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I’ve put together a list of sonically rich poems with strong narrative hooks—and a few performance tips that will point students in the high school and college classroom and beyond to the pleasures of reciting poetry. 1. “They Flee from Me” by Sir Thomas Wyatt What can attitude tell us?
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The Power of Poetry. Every year thousands of teachers integrate Poetry Out Loud into their curricula. This section has everything you need to run a successful program in your classroom. Poetry Out Loud encourages the study of great poetry. The program helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about literary ...
20 classic poems for performance. Beyond Booked Up: Introducing Performance Poetry. 20 recommended poems for performance. These poems are a mix of classic and contemporary, but all of them are well suited to performance because of their regular rhythms, imagery, and humour. Maya Angelou, ‘Phenomenal Woman’:
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How to Use These Videos. Watch these National Final recitations and evaluate the strengths (and weaknesses!) of each, according to Poetry Out Loud evaluation criteria. Discuss the merits of these performances, which ones you like best and why and how the poems are different when read versus recited.
But most of all, it’s about you. Creating your own performance poetry. This is a guide to writing and performing your own performance poems. We’ve included poems by performance poets Charlie Dark and Dzifa Benson, as well as some of their hints and tips on how to write and perform your own poems.
