May 13, 2005 Report Posted May 13, 2005 I'll attend, I'm not sure in what capacity. I'm sorry I won't know more until life settles a little.
reverie Posted May 13, 2005 Author Report Posted May 13, 2005 (edited) No prob. Big P... I'll put you down for audience now... Oh here's a note: The current audience list is only for reference of those that plan to be in attendance... It by no means is meant to limit the amount of fictional charactor inventions that some of you might be inclined to come up with... or does it limit other pen-nites from walking into the show later on... Pretty much, i'm being pretty loose with the story development that exists on the preferable edges of the competition... Anything goes really, just please keep it clean and yield back control of the Floor to the M.C. or Hostress so they can keep the rounds progessing forward... rev... Edited May 13, 2005 by reverie
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