Welcome to the fourth annual WORD UP! Student Poetry Slam. sponsored by the public libraries of Jefferson County (www.jclc.org). The contestants will perform original poetry inspired by the poem "Daybreak in Alabama" by Langston Hughes. WORD UP! is made possible by grants from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. WORD UP! 2011 - April 3 - at Birmingham Public Library Poets: 1.Audrey Powell : Jackson-Olin - My Black Composer 2.Joy Walls : Shades Valley - The Dawn of a New Beginning 3.Illyshia Parker : Woodlawn - untitled 4.Sharay Brooks: Woodlawn - Walk Like a Queen 5.Seneithia Parker : Parker - When I Become a Child Advocate Lawyer 6.Darius Dubose : Huffman - As One 7.Tamunotonte Korubo : Shades Valley - A Man Who Dreamed 8.Taylor Duncan : Tarrant - My Daybreak in Alabama 9.Yoseline Martinez : Tarrant - untitled 10.Joshua Everett : Leeds - Latino in the White House 11.Jessica Lockett : Ramsay untitled 12.Eric Marable : Pinson Valley - I Am The Thinker 13.Maria Tinker : Huffman - When the River Meets the Sea 14.Paige Reynolds : Homewood - Ode to a Confused Child 15.Derrick Spencer : Ramsay - Alabama 16.Randi Smith : Oak Grove - Folly for Frogs 17.Aaliyah Smith : Clay-Chalkville - No Limits Recorded and produced by: Birmingham Public Library www.bplonline.org Videography: Robert Jones Editing/Post-Production: Richard Manoske
