define it

[emchy]

what, in your personal opinion
is the difference between "regular" and "slam" poetry?
what makes one thing slam and another thing not slam?

i have always wondered.

Comments

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

I don't see a difference between slam and not-slam poetry so much as a difference between poetry meant to be heard first, and poetry meant to be seen on a page first.