Teen wordsmiths take the mic
Teenaged wordsmiths performed their poetry at The Point CDC in March, in the preliminary rounds of Urban Word NYC.
Teenaged wordsmiths performed their poetry at The Point CDC in March, in the preliminary rounds of Urban Word NYC.
Fourteen poets competed at this year’s Urban Word Poetry Slam Semifinals at The Point CDC on April 4.
It’s a few minutes after 7 o’clock on a recent evening at The Point. Twenty teens have congregated to express, perform, release, inform, recite and raise their voices. It’s Urban Word night. All eyes are now firmly set on Nene Ali. Her head tilts toward the sky, her shoulders thrust […]