This month's slam will be held on Saturday, March 22, and will feature poet Ray McNiece, who is from Ohio and is currently on his 1997 Spring tour, which begins in West Virginia and ends in Florence, Italy. McNiece has three books of poetry published, the most recent of which is titled The Bone Orchard Conga. The slam will begin at 8 p.m. The open mic option allows people to get up on the stage and perform their works without being judged. Every month when people come and watch others do it, it's like a hands-on workshop.
People make amazing progress.
They take their work home and stretch themselves. The next way in which the Greenville Slams will be stretching is to get a team together to compete in the regionals in Johnson City, Tenn. in June. Regional competitions are not open to just anyone. Competitors must be part of a team. In order to have a team, the town represented must have a slam going on regularly.