Slam
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Slam Poetry (Poetry Slam) movement began 1984-1986 and is now one of the most vital energetic movement in poetry today. It began as part of an oral tradition by Marc Smith who started a reading series at a Chicago jazz club. Poetry slam feature a broad range of voices, styles, cultural traditions and approaches to writing and performance. Slam Poets tend to be young and associate their delivery with a sort of hip-hop rhyme scheme.