Poetry Slam, a skill lesser known in India, where competitors write their own verse and perform it on stage for the audience to rate and rank them.

According to Theresa, Poetry Slam democratizes the space for artistes as well as the audience,, as it allows 'creative fulfilment for the former and choice of judgement for the latter. Theresa Hahl who is from Germany requires months of preparation and days of practice to gain her five-minute glory. She is into Poetry Slam, a skill lesser known in India, wherein the competitors write their own verse and perform it on stage for the audience to rate and rank them. The 23-year-old performed a synthesis of Slam and a Kathak performance by Mangala Bhat on the concluding day of the Hyderabad Literary Festival here on Sunday.

Theresa has so far penned over 30 pieces of Slam poetry, each running into three pages. She has participated in over 700 competitions, and won a third of them. A student of Literature and perhaps the youngest among the delegates to the festival, she is one of the very few active woman Slam poets in her country.

She is indeed a strong factor of inspiration for literature lover's!

(AW:Samrat Biswas)