Their poetry was by turns personal, political, poignant, hilarious and heartbreaking, but always lightning fast.
Four poets emerged from Tuesday night’s first annual UW collegiate poetry slam, hosted by the Multicultural Student Coalition. The four now move on to the national collegiate finals in Albuquerque, N.M. They were Danez Smith, Sophia Snow, Dominique Chestand and Kelsey VanErt.
The spoken word competition finals drew a crowd of about 300 people to the Memorial Union Theater on a snowy night. Fourteen students competed, culled from the 20 contestants in the semifinals Monday.