Jefferson High School
What is Verselandia?
Calling all poets. Dust off your poetry books and join the fun!
More information to come, speak to Ms. Newman in the Library if you're interested.
Poetry Slam is competitive spoken word performance poetry. It puts a dual emphasis on both writing and performance. Though rules vary from slam to slam, the basic rules are:
- Competing poets have 3 minutes (plus a 10 second grace period) to perform one poem of their own construction.
- They may not use props, costumes or musical accompaniment.
- Each poem/performance is then given a score (on a scale of 0.0 to 10.0) by five “judges” who are audience members randomly selected by the emcee at the beginning of the Slam. Or pre-selected from the community.
- The high and low scores are dropped, giving the poet a score ranging between 0 and 30.
- Most Slams have two or three elimination rounds. The highest scoring poets at the end of the Slam win prizes.
