performance poetry

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

It’s About Time
poetry is an equation that we let flow off our Tongue a mixture of feelings we express as we speak emotions we can not critique
By Ashanti Cooper4 years ago in Poets
friday
My life is so full, But yet the absence of you Makes me feel as though I have nothing. Am I the fool? Or are you the treasure?
By Emily 4 years ago in Poets
Lucid Dreams
if life is but a dream I want to be a lucid dreamer digging myself out of this grave in purgatory Resurrecting the ghosts of my forgotten hopes
By Feyre4 years ago in Poets
Rent Free
I see it all, all laid out like a path I must be calculated because I can see the math Aggravated because I'm clearly mad Unapologetically me is not necessarily bad Being unique helps you see then you're a visionary Now they celebrate at first what they thought was scary The winds of change blow and the flow disturbs the eddy You can still catch the wave though no matter how temporarily Now you're a non-profit prophet for profit Thought you had it when you got it but lost it and dropped it Fumbled it, flopped it, aborted it like it was adopted Full stopped it, only problem is you never forgot it Seeing signs of signs of the times by design Come on back to the source, of course I'll be benign Only when they press charges is stealing a crime But we're even from the free rent I get in your mind
By Steven Hawkins4 years ago in Poets
After The Parade
I saw a contest posted that said write about your place in the world for a chance to win $5,000. It’s how I discovered vocal. I did try writing on medium platform it went nowhere. So, I want to see if vocal works out for me. This poem is called after the parade as the work that would win the contest was about how in parades we are bold, seen, & acknowledged. But, after the parade ends then what happens? I dedicated a brick many years ago at my alumni college memorial that says Art going vertical and horizontally each letter spells a word. I decided to go back to college for Art graduated and then I went for my visual artist degree. I am looking forward to expanding on this platform and growing.
By Wendy Drews4 years ago in Poets
Who am I
All the colors and lights are amazing! Do you see the crowd? I wonder if they know about the galaxies we found. I feel like I'm famous. Riding around town.
By Remi Storm4 years ago in Poets
Learned From The Best
Everything I learned, I learned from you. Whether it was how to block out the world during my worst moments; or how to
By 'Lissa Stufflestreet4 years ago in Poets
Thinking Out Loud
I am sure, that I am unsure of who this poem is for. A lone man, shrouded in doubt, on the verge of being exposed, considers, revealing his weakness, a miracle act of throwing himself a rope.
By Jeffrey Sparks4 years ago in Poets
Summer thoughts
summer school ended leaving a month of summer fun to be had but the weather wasn't kind days way to hot to be on playgrounds,
By Kia T Cooper-Erbst4 years ago in Poets
"Pride": A Spoken Word #WorthyVideo Post
Hey, #worthyreaders! I hope you're doing well. In case you don't know, I've been doing my Spoken Word #WorthyVideo series, sharing one poem from each section of my poetry chapbook. It's called Rise in Love: A Poetry Chapbook (Revised Edition). You can find it on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Nook, and Scribd.
By Selys Rivera4 years ago in Poets
you
You Its strange, the word you When you say you I think, who? As all versions of me scatter around in my being Who are you seeing?
By Ruhani Khadijah4 years ago in Poets
The Least of Us
My little green friend who plugs along I wonder how it is to be you how it feels to live
By Jennifer True4 years ago in Poets