Event

Pigeon Poetry Slam Feat. Jamaal St. John

All ages welcome. Uncensored Event.

PhilaMOCA
531 N. 12th Street Philly, PA 19123
(Just North of Spring Garden)

Septa: Broad Street Line, 23,43,61

A poetry slam is a competition between poets performing original work judged by members of the audience. This poetry slam is organized by Ms. Wise and Jacob Winterstein.

Poetry slams feature the best of poetry, theater, hip-hop, story telling, comedy and drama. The content and styles are as diverse as the people of our great city.

Top finishers in the grand slam will represent The Pigeon and Philadelphia at the National Poetry Slam!

Come perform, watch or judge.

Poets wishing to compete should arrive at 8:30 to put their names in the hat. All poets who put their name in the hat pay half price. At 9:00 poets names will be picked out of the hat.

1st round 10 poets
2nd round 4 poets
3rd round 2 poets

The Pigeon* is excited to announce that this month's feature and workshop** leader:

JAMAAL ST. JOHN

is a five time Nuyorican Poets Café Grand Slam Finalist. He is a 6 time winner of The Toronto International Poetry Slam and was crowned Nuyorican Grand Slam Champion in 2008 & 2012.

He is also a two-time winner of The Yale Peabody Slam and The James Marshall Slam.

He is the author of a chapbook of poetry entitled The Horror & The Hype and has 3 spoken word albums to his credit : Enterlightenment, Won't Catch Me Runnin', & Southpaw Stance.

*The Pigeon is an audacious bird that is everywhere.
** The Pigeon Presents: The Nest. A Poetry Workshop. Starts at 7:00 sharp and is free with admission into the slam.