**Wham! It’s a Poetry Jam
Discovering Performance Poetry
by Sara Holbrook
Reviewed May 7, 2002.
Wordsong, 2002. 55 pages.
Here’s another book in honor of Poetry Month in April. This
one is about performing poetry: Reciting it aloud dramatically and
with movement.
She makes a great case for poetry performance and organizing a competitive
Poetry Jam. The catch is that it would be difficult for one person
to get this going--unless that person were a teacher. This book
in the hands of a whole class could create dynamite. Yes, force
the kids to get started, and I think that soon they’d be enjoying themselves
hugely! :)
The poems themselves are short and fun. This book would also
make a good resource for someone required to recite a short poem for
a class. There are lots of interesting possibilities, and they
are all written to be read out loud, either by an individual or a group.
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