As you can see from the last slam, we have our winners & losers. Facing off in the winner's slam will be Team A & Team C, Team B, Team D & Team E in the losers. The bottom team will be eliminated. Gripe & complain all you want.
Two things here. Remember that you can use prewrites for this final round. I am going to need totally random judges for this round [I'm not letting you guys judge again. Sorry. haha] so please put the word out. I'll pay 'em a bit, though they probably don't need the points. Your final slam stuff is due tomorrow, Friday May 16th at 11:59PM [it's easier to remember that way. haha] The same deduction rules will apply. Group poems are not required, but personally recommended.
We will be hosting the second slam here, on this column. I would come up with some cutsie little name for a corner café type of thing for this column too, but I don’t feel like it. If you want to, I’ll add it to the column & such.
As the slam master of these bouts, its my duty to gently remind you all of the rules of slam & give you this rant. They are truly simple. Teams of poets will perform poems of 3 minutes or less, with a flexible 10 seconds in there. Though parodies & references are allowed, all poets work must be original. Four audience members & myself will serve as the judges of these poems based on both performance & poetry. The scores will range from 1 to 10, going only to one decimal point. Sorry, not 3.1415 blah blah blah shit. In Olympic fashion [where this contest started], the top & bottom scores will dropped. To calibrate our judges, I will perform a poem of my own & give you all a chance to hone your scores for tonight. The top team in each slam will move to the finals & the bottom teams will be slaming for their livelihood in this competition. The important to remember here though is that “the point’s not the points, it’s the poetry.”
A note to the judges:
Since we are not going to be able to actually see these performances, we are going to keep the escence of the slam. I've been debating with myself how to judge this slam, but I've decided. Just read each poem once, either outloud or with your eyes. I personally will be reading them outloud. Then give them their scores, on the spot. In an actual slam, you aren't allowed to go back & analyze metaphors & vocabulary, you take it as it comes, & that same concept is going to stick here.
Since Team B couldn't even turn in prewrites, I have decided to just have some huge slam for the Hell of it. haha
round one
Team D
http://allpoetry.com/poem/4237665
Bunny: 9.0, Ten: 9.2, Cinn: 9.0, Ryan: 8.8, Myself: 9.4
Total score: 27.2
Team score: 27.2
Team E
http://allpoetry.com/poem/4237813
Bunny: 7.0, Ten: 7.9, Cinn: 7.5, Ryan: 6.8, Myself: 9.0
Total score: 22.4
Team score: 22.4
Team A
http://allpoetry.com/poem/4234805
Bunny: 9.2, Ten: 8.5, Cinn: 9.8, Ryan: 9.0, Myself: 9.7
Total score: 27.9
Team score: 27.9
Team C
http://allpoetry.com/poem/4238025
Bunny: 8.6, Ten: 7.7, Cinn: 8.0, Ryan: 7.9, Myself: 8.5
Total score: 24.4
Team score: 24.4
round two
Team E
http://allpoetry.com/poem/2713554
Bunny: 8.8, Ten: 9.1, Cinn: 10, Ryan: 8.9, Myself: 9.1
Total score: 27.1
Team score: 49.5
Team A
http://allpoetry.com/poem/4237835
Bunny: 8.9, Ten: 9.1, Cinn: 9.0, Ryan: 8.7, Myself: 9.3
Total score: 27
Team score: 54.9
Team C
http://allpoetry.com/poem/4236367
Bunny: 8.8, Ten: 7.6, Cinn: 7.0, Ryan: 8.4, Myself: 8.8
Total score: 24.8
Team score: 49.2
Team D
http://allpoetry.com/poem/4237975
Bunny: 8.9, Ten: 9.6, Cinn: 10, Ryan: 9.0, Myself: 9.5
Total score: 28.1
Team score: 55.3
round three
Team A
http://allpoetry.com/poem/4229343
Bunny: 9.3, Ten: 9.3, Cinn: 9.1, Ryan: 8.9, Myself: 9.7
Total score: 27.7
Team score: 82.6
Team C
http://allpoetry.com/poem/4237843
Bunny: 9.2, Ten: 8.4, Cinn: 7.2, Ryan: 8.2, Myself: 7.0
Total score: 23.8
Team score: 73
Team D
http://allpoetry.com/poem/4060483
Bunny: 8.8, Ten: 8.6, Cinn: 9.4, Ryan: 9.0, Myself: 9.1
Total score: 26.9
Team score: 82.2
Team E
http://allpoetry.com/poem/4192309
Bunny: 8.9, Ten: 8.3, Cinn: 6.0, Ryan: 7.0, Myself: 7.4
Total score: 22.7
Team score: 72.2
round four
Team C
http://allpoetry.com/poem/3902765
Bunny: 8.5, Ten: 8.9, Cinn: 9.9, Ryan: 9.6, Myself: 9.3
Total score: 27.8
Team score: 100.8
Team D
http://allpoetry.com/poem/4238087
Bunny: 8.7, Ten: 9.2, Cinn: 8.9, Ryan: 8.1, Myself: 9.1
Total score: 26.7
Team score: 108.9
Team E
http://allpoetry.com/poem/4145347
Bunny: 8.7, Ten: 8.5, Ryan: 7.9, Myself: 8.6 [Since Cinn didn't come back & judge, I'll use 'Sunrise's score] 8.1
Total score: 25.2
Team score: 97.4
Team A
http://allpoetry.com/poem/4238157
Bunny: 8.9, Ten: 9.2, Cinn: 9.0, Ryan: 9.5, Myself: 9.8
Total score: 27.7
Team score: 110.3
Final Team Score:
1st. Team A, 110.3
2nd. Team D, 108.9
3rd. Team C, 100.8
4th. Team E, 97.4
Bragging rights go to Marty, Christina & Tyler. :]] pretty good for "not knowing how to slam."
Good luck guys.
-Chase
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