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Article: POETRY SLAM TEAM VETS ITS VERSE BEFORE MEET

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DAYTON - If someone was wondering how much passion and energy could fit into a three-minute poem, they should have been at the Canal Street Tavern last Monday night.

It was there that Dayton's National Poetry Slam team unveiled some of the pieces it's been working on for the National Poetry Slam Competition in Chicago Aug. 6-9.

The four-poet team, and one alternate, have been practicing on their pieces the last few months to go up against the other 63 teams. Usually, there are only 56 teams, but as slams have become more popular, the national tournament expanded to allow for more.

In a poetry slam, poets recite or perform an original piece in front of an audience and five randomly chosen ...

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