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scousered
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17 Mar 2007, 9:04 am

Have you performed (own texts) in a poetry slam? how are your experiences? I get the feedback from my friends that i don't convey or put the text across well to the audience, that i sound "driven" oder "chased", as if someone was hurrying me on stage- and that i need a lot of training/rehearsal , and my voice quivers- even when i don't feel afraid but relatively calm but still feel feel "driven" when i read texts out loud. Maybe an Aspie will never be able to win a poetry slam......



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17 Mar 2007, 9:09 am

No, but I have fantasized about doing so.

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18 Mar 2007, 10:42 pm

scousered wrote:
Have you performed (own texts) in a poetry slam? how are your experiences? I get the feedback from my friends that i don't convey or put the text across well to the audience, that i sound "driven" oder "chased", as if someone was hurrying me on stage- and that i need a lot of training/rehearsal , and my voice quivers- even when i don't feel afraid but relatively calm but still feel feel "driven" when i read texts out loud. Maybe an Aspie will never be able to win a poetry slam......


I'd say nothing's impossible, and same goes with aspies!



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19 Mar 2007, 12:34 am

i'd love to read some of your poetry.

right now i'm a big fan of big poppa e...i know he does tours around various poetry slams.