{"id":2310,"date":"2016-02-28T13:47:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T18:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/?p=2310"},"modified":"2016-02-28T13:48:26","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T18:48:26","slug":"poetry-is-emotion-freshman-organizes-black-history-month-poetry-slam-for-feb-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/?p=2310","title":{"rendered":"‘Poetry is emotion’ – freshman organizes Black History Month Poetry Slam for Feb. 29"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Ellen Laws<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Broad River Coffee House<\/a>\u00a0will be hosting a Black History Month Poetry Slam at 7 p.m., on Feb.\u00a029. The poetry slam is an open mic night event, open to students and community members, with an emphasis on poetry.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea [for the poetry slam] came up during some brainstorming with a couple of close friends who pushed me to promote black history month here on campus,\u201d said freshman Rachael Meachem, organizer of the poetry slam.<\/p>\n

After doing research for the black history month displays in the Dover Library<\/a>, Meachem became inspired by Amiri Baraka<\/a>. \u201cBaraka was an African-American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism. His\u00a0career spanned nearly 50 years, and his themes range from black liberation to white racism,\u201d said Meachem.\u00a0\u201cI truly admire the ways of Amiri Baraka, purely because his ways were controversial; \u00a0it made people talk about a subject that they weren\u2019t comfortable with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meachem’s desire for the poetry slam is for participants to\u00a0spark conversation about racial injustices, like Baraka’s work does, through poetry.<\/p>\n

\u201cPoetry expresses emotion because poetry is emotion. Using metaphors, allusions, hyperboles, and other techniques in poetry, a person can emphasize certain points and express raw emotion through a few or many words,” said Meachem. “Poetry allows a person to be freer in what they say.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information about the poetry slam contact rmeachem@gardner-webb.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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