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Buddy Wakefield (born June 4, 1974) is an American performance poet/slam poet. He is a two-time Individual World Poetry Slam Champion (2004 and 2005)〔( Poetry Slam Inc. Website Announce of Wakefield's Repeat iWPS Championship )〕 whose latest works have been released by Righteous Babe Records (CD) and Write Bloody Publishing (books). == Biography == Buddy Wakefield was born in Shreveport, Louisiana〔(Artist Interview with Buddy Wakefield: ''Fine Line Magazine'' )〕 and raised in Baytown, Texas. In 2001, he left his position as an executive assistant for a biomedical firm〔("The Energy Engine of Buddy Wakefield: Arguably the Most Successful Spoken Word Poet on the Road" by Suzy La Follette, ''The Splinter Generation'' )〕 in Gig Harbor, Washington, sold or gave away everything he owned, and moved into a Honda Civic to tour North American poetry venues.〔(Official Buddy Wakefield Biography )〕 In 2004 and again in 2005, Buddy Wakefield won the Individual World Poetry Slam Championship title, becoming the first poet to win the title two consecutive years.〔(Individual World Poetry Slam )〕 Wakefield has been a member of several poetry slam teams, including Team Seattle in 2006 and 2007. When asked about his thoughts on the "Poetry Slam" and "Slam Poetry," Wakefield responded: Wakefield continues to make his living through his poetry and performance. In addition to touring the world solo, Wakefield has also been a core member of several traveling poetry groups, including 2007's Solomon Sparrow's Electric Whale Revival, 2008's Junkyard Ghost Revival, 2009's Elephant Engine High Dive Revival and 2010's Night Kite Revival, where he shared the stage with poets such as Derrick Brown, Anis Mojgani, Andrea Gibson and Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, among others.〔(Poetry Revival Tour Website )〕 As of April 2012, Wakefield has performed his poetry in every state in the U.S. except "Montana, Mississippi and North Dakota."〔 When asked in an interview why he made art, Wakefield responded: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Buddy Wakefield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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