Essay : Poems on the page, poems in the air ; Introduction to poetry / Billy Collins --
alchemy / Regie Gibson --
pt. 1. The beat remnants --
Poem for the root doctor of rock n roll ; Chicago / Quincy Troupe, Jr. --
Chicago / Kent Foreman --
Before I read this poem / George David Miller --
I am going to start living like a mystic ; Song ; Ocean of grass ; The burning of the midnight lamp / Edward Hirsch --
from eulogy of jimi christ / Regie Gibson --
To Dorothy ; To no one in particular / Marvin Bell --
Anodyne ; Blue Light Lounge sutra for the performance poets at Harold Park Hotel / Yusef Komunyakaa --
funknawlegy / Regie Gibson --
Essay : Hip hop poetry ; Hip hop hollas / Jerry Quickley --
48 hours after you left / DJ Renegade --
Rock'n'roll be a Black woman ; A mixed message / Tara Betts --
The hand has turned / Celena Glenn --
Hear O' Israel / Kevin Coval --
Amethyst rocks ; Essay : The future of language / Saul Williams --
pt. III. Performance art --
Essay : Performance art, performance poetry, the two sisters / Jean Howard --
worship ; Evolution / Cin Salach --
Television / Todd Alcott --
Dancing in your mother's skin ; Dollmaker / Jean Howard --
Hemingway afternoon ; Sirens at the mill / Lisa Buscani --
Essay : Performance art : blood, ice skates, and coyotes in the 20th century / Gregory Harms --
pt. IV. Competitive poetry/Taos --
Essay : Poetic pugilism ; So Edgar Allan Poe was in this car ; I hear there are poets here ; Patience / Terry Jacobus --
The fight game ; Sports teams / Peter Rabbit --
Welcome to the revolution ; Elephant song / Daniel S. Solis --
Essay : The Taos poetry circus / Anne MacNaughton --
Defending Walt Whitman ; Song of ourself ; Totem sonnets ; Marriage ; Inside Dachau / Sherman Alexie --
Untitled ; On drunkenness / Andrei Codrescu.
Essay : About slam poetry ; Cat on a coffin ; The father has faded : a gambling rogation ; Dusty blues ; Street musician ; Pull the next one up / Marc Smith --
Essay : The poetry scene : no one way / Marvin Bell --
prayer ; it's a teenage thang ; in the year i loved your mother / Regie Gibson --
Essay : Once a "virgin, virgin" at the green mill / Richard Prince --
Low down in the Get Me High Lounge / Michael Warr --
The ice worm / Michael R. Brown --
What I said to the man installing the hot tub / Brenda Moossy --
XXX ; LXXIV / Michael Kadela --
Belated valentine : a work in progress / Steve Marsh --
Essay : About 2 poets / Thomas Lux --
Careful what you ask for ; Cartalk : a love poem ; Essay : Degrees of difficulty / Jack McCarthy --
The passion tree ; Dear America ; The abandoned factory of sense ; The foxhole manifesto / Jeffrey McDaniel --
Essay : Around & in the scene ; DisClaimer ; Praise poem for slam : why slam causes pain and is a good thing ; Performance poem / Bob Holman --
Peter meets the wolf ; Hansel tells Gretel of the witch / Regie Cabico --
How to write a political poem ; Like Lilly like Wilson / Taylor Mali --
Howl ; Love / Beau Sia --
And then she ; Building Nicole's mama ; My mother learns English ; A motherfucker too / Patricia Smith --
how do we spell freedom, the weusi alphabeti method ; ... Naming and other Christian things / Roger Bonair-Agard --
Beethoven / Shane Koyczan --
pt. 6. The youth speak --
Weekends ; Hillside ; Keepsake ; Lullaby ; Matinee ; Untitled / Viggo Mortensen --
Essay : Crossing boundaries, crossing cultures : poetry, performance, and the new American revolution / Luis J. Rodriguez --
Three a.m. ; On rain / Sarah Maehl --
Losing / Chinaka Hodge --
from Guilt / Adam Tapia-Grassi --
First period / Kevin M. Derrig --
Essay : Brave new voices / James Kass.
Marc Smith: Introduction / "Stupid Song" (A Parody of "Makin' Whoopee") --
"Introduction to Poetry" (Billy Collins) --
Where the Revolution Started --
"Chicago" (Quincy Troupe, Jr.) --
Beat Remnants: Edward Hirsch and Marvin Bell --
"Song" (Edward Hirsch) --
"To Dorothy" (Marvin Bell) --
Hip Hop / Jerry Quickley --
"Hip Hop Hollas" (Jerry Quickley) --
"The Hand Has Turned" (Celena Glenn) --
"Beat Box Monster" (Sage Francis) / Saul Williams --
"Amethyst Rocks" (Saul Williams) --
Performance Art / "Music Swims Back to Me" (Cin Salach and Ten Tongues) --
"Television" (Todd Alcott) --
Taos Poetry Circus / Terry Jacobus --
The First World Heavyweight Poetry Championship (Terry Jacobus) --
"So Edgar Allan Poe Was in this Car" (Terry Jacobus) --
Slam / "It" (Marc Smith) --
"Slam Schtick" (Marc Smith) --
"A Motherfucker Too" (Patricia Smith) --
"how do we spell freedom-the weusi alphabeti method" (Roger Bonair-Agard) --
Nuyorican Poets Café / "DisClaimer" (Bob Holman) --
NYC-Urbana Slam Team and Taylor Mali --
"Running a Race (No One Knows)" (NYC-Urbana Slam Team) --
"How to Write a Political Poem" (Taylor Mali) --
Slam Goes International --
"Careful What You Ask For" (Jack McCarthy) --
"The Foxhole Manifesto" (Jeffrey McDaniel) --
"What I said to the Man Installing the Hot Tub" (Brenda Moossy) --
"it's a teenage thang" (Regie Gibson) --
Youth / Regie Gibson: "Amens" --
Youth Speaks / Eli Marienthal --
"Multiverse" (Eli Marienthal) --
Viggo Mortensen, Kevin M. Derrig, and Two Tongues --
"Weekends" (Viggo Mortensen) --
"First Period" (Kevin M. Derrig) --
"Mother" (Two Tongues) --
Spoken Word Revolution / "Pull the Next One Up" (Marc Smith).