45: A little bit of history; I perform.

50: Okay. Were going to come back to that. Heres who I am. Heres what slam
poetry is.
55: Introducing ourselves in the poetry voice.
Were going to do poems about religion but it doesnt have to be about religion.
Generally two parts. writing then tweaking
Spoken poems are about emotion and theyre about truth
5: List poem Questions Ive been asked as a Midwife
10: Write-then-speak What Ive learned about being a Christian Things Ive
overheard in temple What I wanted to say when I prayed
15: Speech/braided An Open Letter to God from an Atheist
Emotion-based plea to a specific audience.
Prayer? Song? One quote used over and over.
You dont even have to be yourself to JK Rowling from Cho Chang.
20: Were going to do this out loud, first. Speak then write. It may be useful to
record yourself.
25: Write that down
30: Big moment poem when God happens
The secret is you get to choose what the big moment is
35: Combine them
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Go!