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Tonight Dylan asked me, "Hey Mom! Do you know what a poetry slam is?"

Do I know what a poetry slam is?

I was at poetry slams back in the 80s when the movement was first starting. I did a bunch of poetry readings around Boston and part of my goal was to build up my courage to go to a poetry slam and try out my own stuff. Poetry slam is the standup of poetry. It's amazing. I never got there on my own - but always wished that I had tried.

So when Dylan asked me tonight I just said, "Yep. Do you?"

"Yes! And I've been wanting to show you this amazing guy - Taylor Mali."

So he brought his laptop over and we watched this.



Taylor Mali is an English teacher who cares deeply about what he does. Which is totally awesome. But a passionate English teacher who also does poetry slams? ...Bowing...I'm not worthy!!!

I love that Dylan loves this guy.

And I just love YouTube. We didn't have that in the 80s. And we also didn't have poetry slams in high school back then, like they do at Dylan's school. So cool!