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How to be a good Rapper part 1: PICK UP A BOOK AND READ SOMETHING MAN! When ever I'm asked the infamous question, how can ...

Does anyone know what happened to Kafe Kuumba? I heard it has moved its Thursday night readings from The Good Life Bar & Grill, 2816 ...

Come celebrate Spring, May 18th, at the Stepping Stones Spring Fling! Donate the old stuff you found while spring cleaning to the community yard sale ...

Wednesday, April 23, 2008, the Indianapolis Poetry Slam is back with a fresh vibe for National Poetry Month. The city's best and most talented spoken ...

In anticipation of stormy weather, the following event has been postponed: Saturday, April 19 8 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Tom Davis will discuss the poetry of James ...

It amuses me to see the number of people Who now despise Michael Vick Cavorting like happy children at the play ground When he received ...

Click here to watch the 'Off the Record with Hip Hop Teachers' video There's a current running through local hip-hop that has nothing to do ...

Poem in Your Pocket Day has been celebrated in New York City since 2002. Each April, city parks, bookstores and workplaces have open readings of ...

The winners of the 2008 Po-Rap-Try competition, sponsored by Etheridge Knight Festival of the Arts, are: 1.) Blaze (Elisha Tiggs), a Christian rapper. 2.) Collin ...

April is National Poetry Month and there are plenty of opportunities in Indy to celebrate. There are probably more venues hosting poetry readings in the ...

The word from the Indiana Arts Commision is that selection of the next Indiana poet laureate, to succeed Joyce Brinkman, is winding down. According to ...

There's a new poetry contest sponsored by Borders. Check out this site www.bordersmedia.com/odp/. Poets can submit texts or videos of their poems. There are also ...

Welcome April. Welcome National Poetry Month. For more information about this observance, visit the American Academy of Poets at www.poets.org. "April" by Emily Dickinson An ...

In honor of National Poetry Month, a look at an upcoming event: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 2: The Kelly Writers Series presents poet Jay Hopler ...

SPILLPHILPHILLIP is the next VOCAB feature! If any of you have been to a VOCAB you know this man, and you also know that this ...

Live The Queens Of Spoken Word This Sunday @ Therapy Nightclub & Lounge 605 E Market St Downtown Indy 9pm-1am 21 & up

It is finally born. I have formed my independent recording label as an extension of my small production studio. I'm avidly promoting its existence to ...

The Indiana State Museum invites poets to celebrate César Chavez Day from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, March 28, by presenting poems dealing with ...

I been asking myself that alot lately...I consider myself a great writer and poet and talent in general but when it comes to performing.....what would ...

Chopsticks So thin, so hungry. A ravenous pair can consume the earth in minutes. One in a series of poems about discovering a lost Japanese ...

Johnson County Public Library's 4th Annual Teen Poetry Contest Heroes have been inspiring English language poets since at least 1010, the date of the oldest ...

So I am a up and coming poet and I have been puttin on and hosting this event called VOCAB. It's a once a month ...

I finally hit the stage folks.....I honestly feel like singing the Dora song, "We did it". Anyone who has kids or grandkids knows who Dora ...

In the latest round of musical chairs for poets' venues, an open mic will return to the Tip Top Tavern, 1341 Capitol Ave., this time ...

Paper crane Peace revealed once the creases of conflict are smoothed out. One in a series of poems about discovering a lost Japanese heritage. To ...

Godzilla We love to watch you dance, O Lizard Breath. Our feet stamp with yours, heads impaled on neon claws. One in a series of ...

One of the best kept secrets in Indy, the Melody Inn Poetry Slam, rocked the sparse house last night. Indy's poetry scene is the strongest ...

It's not Blue Moon but Sunday Night Poetry is Back! aipoet.com and visABILITY Marketing present: SpokenSoulFood Sundays at the Midtown Arts & Coffee Lounge. SpokenSoulFood ...

Calling all Poets, SpokenWord, and lovers of the craft Three stages, Three mics waiting on YOU! This weekend, February 29, March 1, and March 2, ...

Everything YOU wanted to KNOW! All across the city new poetry venues are surfacing and we love it! You can practically read, recite, listen, or ...