Tag Archives: 2013 Slam

Mormon Poetry Slam, Day 6: Randy Astle Reads
“Bless Our Tacky Chapel” by John Sterling Harris

Tyler December 3, 2013 Comments Off

"LDS Chapel Oakley" from arbyreed on Flickr

Read more about the Mormon Poetry Slam here and see the posting schedule here. Vote for your favorite performance here (the link will go live once all the entries have been posted). Use #MormonPoetrySlam if you post about this in your social media circles.

Mormon Poetry Slam, Day 5: Dayna Patterson Reads
“Jesus is Coming Back” by Michael Hicks

Tyler December 2, 2013 2 Comments

"Fishing from the back of an old pickup" by mikebaird on Flickr

Here’s a link to Michael’s poem if you’d like to follow along as Dayna reads. Read more about the Mormon Poetry Slam here and see the posting schedule here. Vote for your favorite performance here (the link will go live once all the entries have been posted). Use #MormonPoetrySlam if you post about this in your social media circles.

Mormon Poetry Slam, Day 4: Sarah Dunster Reads
“Ghazal” by James Goldberg

Tyler November 29, 2013 Comments Off

"Altar Outside Home - Vientiane, Laos" from AG Gilmore [Anita Gilmore] on Flickr

Here’s a link to James’ poem if you’d like to follow along as Sarah reads. Read more about the Mormon Poetry Slam here and see the posting schedule here. Vote for your favorite performance here (the link will go live once all the entries have been posted). Use #MormonPoetrySlam if you post about this in your social media circles.

Mormon Poetry Slam, Day 3: Ben Abbott Reads
“The Excommunicate” by Danny Nelson

Tyler November 27, 2013 2 Comments

"Stained Glass" from szeke [Pedro Szekely] on Flickr

Mormon Poetry Slam, Day 2: Eric W Jepson Reads
“The Girl with No Hands” by Laura Stott

Tyler November 26, 2013 2 Comments

Mormon Poetry Slam, Day 1: Laura Craner Reads
“Introduction to the Mysteries” by Patricia Karamesines

Tyler November 25, 2013 7 Comments

Here’s a link to Patricia’s poem if you’d like to follow along as Laura reads. Read more about the Mormon Poetry Slam here and see the posting schedule here. Vote for your favorite performance here (the link will go live once all the entries have been posted). Use #MormonPoetrySlam if you post about this in your social media circles.

Let the Mormon Poetry Slamming Begin!

Tyler November 21, 2013 6 Comments

The Mormon Poetry Slam submissions are in: fourteen poems from six readers. Not a huge turnout, but enough to have some fun over the next few weeks as I post the readings, you listen to them and share them (far and wide), you vote for your favorite performance, and your votes determine a winner. Here’s how the competition will go… Read more »

Seven Days and Counting

Tyler November 8, 2013 Comments Off

Zion’s Poetess and the Mormon Poetry Slam

Tyler November 2, 2013 1 Comment

Poet Highlight: Eliza R. Snow, “Song for the Camp of Israel— Let Us Go” Eliza R. Snow (1804-1887) was the Latter-day Saints’ first and only official Poet Laureate. Joseph Smith dubbed her “Zion’s poetess,” a title under which she “penned numerous hymns, occasional verses, and theological poems that,” as Edward Whitley observes, “established for her a position of authority that… Read more »