/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.12848227]

>be me
>be in a poetry critique group
>eveyone else writes insipid Instagram bullshit
>force yourself to go anyway because maybe it's better than nothing
>get invited by these people to enter a local poetry slam
>you've never done spoken word before, but you enter for the lulz
>write all over your material in one sitting; do zero editing
>make it all just a bunch of braindead, over-emotional nonsense that repeats itself purely for the sake of repetition
>win the slam
>get offers to do paid gigs
>turn them down
>give the $63 you won to the first homeless guy you see
>go home and write about it as a greentext story on 4chan

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[Anonymous No.12848237]

>>12848227
unironically based post OP. good on you for giving away your prize money to someone who could use it. i think slam poetry is mostly stupid but the people that do it right like Gil Scott-Heron probably use the same sort of stream of consciousness little to no editing type of deal and that makes it authentic even if you're just bullshitting for a kek

[Anonymous No.12848249]

>>12848227
post it

[Anonymous No.12848276]

>>12848227
Is this some kind of humble bragging, bukowski style?
fuck off.neet.

[Anonymous No.12848283]

>>12848227
based

[Anonymous No.12848478]

good job OP but stop masturbating over how amazing you are at writing shit poetry

[Anonymous No.12848547]

>>12848227