performance poetry

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

The Quiet Power Within
I walked a road the world ignored, With silent dreams and faith restored. No crowd applauded my slow pace, Yet hope still lit my humble space.
By Muhammad Saad 25 days ago in Poets
Black Water
Black Water The water looked calm from the edge, smooth as an unbroken lie. Nothing warned me what lived beneath, nothing marked the reason why.
By Marie381Uk 25 days ago in Poets
Preference is Not Law
I am not a philosopher but a social commentator. I don’t deal in theories and pie-high sky, tie-dye, die-cast ideas. I’m a shameless
By Paul Stewart25 days ago in Poets
This Is Not a Test
Attention! Attention! This is not a test Attention extension! This is not a drill It's an official announcement, compulsory address
By Gerard DiLeo25 days ago in Poets
The Night I Didn’t Sleep
The Night I Didn’t Sleep Night stretched wider than it should, hours refusing to move on. Dark pressed in from every side,
By Marie381Uk 26 days ago in Poets
Hey Buddy Let Us Work. Content Warning.
This is the last part of the series about The Boy Who Lost His Soul. This is a sci-fi horror fiction story created by Vicki. Outstages Cafe Production is a virtual Cafe offering time travel, different scenarios, banana milk, and music. Little spooky!
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 26 days ago in Poets
My Body Carries
I carry it in between my thighs, my steps, a shadow still moving forward. Peter Panned flitting through clouds seeking a land never yet seen.
By Oneg In The Arctic26 days ago in Poets
The Mask That Hides the Hurt
The Mask That Hides the Hurt She paints her face in daylight tones and grace, a practiced smile perfected over years, no crack allowed to show the faulted ground,
By Marie381Uk 26 days ago in Poets
Why Do Wicked Men Want War
Why Do Wicked Men Want War Why do some people want a war? To kill, to rule, to maim. Its monster brain men, Drunk on control, sharpening power into weapons,
By Marie381Uk 26 days ago in Poets
The Perfect Sky
The Perfect Sky There is no such thing as a perfect man, No flawless woman carved from certainty, We carry cracks beneath our names and smiles,
By Marie381Uk 26 days ago in Poets
When Cancer Takes
When Cancer Takes Cancer took my dad and left a family broken, Hearts split open, tears we drown in, Tears fall so frequently we cannot count them,
By Marie381Uk 26 days ago in Poets
The House That Knew My Name
The House That Knew My Name The house knew my name before I spoke it, before my shoes learned the sound of the floor. Walls leaned closer when I crossed the rooms,
By Marie381Uk 26 days ago in Poets