IMAGE GALLERY: 12th Annual Framingham High Poetry Slam

Photos by Alexa Wilcox

It was a battle of words at Amazing Things Arts Center last week, as it hosted the final round of the Framingham High School 12th Annual Senior Class Poetry Slam.

Seven Framingham High teams competed in the finals of the slam.

The slam is a competition between teams of poets who perform their own original work, bringing poetry off the page and onto the stage in a gloves-off, no-holds-barred verbal boxing match with judges chosen randomly from the audience, explained organizer and Framingham High teacher Alison Courchesne.

First place was awarded to the team known as 4 Varsity Athletes and a Nerd. Team members: Tristan Perez, Maddie Biron, Beaux Daley, Chris Stournaras and Gus Lipkin

Second place was awarded to the team known as Sasquatches - Andrew da Costa, Bryce Cushing, Jake O’Brien and Kevin Silva.

Third place went to the team known as #Slam of Loren DeSouza, Morgan Viall, Maggie McKeown, Laryssa Da Silveira and Mirelle Quintela.

The Framingham High School slam began as a class project in 2004, and has since turned into a school-wide, and now community-wide event,explained Courchesne.

Other teams in the finals were:

Framingham

• Carol Rotella
• Jamie Gatlin
• Tim Weisman
• Owen Lesser

• The Phonies
• Krysta Motter
• Kyriel Ross
• Kendall Marcus

• Slam Nation
• Jordan Cline
• Sydney Ogbeifun
• Jaimilee Dresser

• Green Eggs and Slam
• Megan LaPlante
• Steven Liu
• Eric Jacobson
• Jack Breen
• Lucas Quesnel

The event is funded in part by a grant from the Framingham Education Foundation.

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Alexa Wilcox is a Framingham High student, who is part of the FHS Genesis staff. Click on the thumbnails to view her slideshow of more than 2 dozen photos.