"Shephards" by Eva - Spoken Word Video - Poetry Corner

Another one of my favorite pieces as performed here at the Semi-Finals in Cleveland.  There is a very deep message here of tolerance, so listen through the end.  (This one brought tears to my eyes)

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Cleveland SlamU Youth Poetry Team made it into the semi-finals!

UPDATE:  The Cleveland Team was edged out by Philadelphia's team this year for finals, but they made an awesome effort!

UPDATE 2: Philadelphia, New York, Denver and Detroit competed in the finals, and Philadelphia came out the winner!

Today is Not-So-Bebe-Girl Autumn's birthday    ....    AND   ....   she's with the Cleveland SlamU Youth Poetry Team in San Francisco competing in the Brave New Voices competition with her teammates!  They made it through two tough rounds yesterday, 1st place in one and 2nd place in the next.  If they make it through 1st in the Semi's, they go on to the finals tonight to compete against 3 other teams for the win!  If you have just one minute, go to the team's Twitter page and reply to one of their tweets to wish them luck!  Add the hashtag #jointhemovement to put it on the main Twitter stream as well!

Best of luck, Bebe Girl and the Cleveland SlamU team!

If you want to see some of the poets in action, go to my Poetry Corner where I have some videos of the semi-finals here as well as some written pieces (one of my favorite pieces is "The 'N' Word  by Corey - it's not what you think and I guarantee it will leave you with a smile on your face!)

SlamU! Semi-Finals - Spoken Word video - Poetry Corner (Autumn)

My last offering of the SlamU! Semi-final videos is my own Not-So-Bebe-Girl Autumn (my political poetess).  Thursday brought you "The 'N' Word" by Corey, Friday, "Pearls" by Dorrian, Saturday, "Black Girls" by Caira. Today brings my own Not-So-Bebe-Girl Autumn's, the last of my spotlight poets for this year's SlamU! Semi-finals.

I'm one proud mama!  Enjoy!

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All of the featured poets are moving on to the Finals on April 29th, where they will compete for a chance to go to Los Angeles for the next phase of the competition.

SlamU! Semi-Finals - Spoken Word video- Poetry Corner (Caira)

Thursday brought you "The 'N' Word" by Corey, yesterday, "Pearls" by Dorrian, and today, "Black Girls" by Caira. Tomorrow Not-So-Bebe-Girl Autumn's piece will bring you the last of my spotlight poets for this year's SlamU! Semi-finals.

Enjoy!

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SlamU! Semi-Finals - Spoken Word Video - Poetry Corner (Dorrian)

Yesterday, we featured Corey with "The 'N' Word". Today's feature is Dorrian, with a poem that may be disturbing to some, as it deals with pedophelia.  Listen to the talent here!

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Slam U Semi-Finals - Spoken Word video - Poetry Corner (Corey)

Not-So-Bebe-Girl Autumn had a semi-finals competition for Slam U last Friday.  She and 7 others made it into the finals, which are on April 29th.  Wish her luck!  I'd like to take a moment to showcase four of the talented young artists who competed.  First up is Corey, with "The 'N' Word" (NOT what you think!).  Listen and enjoy!

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