Explore Howard: Wilde Lake Middle School to get visit from slam poet

Gayle Danley only learned about slam poetry three weeks before taking a national contest in the art form some 16 years ago.

Now a well-known slam poet, Danley will be visiting Wilde Lake Middle School, in Columbia, as an artist in residence, thanks to an Artists-in-Education grant the train received from the Howard County Arts Council.

Slam Poetry

Up Tight and Personal with Slam Poetry

Tell your parents that you went to a slam last night, and there`s a serious probability they will appear at you wish you are speaking a different language. In a way, you are. Unlike the traditional sonnets and limericks that your parents studied in high school, and that you were likely open to as well, slam poetry has no limitations.