Poetry Slam was invented in Chicago in 1984 by Marc Kelly Smith who wanted to bring poetry back to the people. A poetry slam is a competitive art form, with specific rules, where poets perform against fellow poets in front of a live audience. Each solo poet has three minutes to bust out a poem of their own creation. Poets receive scores from five randomly selected judges, in round-robin elimination periods, until a winner is determined. Heckling the Judges is encouraged.
Thursday, October 29
7:30 p.m.
By donation at the door
Hosted by Canmore's Nikki Tate
Nikki Tate is the author of more than 30 books, as well as hundreds of articles, blog posts, media releases and corporate documents.
She is the founder of creative space Nexus Generation, the home of Writers on Fire, an online writing community where she mentors and supports members in developing their writing skills and how to share their stories and poems on a variety of platforms.
