Teen poetry: Sonnets from the underground – Schools, Education – The Independent
Teen poetry: Sonnets from the underground – Schools, Education – The Independent. Many children run a mile at the mention of poetry – but not if they’ve been turned on to verse through ‘slams’. Bill Hicks reports on competitive bouts of performance poetry to which even the Poet Laureate is lending his support It’s a Saturday afternoon, and seven teenagers take the stage of the Stratford Circus in east London. They’re handed a trophy, and the crowd goes wild, stamping and chanting, “Lam-mas! Lam-mas!” This…
