By Haley Tran

Lowell, Massachusetts- Two in the world of spoken word, the groups Codman and Freeverse,  performed poems soaked with undertones of suffering and emotion on May 6 at the biggest poetry slam and festival in Massachusetts called Louder Than a Bomb.

Freeverse took the personas of mothers from the Holocaust and Syrian refugee crisis and used them to convey the genocidal tones experienced by Syrians today.

The performance was something like the emotional side of political science.

Codman created a catchy chant and spoke on racist undertones given off by federal and authoritarian positions.

The poems were not exclusively political.

Spoken word is an artistic expression open to such a broad audience that anybody could enjoy watching a slam.

One poet from the group Urban Ego used body movement and personalities in his slam.

Urban Ego’s rep had a rather interesting and entertaining poem to watch, incorporating dance and various personas of the people around him.

My favorite pieces of the night were group pieces by Codman and Freeverse as well as by Urban Ego.

Freeverse took the personas of mothers from the Holocaust and Syrian refugee crisis and used them to convey the genocidal tones given to Syrians today.