This was the inaugural event. In the beginning was an idea and Greenville, SC made it into a reality. Here is the final night of the Individual World Poetry Slam 2004! Featuring: Buddy Wakefield, Corbet Dean, Black Falcon, Jon Brown, Stacy Smallwood, Ali Langston, Marcell Murphy, Paradox, Alvin C. Lau, Beth Bullmer, Rachel McKibbens, Ed Mabrey, Celena Glenn with a special cameo appearance by 2003 National Poetry Slam Champion, Mike McGee.