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Join us & PLAY with YOUR poetry!

For National Poetry Month, we’re calling all poets to play with us through #TapPoetry: A quick gif-pause game where you land on a poem that describes a part of your life! Every week we post a prompt on Facebook, Insta and Twitter (if anybody knows how we can get it crackin on Tumblr, hit us up!). 

Follow the instructions on the prompt-post and your short poem may be in the next #TapPoetry game!

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Tried kickin off #NationalPoetryMonth with a cypher, but fools gotta act up sometimes SMH

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Don’t Talk About It, SP!T About It: Loni & Karen

How long can you glide when falling out of love? Such a crash has never been captured before like in this new ‎poetry-drama original short; a collaboration with Sp!t Spoken Word Theater. WATCH to see if they survive the landing...

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Introducing: Don’t Talk About It, SP!T ABOUT IT

We are excited to announce that the Prime Poetry League has teamed up with SPiT Spoken Word Theatre to bring you more performance poetry dopeness in our latest and greatest collaboration!

A quick preview of the poetry drama short film dropping March 29th:

So, everyone’s studied Shakespeare at least once in their lives, but most don’t realize that he was THE OG performance poet. Shakespeare didn’t write Romeo & Juliet for folks to quietly read in a corner; he wrote it for the STAGE.

Now, SPiT’s new play, Don’t Talk About It, SP!T About It, modernizes what Shakespeare started, combining prose and poetry into a present-day performance poetry masterpiece. Written and created by the homie Alex Alpharaoh, who competed in our inaugural poetry clash against Daniel Hees (debatable... you can vote on the video tho), the play is a LOK’s Angeles Production that started as a collection of dramatic spoken word pieces and raps, and evolved over 5+ years into a cohesive, SHARP, and gripping theatrical play!

The LEAGUE exists to collab with poets to produce dope poetry content for the internet wave, so collaborating with Sp!t to help promote the play’s April run was the perfect match-up.

Subscribe to our Youtube channel so you don’t miss out on the short film’s release. The actual play runs in Los Angeles, August 4-28 at Casa0101. Check out Casa0101.org for more info.

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Emi Mahmoud makes pages cry tears of ink & puddles of poetry.

Co-winner of the WOWPS (Women of the World Poetry Slam) 2016 & IWPS 2015 champion, Emi Mahmoud takes us for a ride in this piece which she performed in the final rounds at the Individual World Poetry SLam 2015. Check out more of her work on Facebook.

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Crystal Valentine reaches a BREAKING POINT with her sharp poetry.

IWPS 2015 finalist Crystal Valentine takes a crack at jagged issues as our featured poet for today in Women’s History Month. Check out the piece where we chipped this stunning shard from:

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“I CAN’T BREATHE.” Imani Cezanne’s visceral poetry echoes the late cry.

Today's line comes from 2015 IWPS (Individual World Poetry Slam) finalist,  Imani Cezanne as today’s Women’s History Month featured poet. Check out more of her work on her tumblr, and her gripping performance where today’s featured line is from:  

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For this month's 1 Poet 1 Line series, we'll be featuring quotes from the 2015 IWPS (Individual World Poetry Slam) finalists!

The first line coming from FreeQuency aka FreeQ Tha Mighty in her 2nd Round piece of the Finals! Check out more of her work on her site: http://www.freequencyspeaks.com/

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Magician Andre Echave and poet Eddy M. Gana Jr., one half of the poetry duo Steady, collaborate with The Prime Poetry League to bring a short piece highlighting the memories of lost loved ones, respecting their memory, and the justices owed to our Filipino American veterans.

For more info about Fil-Am Veteran justice, visit KMB Pro-People Youth: 

Connect with the Prime Poetry League: FB | IG | Twitter | Snapchat: PrimePoetryLG

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Abet Speaks: Good Enough | PRIME POETRY

Love. Lust. Is all really fair? Chicago poet Abet Speaks drops some hard truth.

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Performing vs Reciting Poetry on Stage | OFF PAGE

This past weekend we met up with poet, actor, director and writer of the poetic stage play, SP!T, Alex Alpharaoh. At some point, Alex started popping off about the lack of stage-techniques used among spoken word poets, and decided to show us how it’s done!

Follow Alex on IG & Twitter: @Alpharaoh Connect with us on Facebook, IG & Twitter: @PrimePoetryLG

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6 TIPS TO START POETRY SLAMMING | OFF PAGE POETRY VLOG

NEW YEAR. NEW GOALS. Have you been going to open mics but are on the fence about competing at a slam? MAKE 2016 YOUR YEAR! Hit the ground running with these 6 tips on prepping for this year's slam season!

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ALEX ALPHARAOH VS DANIEL HEES | POETRY CLASH

The poetry clash is a new format we've come up with where two poets slam directly against each other over three themed rounds, challenging poets to write fresh and experiment with performance! Two brave poets have stepped up to try out the clash format at The Rough Draft, with the round themes of IDEAS, NIGHTMARES and DREAMS. Let us know in the comments who you think won!

The Prime Poetry League: @PrimePoetryLG Alex Alpharaoh: @Alpharaoh Daniel Hees: @TheChubbyFat

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What is a poetry slam?

Peep the vid as we discuss the origins of slam, the rules and requirements of poetry slam!

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1 Poet 1 Line #23: Shirley May

Today's line comes from the director of the Young Identity Manchester poetry group, Shirley May! Her line is sharp and insightful, proof of which why she's the one to mentor Manchester's finest young poets! Follow Young Identity MCR: http://www.youngidentity.org/ https://www.facebook.com/YoungIdentityMCR

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1 POET 1 LINE #21: Rolland Tizuela | Ocianside, CA, USA

From Oceanside, California, Rolland Tizuela kicks a firey line about his relationship with his passions!

Follow Glassless Minds on FB: https://www.facebook.com/glasslessminds and Rolland on IG: @rollandtizuela

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1 POET 1 LINE #19: Ed Kaufman | Wintertur, Switzerland

This week's poet comes from one of the Bisschen Böse poetry slam coordinators, an OG of the Swiss poet scene, Ed Kaufman! Ed shares his favorite line that not only has a persevering attitude towards life, but also brought some "success" his way too!

Follow Bisschen Böse and Ed Kaufman Watch on YouTube