WHAM! It's a Poetry Jam Discovering Performance Poetry

Twist and short-get your poetry out: Toot your own horn -- Call and response-a class act -- Playing catch with words -- You've got rhythm -- Up and at 'em -- Voice your attitude -- You are entitled to your point of view -- Set poetry in motion -- Two's good company, but a crowd is loud -- Going solo -- Developing a split personality -- Two characters in one -- Get ready to wham: Word (or two) about contests -- Ready, set, perform: Creating poems for multiple voices -- Merging unlike poems -- Perform on: Final act -- Note to poetry jam coordinators.

A guide set up poetry performance contests using voice, rhythm, movement, and attitude includes more than thirty practice poems and instructions, rules, and tips for poetry competitions or jams.