Zaccheous Jackson at fraser heights- What did you think about Zach's Performance?

What did you think of Zach's Performance?

This week, a man named Zach Jackson came to Fraser heights secondary school  to explain what slam poetry is. Also he gave us a few examples of his own work. To start of the performance, Zach told us what slam poetry is. Zach said that before slam poetry started, people were just reading of a paper about their life with no expression. Zach said that that was very boring. One day a man (I forgot his name) pronounced his poetry with expression and made everything more exciting. Everyone thought that it was a good idea so instead of boring poetry, slam poetry was invented. After that Zach told us how he was introduced to slam poetry. He said that one day he read a sign on a coffee shop that said "SLAM POETRY, GIVE IT YOUR BEST SHOT". Before this Zach told us that he was in and out of jail for drug abuse. Zach told us that when he was in jail he wrote a poem. Zach decided that he was going to try reciting that poem at the coffee shop. Zach then performed his poem and came running out of the coffee shop without even seeing his score. Zach told the school that after he read the poem he never felt so good in his entire life. Instead of going to jail, Zach now went to coffee shops to perform his poems. Lastly, Zach performed many of his poems and also told us many great stories about his life.

In my opinion, Zach's performance was very inspirational and fun to watch. When Zach told us about how he overcame the drugs and other things by performing slam poetry was very cool and he probably inspired other people to do the same. It was fun when Zach told us about his stories because they were very funny and always had happy endings. Overall his performance was really great.

More about Zach:

     "Zaccheus Jackson is a three-time Vancouver Slam poet team member, and a  two-time Vancouver Individual Slam poet champion. In 2007 he was pronounced the Grand Slam Champ. Zach loves  Heniz Ketchup, never touches dimes, and his gritty, rapid-fire, real-life stories will leave you counting syllables in your sleep.

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Zach at Writer fest