I Judged On Spoken Word Poetry

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Spoken Word now the new trend in poetry by the generation called millenials. I just love this new art in poetry, the free verse line and the feelings and art in every word the poet recite. I was invited as one of the judge during the celebration of Youth Week. The contest has a theme on youth's rights and space. The participants include student of high school and colleges. I was a little bit dismayed. The contestants seem delivering speech, singing a song or like a speaker in the graduation day. I cannot feel their poem. Their facial reaction is different from what they are saying. They have no musical score. Or maybe I was expecting too much from them so I was disappointed. Sometimes I write spoken word and read them in my radio program.