Asynchronous Supplemental Jamboree

2024 — Online, OH/US

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Original Spoken Word Poetry

Event Description:

ALL RULES USED AT THE NSDA TOURNAMENT APPLY FOR ORIGINAL SPOKEN WORD POETRY. ALL PERFORMANCES MUST BE FIVE MINUTES WITH A 30 SECOND GRACE PERIOD.

From the NSDA:Students write and perform original poetry to express ideas, experience, or emotion through the creative arrangement of words according to their sound, their rhythm, their meaning.

The maximum time limit is 5 minutes with a 30-second grace period. The delivery must be memorized, and no book or script may be used. No more than 150 words of the original poetry may be direct quotation from any other speech or writing. A successful performer will craft a piece that elicits critical thought, reflection, or emotion. As opposed to traditional Poetry, Spoken Word Poetry is created to be performed aloud and may feature rhythmic flow, vivid imagery, word play, gestures, lyrical elements, and repetition