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- “Mama” by Emi Mahmoud. “I’m not saying dating is a first world problem, but these trifling motherfuckers seem to be. The kind who’ll quote Rumi, but not know what he sacrificed for war.
- “Why are Muslims So…” by Sakila and Hawa. “No graffiti artist is going to tell me to go home. No Call of Duty player is going to threaten me. No overprotective bigot of a mother is gonna ruin my day.
- “Hair” by Elizabeth Acevedo. “They say Dominicans can do the best hair. I mean they wash, set, flatten the spring in any loc. but what they mean is we’re the best at swallowing amnesia,
- “Adrenaline Rush” by Rudy Francisco. “Once, a friend of a friend asked me. why there aren’t more black people in the X Games. and I said, ‘You don’t get it.’
- “They Flee from Me” by Sir Thomas Wyatt. What can attitude tell us? To help students find out, begin by asking who owns the action of each stanza in this poem.
- “The Chimney Sweeper” by William Blake (1789) What can rhyme tell us? At the end of the 18th century, Blake wrote two scathing poems that denounce the abominable practice of exploiting very young children as chimney sweepers.
- “The Chimney Sweeper” by William Blake (1794) What can point of view tell us? Five years later, Blake wrote a second poem about child chimney sweepers that appeared in Songs of Experience.This much shorter poem begins with the same rhyme scheme as the earlier poem.
- “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll. What can syntax tell us? Carroll’s Alice says of “Jabberwocky”: “Somehow it seems to fill my head with ideas—only I don’t exactly know what they are!”
Performance poetry. H. O. Tanager performs at a bookstore in Boise, Idaho. Performance poetry is a broad term, encompassing a variety of styles and genres. In brief, it is poetry that is specifically composed for or during a performance before an audience.
Performance poetry, also known as spoken word poetry, is a dynamic form of artistic expression that combines elements of poetry, storytelling, and performance. It is meant to be performed live in front of an audience, with emphasis on vocal delivery, gestures, and body language.
Performance poetry is a form of poetry that is written to be performed aloud, often with elements of rhythm, music, and theatricality. It emphasizes the oral and aural aspects of poetry, engaging the audience through the use of voice, gesture, and emotion.
Examples of performance poetry : Poetry through the Ages. font size: Jack Kerouac reads a novel aloud, accompanied by Steven Allen on the piano. Marc Smith, the founder of the poetry slam movement, performs “Nobody is here.”
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’: . http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/phenomenal -woman/ William Blake, ‘Songs of Innocence and Experience’: .
