tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284837106090895124.post6170640905240755687..comments2024-02-23T00:36:49.934-08:00Comments on Throughlines: Department of ProvocationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284837106090895124.post-60517254802669953292006-12-15T16:38:00.000-08:002006-12-15T16:38:00.000-08:00It occurs to me now,the next day, that the challen...It occurs to me now,the next day, that the challenge could be just as easily turned around. It would be too easy to find examples of truly terrible slam lyrics that would be embarrassing on the page. (Way back in the day, Steve Allen used to do a schtick on his late-night TV show where he would read rock lyrics out loud as if they were poems: <br /><br /><i>Met him on a Monday<br />And my heart stood still.<br />Da doo ron ron ron,<br />Da doo ron ron.<br />Somebody told me<br />That his name was Bill.<br />Da doo ron ron ron,<br />Da doo ron ron.</i><br /><br />It was funny, of course, but it made a point. There are different standards of accomplishment when you are writing a rock song, or a rap song, then there are when you are writing, well, a poem.<br /><br />So here's the challenge: can anyone provide an example of a slam poem that would also hold up to scrutiny as a work of poetic and literary merit?Bruce Schaublehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663735635816558661noreply@blogger.com