performance poetry

Performance Poetry is poetry out loud; poems brought from the page to the stage.

101 Words of Life and Death. Top Story - January 2023.
The following are 101 words of life and death. Before doing this I set a few rules. The first rule is that I could not use any proper names (people, places, etc) and I could not repeat any words.
By Rick Henry Christopher 3 years ago in Poets
The Looking Glass
The looking glass, a portal to another world A place to see a different version of yourself Reflecting back your features, your flaws, your quirks
By Nims3 years ago in Poets
Love at first sight, a feeling so rare
Love at first sight, a feeling so rare It's hard to explain, but it's oh so fair It hits you like a bolt out of the blue
By ravifcboult3 years ago in Poets
Blood Pressure and the Good Old Hockey Game
My brothers thought that it was dutiful To introduce me to the beautiful, Wild, exciting, good old hockey game. At first, I wasn’t interested,
By Cathy holmes3 years ago in Poets
New Year is here
The video shows a couple of friends singing a New Year song to my lyrics. The tree is lit, champagne is sparkling with cheer
By Vadim Kagan3 years ago in Poets
To drink or not to drink
Shelves upon shelves of bottled delights Chased me around the room this night They had grown impatient, you see With my lengthened stare of indecision
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Poets
Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary
the sky glowed an angry red it glowered and growled red rain begun to fall at first it dripped slowly from the sky like liquid red drizzled chocolaty syrup
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Poets
Soar on Wings of Smoke and Mirrors
RAPPIN' RAPID FIRE LET'S DO THIS SPITTIN' SHIT FOR HIRE LIKE A MF DRAGON YUH, FUCK EVERY SIGN I DO IT LIKE I WANNA DO
By ~Awakened~3 years ago in Poets
Dangerous Love 🔴
Dangerous Love ❤️ Gullible from your smile. Your eyes gape into my Heart, Rive through my skin, Uneven my eagerness,
By HandsomelouiiThePoet (Lonzo ward)3 years ago in Poets
Swimming in Blue
The Rhythm Of the intellect. The thought of Discharging knowledge... Veering around Into vulnerable Teaching! I opened my core and
By HandsomelouiiThePoet (Lonzo ward)3 years ago in Poets
pussy cats with claws
in my every waking and sleeping dream they come the feline, four footed feral and feracious furballs, cats..... lions, tigers, leopards. ligers and pussy cats
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Poets
ABC x 2
Once in a blue moon, see what I did there, I find myself making life harder. Ok, maybe a little more regular than that. Apparently, I can't just write a poem, a normal poem, rhyming or not without causing extra effort and undue stress on myself. Am I a glutton for punishment? Probably.
By Rachael MacDonald3 years ago in Poets