I am now a Slam Artist

Slam poetry is a contest with rules, so my shot at the Bike Shed theatre in Exeter is probably the same set up as anytown. You get 3 minutes and get scored by 3 judges out of 20 on the poem, performance and intensity of audience response. The bad news is that scoring is public. The good news is that all the poets were good and I would enjoy hearing any of them again. There were about 70 in the audience they seemed friendly if a little bland; a few familiar faces for Open Mic and a lot of students. One of them was writing it up for the uni rag I told her I enjoyed it and would be back next year. Once bitten I crave a second bite.