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ELI5: Slam poetry

I know literally nothing about it other than it sounds like normal poetry with randomly enunciated syllables.
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As poetry, it's basically just free verse -- rhythm and sound are emphasized, totally unlike normal prose, but there is no strict meter or rhyme scheme. Topically, it deals with social issues and difficult personal problems -- a personal experience of social injustice or lack of respect for certain roles, or gender and racial issues all make common themes. 

What really makes slam poetry what it is, though, is that it's focused on the live spoken performance, not the written form. It came from what were (and are) called 'poetry slams,' live events where writers/performers give energetic, impassioned recitations of their work, and the delivery is as important as the writing, or more so, at the competitive judged slams. Looking up Robert Frost or even Billy Collins will get you links to their poems, written. Look up slam poetry, you'll find video links. A successful slammer not only writes well, but practices the delivery endlessly, as opposed to normal poets, who give readings, but the written form is the primary basis of their work -- meant to be read, where slam poetry is meant to be witnessed live.