As the National Poetry Slam in Seattle, WA is inching closer and closer, poets in the larger Los Angeles area are getting down to the nitty-gritty of selecting their teams through a series of local slam finals. Hollywood chose their team first, in mid-May (Gaknew, Tiffiney Scott, Bridget Gray, and Nafeesa Monroe). Los Angeles will be picking their four best on Thursday, June 7th (please check our LA Slam link for more information). And Long Beach was set on fire on the fine Sunday afternoon of June 3rd.
Damn! It was a huge, big slam!!! The ten finalists in alphabetical order were: Besskepp, Lea Deschenes, Mark Gonzales, Eitan Kadosh, Rachel Kann, Ben Porter Lewis, Daniel McGinn, Jaimes Palacio, R-A-C, and Lauren Wheeler. Up until the last round a fierce battle raged between Ben, Besskepp, Mark, Rachel, R-A-C and Eitan. Talk about pen as a weapon and words that pierce the air like bullets! After all was said and done, the blazing Ben Porter Lewis came out on top. Magnificent Mark Gonzales took the second, rapturous Rachel Kann the third, big-word Besskepp the fourth, and remarkable R-A-C the fifth place.
If you are in the mood for hearing any of these poets, go to Long Beach again next Sunday, June 9th, when they will be slamming off against the Hollywood and Los Angeles teams. For more information and directions, click over to The Big Damn Poetry Slam link.
Lingering in Long Beach and raving for LitRave,
Jelena aka Helen the Bashful Dragon
Damn! It was a huge, big slam!!! The ten finalists in alphabetical order were: Besskepp, Lea Deschenes, Mark Gonzales, Eitan Kadosh, Rachel Kann, Ben Porter Lewis, Daniel McGinn, Jaimes Palacio, R-A-C, and Lauren Wheeler. Up until the last round a fierce battle raged between Ben, Besskepp, Mark, Rachel, R-A-C and Eitan. Talk about pen as a weapon and words that pierce the air like bullets! After all was said and done, the blazing Ben Porter Lewis came out on top. Magnificent Mark Gonzales took the second, rapturous Rachel Kann the third, big-word Besskepp the fourth, and remarkable R-A-C the fifth place.
If you are in the mood for hearing any of these poets, go to Long Beach again next Sunday, June 9th, when they will be slamming off against the Hollywood and Los Angeles teams. For more information and directions, click over to The Big Damn Poetry Slam link.
Lingering in Long Beach and raving for LitRave,
Jelena aka Helen the Bashful Dragon
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