Spoken Word Blog

In the following spoken word video, Sarah Kay performs her spoken word poem, Hands, on Def Poetry:

I enjoyed this beautiful poem very much. What do you think?

In the following video, spoken word artist Che performs at the Urban Word NYC 8th Annual Teen Poetry Slam:

What do you think?

In the following video, Tahani Salah performs her spoken word poem, Hate, at the Urban Word NYC 2006 Teen Poetry Slam

The delivery struck me as powerful, but the message seemed a little too judgmental.

What do you think?

In the following video, Truth Is performs her poem, I Don’t Write Letters To Santa Anymore:

I enjoyed this powerful performance very much, even though she forgot her lines a few times. I especially enjoyed when, talking about sweatshops, she said, “What? Made in China? What the f*ck happened to the North Pole?”

What do you think?

In the following video, Stacyanne Chin talks about the realities of poverty in Jamaica, and reads an excerpt from one of her poems.

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In the following video, Riley Lang competes in Texas:

I love when he said, “…we walk a thin line between being righteous and hypocrites.”

What do you think?

In the following video, Common performs his spoken word poem Letter to the Law on Def Poetry:

What do you think?