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A high school student compared Chris August to pop rocks. Another compared him to a fruit roll-up. He's still coming to terms with that second one. Sonya Renee calls him her baby daddy. Sallie Mae calles him delinquent. The Baltimore County Police Deptartment has called him by three different prisoner numbers. Cynthia French once said that whoever invented Jolt Cola probably got the idea from watching him. Queen Sheba says he's hurtful, but she also says she's at the forefront of the fight for humanity. His mom says he's a nice boy. His fifth grade homeroom teacher said he wasn't living up to his potential. They're all probably right.
In September 2007, Chris became the SlamMaster and Curator for SLAMicide.

Born in New Orleans and raised in Houston and Baltimore, granmadave is a post-teen undergrad living in Baltimore, working in Timonium, and travelling wherever he feels. He sometimes wears skirts, sometimes shaves his face, and sometimes shows up on time to places - sometimes in that order. He likes to think he's a pretty cool guy, but that remains to be proven. He has competed on the local and national level and is the author of several self-published collections of poetry. He is pro-child, pro-family, and pro-choice and plans some day to be a daddy and a high school teacher.

Janna Tanner was born on a federal holiday that you will never be able to guess. She likes it that way. She enjoys sauerkraut at holiday dinners and miniature dachshunds chewing on her fingers. You can say anger is in her blood. As 2005 became 2006, she was found most wrathful by a major religious figure at a Seven Deadly Sins Extravaganza. She plans on keeping that title for years to come. In terms of poetry, she was an English Major in college, has been attending local and national slams for about three years, and writes her own stuff. Just the other day, she wrote an acrostic. Fear her acrostics. They just might kill you.

Chris Wilson has been acclaimed by those who know secretly he has no ego and the least bit of stroking it will get you everywhere. Usually these people mean well, but sometimes they want money or a ride somewhere. He teaches writing in Harford County and founded youth slam in the public school system. While these efforts seem altruistic, it is really just because he is drafting a frighteningly-talented poetic army. He doesn’t want to take anything over; he’s just enamored with concept of being called Admiral Wilson. ALL HANDS ON DECK.