Tag: Spoken Word Poetry
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National Poetry Month: Spoken Word Poetry
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Spoken Word PoetryThere is something about hearing poetry and stories read aloud that adds another dimension, or emphasis, on what that work means. Do you think you could tell a story in three minutes? If you’re in Fort Collins tonight, the second Dimestories night at the Bean Cycle will begin at 7pm…
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National Poetry Month: Spoken Word Poetry Around FoCo
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Spoken Word Poetry Around FoCo“Spoken word poetry is the art of performance poetry. I tell people it involves creating poetry that doesn’t just want to sit on the paper, that something about it demands to be heard out loud or witnessed in person.” -Sarah Kay We’ve spent this week celebrating the form of slam…
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National Poetry Month: Our Favorite Spoken Word Poems
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Our Favorite Spoken Word PoemsToday we are continuing our focus on spoken word poetry and poets. These are some of our favorite spoken word poems. What are some of yours? Video: “What Teachers Make” by Taylor Mali Video: Rachel Rostad – “Names” Video: Neil Hilborn – “OCD” Video: Sabrina Benaim – “Explaining My Depression to My Mother” Video: Beautiful…
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National Poetry Month: Spoken Word Poetry Projects
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Spoken Word Poetry ProjectsFor this week of National Poetry Month, we are featuring spoken word poetry and poets. Today, we wanted to share some spoken word projects you might be interested in. Button Poetry was founded in 2011, launching the first Button website and blog soon after. They have being promoting and producing spoken…