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Poetry Slammin'
Sunday, 7 p.m. at Maui Booksellers, Wailuku
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June 23, 2005
[SPOKEN WORD] Are you actually going to be allowed to physically slam poets? No. Sorry. I already called and asked. What's really happening is poets and spoken word artists are being invited to present and perform original works of three minutes or less in any style and on any theme in a competition (except hate speeches). No music, props or costumes allowed. And what, pray tell, happens if one goes over the three minute limit? They get the hook! Well, no. But, they do lose points (after the 10-second grace period). That's bad, because the top performer of the eve walks with $100!! And for every 10 seconds you go over, you lose 1/2 a point. Five people will be picked at random to judge the event. So why is it called "Poetry Slammin'," if there is no slammin' going on? Dave and Chela (the lovely folks in charge of this event) would eventually like to form a team to compete at the National Poetry Slam so they've followed those rules for this competition. The name of the competition is similar as well. It's just another term for "poetry competition." It's going be a good time. But leave the helmets and pads home for this one. Free to enter. For info, call 244-9091. [HEIDI KING]
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