As a member of LHSP’s poetry club, I’m really excited to finally attend a poetry slam! In the first ten minutes of every poetry club meeting, we watch a poem. One of my favorite performances was Takara’s “Poet Breathe Now.” My poetry club is also having a recital soon, and I hope to gain some inspiration for my own poetry from attending tomorrow night’s slam.
After doing some research on Kevin Kantor, I’m even more excited! According to his website, “Kevin Kantor is a director, actor, performance poet, and teaching artist. Kevin hold a bachelor’s degree in acting from the University of Northern Colorado, where he founded and acted as artistic director of SOAPbox Productions, a student-run theatre company and spoken word poetry venue dedicated to producing projects believed to be socially relevant, culturally conscious, and politically engaged (GO THEATRE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE!).” I’m really looking forward to hearing the messages in Kantor’s poetry and also learning from the way he delivers them.
Check out the UMich slam poetry team’s tumblr page to see their full schedule and more information about them. The slam begins tomorrow night at 6pm in the League Underground.
