The list changes often, but currently these are my top 5 favorite spoken word poems:
What are your top 5 favorite spoken word poems?
I just found the following spoken word poem by Jon Rivero, entitled Chicken Soup for the Global Citizen:
I like this poem a lot. I especially agree with the message. Whoever did the video production and direction of this spoken word video did a great job!
What do you think?
The great spoken word artist Sage Francis has released his new hip-hop album, Human the Death Dance
This album turns inward to explore personal issues more, where his previous albums focused more on sociopolitical issues. Of course, it still gives the same great work from Sage Francis, in a mix between spoken word and hip-hop.
Have you listened to it?
What do you think?
The user JusticeUmbiya posted the following video of the spoken word poem, Stepz 2 Heaven, which I assume features himself.
I like it. The poet has very good poetic abilities. The topic of lost love at first sight seems popular.
What do you think?
I found the following funny spoken word poem on YouTube:
While funny, the poem has a deep aspect to it also. What do you think?
Hey all you spoken word artists and poets out there! Listen up! We want to publish videos of you performing on our website. If you have a video of any of your public performances, upload them to your computer and email them to us as an attachment. If you have a webcam, record yourself reciting one of your poems, and email it to us. Our email address is mail@spokenword.scotthughes.biz. You don’t need to be famous, and this is a chance for free exposure.
If you have a video on YouTube, you can add it to our artist directory yourself, with our inclusion request form.
Spread the word to any other spoken word artists or other poets that you know!
In the following video, Protege performs his poem Hate Love:
I like the poem very much. I would love to see it with a more polished performance. The artist, Protege, wants to get on Def Poetry. I think he could do it (once he memorizes the words of course).
What do you think?
In the following video, Anthonology performs Beyond The Image:
I like it. What do you think?
I just found the following spoken word political poem on YouTube:
I like it. What do you think?
Today, I have a special treat from YouTube. The following video contains graphic art to the poetic introduction of V from the popular movie V For Vendetta:
While on the topic of V For Vendetta, I like V’s speech most of all. So, I include that too:
Make sure to turn your computer’s volume up when you listen to it. I like how the speech applied to the real present world, even though they set it in a fictional and futuristic world.
What do you think?