performance poetry

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

Everyday I Wake At 3:09 - I Have 10 Children, A Dog, A Cat - And I Of All The People, Have Been Married For 90 Years, Isn't That Something
As with every person on the planet, I've never been able to understand this whole thing called life . You wake up, and then you wake - and just begin to live...
By 365poetry5 days ago in Poets
I Hate Being Known As A Child, When I Have Grown Into A Man
A child has parents !? A man has parents !? A child has parents !? A man has parents !? Recently I understood every man was once a child !?
By 365poetry5 days ago in Poets
Relentless poltergeists
it’s a curious thing your eyes do they look back from someone’s wall like some won prize do they wear someone’s wallet
By S. Gabriela Heitzinger 5 days ago in Poets
At night
When day turns to night, the light slowly crawls back into hiding, lying in wait. Shadows emerge, spreading across the land,
By Minou J. Linde5 days ago in Poets
Beyond Battles: Above and Beyond ❤️ Never Give Up❤️ . . . .
above the battles of life . . . It starts with love ❤️ ❤️❤️ ❤️❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️“Any meaningful work for peace must follow the principle of nonduality, the principle of penetration.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh
By SAMURAI SAM AND WILD DRAGONS5 days ago in Poets
A Ladies Day To Propose Haiku
A Ladies Day To Propose Haiku February 28th Will you Marry me my love Together us two❤️
By Marie381Uk 5 days ago in Poets
I Want You To Place Your Hand On Any Private Part, On Any Person's Body - Why, I Am A Turtle, An Ostrich - An Alligator
We are afraid of these animals - are we not, but I am a woman !? There is nothing I absolutely can do to ruin your life - I am never a crocodile, worse an alligator !?
By 365poetry5 days ago in Poets
I Am A "Hog" - Fructosely, I'm Hoping You Are Too !?
So while you might think the importance of the world is simple !? We might think the importance of the world is simple !?
By 365poetry5 days ago in Poets
UFO Files The Secrets in the Sky
UFO Files The Secrets in the Sky He wanted the papers, the hidden truth, the folders stacked with lights that hum and vanish.
By Marie381Uk 5 days ago in Poets
I Have A Friend For "67" Years, And Then I Married Them - How Much Happier Can I Get, I Married My Only Friend In Life !?
I've sat down one day, and I've said - if I had a friend life would have been better !? I've had 200 boyfriends, let's put it to 300 of them, they had a quality I liked - but not the friend !? I haven't been able to sit and enjoy a life filled with possibilities - I'm just thinking of all the things me and this friend could do !? My "boy" friend number 1 - he like watching television!? My "boy" friend number 2 - he like driving !? My "boy" friend number 3 - he was like the most attractive human on the face of the earth !? By the time I have reached boyfriend number 189, I have learnt that their qualities are so surprising !? But anyway, my boyfriend number 1, was truly impactful - and to this day he is still is the most amazing person I have ever met !? His name - YOU, think of you !?
By 365poetry5 days ago in Poets
A Veäry Tale. Content Warning.
Introduction I am still reading "Orlam" by Polly Jean Harvey and each page in the book is set out in English, then her Dorset dialect. At the end of the book is a glossary of words used in the book and I have to thank Judey Kalchik for providing this link for me to use:
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 6 days ago in Poets
Poem A Day In February 2026
The Clogyrnach is 8, 8, 5, 5, 3, 3 syllables with an AABBBA rhyming end words that is many times read out loud. This is our contest for our last week, beginning tomorrow. A tricube format came originally from Mike Singleton and then Calvin London, who said, "Mike is a constant source of unofficial challenges and presents different forms of poetry. In a recent story, he talked about Tricube poetry. It is a very structured (three) x (three) x (three) format, the syllables for each of the three lines and three stanzas in the poem."
By Denise E Lindquist6 days ago in Poets