Our Poet-Athletes Prepare for the National Poetry SLAM!

Our Poet-Athletes Prepare for the National Poetry SLAM! After Community Poetry SLAMs! across the country, two poet-athletes from each city have been chosen to come to New York City to perform at the National Poetry SLAM! For many of our participants, this will be their first trip to New York, and for some, their first time on an airplane. On April 17th, all of the National Poetry SLAM! participants, parents and chaperones will arrive in New York City for this once-in-a-lifetime weekend. They will have the opportunity to explore the city and to ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange before they get ready for the main event: performing their original poems onstage at the National Poetry SLAM! This year, we are proud to honor Sunil Gulati, President of the US Soccer Federation and a true pioneer in bringing soccer to the United States. Among our special guests we welcome MLS Commissioner Don Garber and Dave Checketts, founder of Sports Capital Partners Worldwide and owner of Real Salt Lake and the St. Louis Blues. We hope you can join us for this inspiring evening!

VIDEO: During last year's National Poetry SLAM! weekend, we asked our poet-athletes and their coaches this question:"What is Poetry?"

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