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Understand the Poetry Slam with LEAF Poetry Slam hosts Kirk Hardesty And James Navé
Welcome to another episode of Twice 5 Miles Radio. I'm your host, James Navé. Today, my guest is Kirk Hardesty, my co-host for the LEAF Poetry Slam, one of the main stage shows at The LEAF Global Arts Festival since its inception in 1995. Kirk joined me as co-host in the early 2000s, and we've been hosting the event together ever since. Alongside his wife, Jerri, Kirk has organized poetry slams and other poetry events in Alabama for many years. Kirk and I dive deep into what makes a poetry slam tick in this episode. We discuss scoring strategies, judges, and the various approaches poets take…
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