Jason Reynolds, an author from Rockville, Maryland, will perform spoken word poems Saturday as part of the Africa Alive! Community Day 2009 sponsored by the National Museum of African Art. ATM talked ...
For the poetry-wary, Del Rey strikes a comfortable balance between storytelling (moments and lessons from her life) and thematic, exploratory poems that are begging to be picked apart word by word. It ...
Orange County Register: Reading and writing poetry with children makes the words come alive
Poetry digs deeper than written or spoken words for Doyle Rowland Jr. of Muskogee. “It’s more spiritual, because you have to feel it, “ said Rowland, who recites his poetry as Byrd the Overcomer. “It ...
Thousands of years ago, the ancient Greeks recited epic poems aloud. Actors have breathed life into Shakespeare’s soliloquies since the 16th century. Now, a pair of poet-educators are working to bring ...
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Kent County students and their teachers are learning that spoken word poetry is an excellent way to engage a class, to bring the text of a subject to life, and to encourage student ...
Spoken word poetry fuses the craft of writing with the energy of live performance, turning personal truths into shared, transformative experiences. It’s about shaping words for the ear, delivering ...
KPBS: Raymond Antrobus uses spoken word poetry to portray a diverse experience of sound
Album cover for The First Time I Wore Hearing Aids. Raymond Antrobus was born deaf. When he came to poetry, much of his work was built on the history and foundations of poetry slams and spoken word ...