Monday, February 22, 2010 MORE POETS NEEDED FOR THE FIRST HEAT!! Perth - Get Ready to Slam! Kicking off Wednesday 24th February at the Blue Room Theatre in Northbridge, the Perth Poetry Slam provides an opportunity for Perth poets to perform their original work to an audience - and Perth audiences the chance to be entertained by short bursts of contemporary poetry. In the spirit of the Australian Poetry Slam, contestants are given a microphone, a live audience and just two minutes to impress the randomly selected audience judges, with their original spoken word, poetry, hip-hop, monologues - or whatever. Perth Poetry Slam heats run each Wednesday night until the final on 17th March. Three finalists from each slam heat will compete in the final. The overall winner will take home prizes - and the coveted Perth Poetry Slam Cup! The Perth Poetry Slam series is part of The Blue Room's 21 Summer Nights program.