Introduction to Slam Poetry @FEAC-EducationUSA

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On Wednesday, October 28, from 3:30pm, we were delighted to host a special slam poetry workshop coordinated by American poet Matt Mason, concluding a poetry tour organized by the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest, which included workshops in Craiova, Ploieşti and Drobeta Turnu-Severin high schools, as well as meetings with students from the University of Bucharest’s American Studies department.

Following a warm introduction by U.S. Cultural Attaché Marjorie Stern, Matt proceeded to acquaint participants in the event - mainly 10th and 11th grade students from “I.L. Caragiale” National College and “George Cosbuc” National Bilingual College – with the slam poetry phenomenon, which he exemplified by performing the title poem from his latest collection, “The Baby That Ate Cincinnati”.

Participants were then encouraged to write a first draft of their own on-the-spot poems, starting from an exercise in sense memory, whether they had written a poem before or not. The more daring of the audience got to read their poems out loud, but, thankfully, didn’t get a score at the end.
We would like to thank our friends from the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest for including us in this special tour and for their tireless efforts to shed light on less known aspects of U.S culture.

Matt Mason has won a Pushcart Prize and two Nebraska Book Awards, was a Finalist for the Position of Nebraska State Poet (2013), and serves as executive director of the Nebraska Writers Collective. This has been his fourth tour as a cultural envoy through the U.S. State Department, following slam poetry programs in Botswana (2014), Nepal (2010) and Belarus (2008). You can find out more about his work here: http://matt.midverse.com/

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