Slam Poetry Club, “The place we can come every other Monday and express ourselves” as Ms. Bermudez, the Teacher sponsor of the club, says. If you hadn’t heard, there is a new club this year called Slam Poetry and it is the perfect place to share your poems, express yourself freely and no one will judge you for it. They also give you helpful feedback to help you improve your writing and performance. Slam Poetry club was founded by sophomore, Anisa Khalid, and junior, Paola Cerna, the President and Vise-President of the club. Other officers are, Ibrahim Ali, sophomore, as the Secretary, Kodi Van Antwerp, junior, as the Historian, and Megan Mascheri, senior, as the Coordinator.
When Anisa Khalid started writing poetry over the summer she realized that there wasn’t a club for it at school, so she talked with her friend, Paola, and they made it happen. “My vision for this club is that over the years it continues to thrive and get better and better. I want people to come and for us to be able to host casual poetry slams without the pressure of competition,” Khalid said. So then she went to Ms. Bermudez, and according to Ms. Bermudez when Khalid came to her she already had everything planed out and just asked her if she wanted to sponsor it. Of course Ms. Bermudez was 100% excited for it, she also said, “I don’t always get to see the kids having fun as a teacher, so it’s always fun to see them have that opportunity.”
Sophomore, Eyota Powell said that Slam Poetry club is a safe environment to share poems. She also mentions that what she likes with this club is that she gets an insight into what others are thinking and feeling. “It is a helpful and accepting environment, where people can express every part of themselves with no judgment,” Eyota adds. Slam Poetry club, when experienced first hand, is a safe place to share your inner thoughts and feelings, it’s where you can deal with your emotions in a safe and positive way, and shows that you can take a bad experience or feeling and change it into something amazing.
The club meets every other Monday in Ms. Bermudez’s classroom, room 431 and the remind code is @7fg9h4, in case any of you were wondering. The club fee is only 15 dollars, which also includes the club shirt, and if you still aren’t sure then just come to one of the meetings and decide afterwards if you would like to join, and if you don’t think Slam Poetry club is for you then you can leave. Just know that if you need a safe space to share your poems, Slam Poetry’s doors are wide open.
