From ancient Greek soapbox soliloquies to viral TikTok videos of poetry slams, spoken word has always charged language with kinetic immediacy. Encompassing a unique blend of honesty and an engaging ...

The Recording Academy is debuting its spoken word poetry album category at the Grammy awards show on Feb. 5., 2023. Poets across the country are stirred up about it because they've spent years ...

For award-winning artist Amanda Shea, spoken word poetry is more than just performance; it’s transcendent. “It’s an invitation to the spirit,” Shea said on GBH’s Under the Radar. “It’s also an ...

National Poetry Month was first established by the Academy of American Poets in 1996 and has since been celebrated every April across the United States. Denver's growing poetry and spoken word scene ...

The art form utilizing language and words is expressed through the lens of Maryland-based poets. The art form utilizing language and words is expressed through the lens of Maryland-based poets who ...

We recently reviewed briefly, the history of spoken word poetry and the poetry slam internationally, and how they developed in Guyana. There is quite a bit more to that history. It was pointed out ...