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For your consideration: Similar cadence. Different kind of topic.

You really oughta try going to one again. Are there a decent amount of political poems? Sure. But again, there are so many other things. I laugh at slams (out of enjoyment of the pieces being performed, not derision) more than anything else.

Its definitely still a thing lol. I go once a month. There's a ton of variety. The people who say there isn't must not have experienced much. I'm not upset that people "choose to leave it". I'd just like to hear a good reason why. And I haven't yet. I hear a lot of "its all the same thing...

For what its worth (which may not be much since most people on this thread seem to have made up their minds) A) Slam poetry started with an intentional justice/agenda bent. Its highly idealistic. You can watch Marc Kelly Smith (the founder of the NPS) discuss that in in Ted talk. But B) It...