I went to a poetry slam tonight. If I had to guess, I would guess few who attended the slam have actually written any poetry. They were all there “to check it out.”
So it goes with poetry slams, the audience judges the poetry using their own perceptions of what’s good and what isn’t. The diverse poetry and diverse audience (along with the fact that few were expert analysts of poetry) made the rating of each slam poem to be fairly objective.
The rating results for all the contestants? Exceptional.
The few low scores the audience gave to the slam poets got boo’d.
It just goes to show, there are more people out there that love your work more than you know.
Stay Positive & Sometimes The More Different You Are, The More People Will Come To Snap Their Fingers
