The Black Poet Society of Michigan State University held its second annual Lend Me Your Ears Poetry Slam on campus. Five judges selected from the audience rated the poets on a scale of 1 to 10, with the highest and lowest scores eliminated. Four of these poets went on to Round 2 - T. Miller, Mack, Logic and Gary Jones.
These are the entrants from round one:
The eventual winner - T. Miller of Detroit
The eventual runner-up - Ernest Mack of Flint
Logic - Questions for George
Gary Jones of Flint
Legacy
Hanna
Shayla
First-Timer Jeff