Seventh Word: Reading Some Oral Poems
The photographs below document the Dead Poets Team Slam at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, which took place on March 30, 2001, and is discussed on pages 156-65 of HROP. The photographs follow the same sequence as did the event, with the emcee, Nathan P., leading off and a portrait of the "aftermath of the ritual" at the other end. Each one is numbered to correspond with the book; page numbers are also provided.
With the book in one hand and a mouse in the other, you can get a sense of how the slam proceeded that night.
1. Nathan P. (p. 157)
2. Thomas Lynch (p. 158)
3. Nathan P. (p. 158)
4. Juan Martinez (p. 159)
5. Aya DeLeon (p. 159)
6. Sparrow (p. 160)
7. Yolanda Wilkinson (p. 160)
8. Dan Ferri (p. 160)
9. Dwaywah Frazier (p. 160)
10. Marj Hahne (p. 160)
11. Jonathan Reeve (p. 160)
12. Jonathan Reeve (p. 161)
13. Marj Hahne (p. 162)
14. Dwaywah Frazier (p. 162)
15. Dan Ferri (p. 162)
16. Yolanda Wilkinson (p. 162)
17. Sparrow (p. 162-163)
18. Aya DeLeon (p. 163)
19. Juan Martinez (p. 163)
20. Monique Baptiste (p. 163)
21. Aftermath of the Ritual (p. 163)
Links
| www.nuyorican.org | Nuyorican Poets Cafe web site |
| www.poetryslam.com | Poetry Slam Inc. web site |
| www.citylore.org | City Lore web site |