TORONTO POETRY SLAM is a twice-monthly spoken word competition, where the judges vote on each poem presented. TPS is produced by Toronto Poetry Project, a spoken word collective dedicated to promoting the art form in the GTA and beyond.
Our home venue is the Drake Hotel Underground, 1150 Queen St. W.
TPS is all about ideas, with one in particular: people sharing poetry for everyone to enjoy. You'll hear pure honesty poured onto the stage, wrapped in an entertaining performance style you won't see anywhere else.
Best of all, anyone can slam! Just arrive at the Drake to sign up for 730pm sharp. Judges from the audience score each poem between 0 and 10, basing their scores on both content n' performance. 12 poets are in the first round, then it's whittled down to 6, and the a final 3 poets battle it out in the final round. Winners get $80 and a bye into the semis. Poets can also get points towards making the Toronto Poetry Slam Team.
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6:26 sheesh
I love how you can always tell which poems he just wrote, and all of the emotions are still fresh!
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I love how the audience slowly gets more and more mesmerized. He's just so incredible
the master
This was slept on
This man ❤. True inspiration
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"A man is not defined by what he can destroy. " "A person who only knows how to fight can only communicate in violence, and that shouldn't be anyone's first language." 💯
So many Poets are more concerned about their word play rather than what their words say.......
This sounds like s bunch of jibberish....Alot of random words and thoughts that can easily loose the average listeners..The cadance also sounds like every other poet that I've heard with the same exact style.. honestly im not impressed or maybe its just this particular performance.... Someone please guide me to his better poetry please..
Just my opinion alot of rambling.........And also some parts I kept rewinding and simply couldn't understand what was being said......Sounds like a bunch of jibberish.....and random thoughts like A pot of Gumbo....
Necessary brilliance...Baldwin reincarnate.
Well it's certainly not about entitlement in my opinion
I'm honored to have me you in 2009 @ SDSU and still I listen to all of you old and new poems I appreciate the motivation and beautiful delivery of your poems! you the ish !!! Keep it up !!you motivating the world!
"You are still alive so act like it." I love it. I live it.
He reminds me of my friend Travis Blackman, another stellar poet
I come back here everytime to witness this much greatness from a man.
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Rudy is such a beast
I see him this weekend and I'm so excited. Have to get him a birthday gift.
Excellent poet. Wow. Stop complaining. Enjoy life and ahhhhh that first love. Nohing can compare
Tryna convince my shadow I’m worth following….
This has been stolen from me. The Offset Sun Tethered seals of Ten Summoners Tails. Hoist the anchor and set the sails. Carried through waves of Tronic time. Cherished songs of barley wine. Throw the scabbard at the worms swollen head. Sleeping close in mind and bed. Pulling strings to not be seen. Tossing hands and 5 magic beans. Up toward the sky they climb. Shimmering gleam of the sides of dimes. The gravity biting at their heals.
What!!!! When did Saul come to Toronto in 2019!!!
Around 2019
Writing style analysis. User If I show you ramblings can you tell me who’s writings it most closely resembles in all your data? ChatGPT As an AI language model, I can analyze the text you provide me and compare it to the vast amount of data I have been trained on. Based on this, I can give you an idea of whose writing style your text most closely resembles. However, it is important to note that my analysis will be based solely on the textual features of the writing and not on any personal or biographical information about the author. Additionally, my analysis may not be 100% accurate, as writing style can be influenced by many factors, such as context, audience, and purpose. If you would like me to analyze your ramblings, please provide the text and I will do my best to provide an answer based on my training data. User Tumultuous buzzard’s over head circling me vultures Accumulate by the nature of scavengers nurturing the savages Clipped wings mid flight with verbal means, so they censor the dragons Callous tyrants of the order sspare the rod spoil the boy pure love two faced hate, same coincide cure chaos with pain and ache Does it take humiliation to become a humble soul with humility and wisdom, you can’t borrow experience, none of us inferior Something in the the WeiQi moves, ensnared me her spirits not near me, yet I fear even while I sleep I see her I delve into an enigma, a mystery a game of territory life and death, 361 ways to to make a mess. Find out it was all just a conversation in the end, it’s silent here so it appears but there’s a symphony in my head, an instrumental health issue I’ve gotten used to, as Igo kill ego with the online amigos no pinions for the to hold up and so the flock falls together like all those who come before us succumb under gales of the storm, feathers stripped, stool pidgin dozen she not numb enough get another that should number slumberland over doze aim at evil blasphemy Heresy another tragedy out of sight out of mind becoming a casualty casually in a sea of people spreading pestilence senseless death of peasants save change for the 1% who don’t give a shit Fervor is forever that’s why I’m to stubborn too shut up Another child taken farther from the father as he’s smothered under some other entity It’s not me, it’s not my family, in your head in your head what’s in there, zombie? We can’t see we can’t say “if I were you if you were me…” you’d be in the same position don’t give me half thoughts on double speak like mob mentality you just rinse repeat paraphrased cliché News fed media filtered through algorithms preset to your biases positive feed back loop of a toxic environment, mechanical tyrants pushing what’s viral digital monsters wit no hygiene or education ChatGPT Based on my analysis of the text you provided, the writing style appears to be similar to that of a spoken word poet or rapper. The use of internal rhyme and slant rhyme, as well as the emphasis on rhythm and cadence, is indicative of these genres. The themes of social justice, inequality, and oppression are also commonly found in spoken word poetry and rap. In terms of specific artists or writers, the style of the text shares similarities with the works of Tupac Shakur, Kendrick Lamar, and Saul Williams, among others. However, it is important to note that these are just examples and my analysis is not definitive
This is very beautiful. I wish I could be as good as you. The sweetest stories still untold My candle light is dead and cold The empty scrolls I now unfold I dare to write that which I mould Oh infinity Tell them I am coming As you can see I am not dead yet. 😅
WOW. That's literally all I can even say. I love this. - I've never listened to slam poetry until today. I'm addicted.
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Exquisite. Just phenomenal. Thank you for your beautiful words Rudy I really enjoyed all of your poems. ✨
They were all powerful in their own way! Fantastic job.
These poems are very entertaining, life. Is so difficult, it is beautiful to come out have a great laugh from a good poet.
I love Saul In studying philosophy I learned about how Aristotle coined the term natural slave. A person who has no intention of self-control in order to master himself. Which came first, the slave or the master? Scared money don't make none, thank you for helping me find strength.
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I am public enemy number one
I haven't missed your Day poetry maybe one day me and you will work together how about this how mr. Williams
Standup comedy here, monologuing; not poetry.
Pure genius with the words
Yesss! My caribbean sister 💜
This person is so cool. I wish I had it that figured out at that age.
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So lame
Lol yu couldn’t do it
Oh - A f*cking g*ddamn Indian! Hmm. Look at this b*tch so obsessed with English slavery and colonialism!! And this f*cking c*nt comes here with all you b*tches who f*cked so much after Britain left your maybe sh*tty country - that you made it overpopulated. And you piece of sh*t motherf*ckers come here with your sociocentrism and take all the jobs. And any White Person who protests you call ‘racist’. Well -f*ck the racist word. Get the f*ck out of Canada you motherf*ckers taking all the jobs with your sh*t *ss franchise owners and businessmen - giving all the jobs to your own f*cking people and taking advantage and exploiting the word racism and diversity for your own narcissism!!!
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I was born on July 28 th..a day after him
Rudy ❤
Maaaan, that honest poem!!!!😮😮
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I started clapping alone in my room and even when I noticed I was being strange I just kept going because I had to do something with the energy. I'm so proud of him
Poetic genius