slam analysis

Out of everything Port Veritas does we analyze the slam the most, the scores, the rounds, the reaction of the crowd to each piece and whether it was proper or not. Sometimes a great poet gets robbed and sometimes a less then stellar performer gets thrust into the spotlight. We(the rest of the poets) pull every detail apart in our minds and this last week was no different. Its been a few days and I have some points.

It was great to see everyone step up so well this week. When Nate(Piranha) Amadon is on not many people can come close but he was on and people were challenging him. Firstly, TINA SMITH was great and its not about her reaching a new level in her poetry or anything like that. The esteemed former political dark horse and long time supporter has gotten on stage week after week and sometimes messed up but every time got better. This tuesday she was at a level of comfort with her material and performance that she was going on stage without flaws. Thats hard to compete with.

Wil Anthony gave the most stirring and mesmorizing reading he has ever given and it was sitting down, too bad for him it was about a minute and a half over. He's making huge strides with his content and he has this innate talent for bringing the crowd into his clutches. I'm not jealous of him yet but I'm getting there.

Olivia went over on time as well and came in second overall, so thats pretty insane. She projects perfectly and has this certain bobbing back and forth uneasy physical movement while she is performing that keeps everyone off kilter enough to feel every word.

Nate won and qualified for his spot in the big game and he did it the right way, by screwing up last time and fixing it. Same way everybody has to do it. Regardless of what anyone says Port Veritas has no wonderful flawless genius's just people working hard. The ones that work the hardest win.