Event

Dallas Poetry Slam presents the 2014 Grand Slam

Kicking off National Poetry Month, top-area poets will compete for a spot on the nationally ranked Dallas Poetry Slam team during the annual Grand Slam competition on Friday, April 4, 7:00pm at Heroes Lounge at 7402 Greenville Avenue in Dallas. Tickets are only $8 in advance and $10 at the door.

One poet will be crowned this year's Grand Slam Champion, sharing an opportunity with four other poets to represent the city of Dallas in Oakland, California during the National Poetry Slam in August.

"If you have never been to a poetry slam, put aside all those past notions and get ready to be rocked into reality by some of the most talented, most courageous, most mess with your mind and tear your heart out artists of the spoken word you are ever going to see and hear," says Mary L. Clark of Pegasus News.

Poetry slam is a competition of original poetry judged on content and performance by select members of the audience. "Patrons can expect to be delightfully engaged at an event filled with high energy and passion along with a variety of individual poetic expressions ranging from humor or love to personal intrigue or social challenges," says HBO Def Poet and Dallas Poetry Slam organizer and host, Roderick "Rock Baby" Goudy.

Dallas Poetry Slam hosts a weekly event on Fridays at Heroes Sport Bar starting at 8:00PM.

www.dallaspoetryslam.com