- also called "Stand Up Poetry" or "Slam Poetry"
- created by Marc Smith
- during the 1930s became popular
- is written for performance and for print distribution (printing)
- mixture of words and objects
-> manipulated in space by the poet
- the objects became the most important
- like a mime/action by the artist
-commonly: mixture of a song and a poem--> performed!
Famous Performance Poetrists:
Levi Tafari (Melanin, Plasticfantastic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaMEQJTsyrE)
Patience Agbabi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHyWyTpBgsA)
Benjamin Zephaniah (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78tk20rLM44)
Want to know how they talk? They have interviews on youtube as well!
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- also called "Stand Up Poetry" or "Slam Poetry"
- created by Marc Smith
- during the 1930s became popular
- is written for performance and for print distribution (printing)
- mixture of words and objects
-> manipulated in space by the poet
- the objects became the most important
- like a mime/action by the artist
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