BNV 2013 Finals Round #2 - New York City
Poets: Holden Dante Contreras and Darren Arthur Poetry from the Brave New Voices Grand Slam Finals at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago. Continue the convers...Punk Poetry Society's insight:The world...
View ArticleSpoken-Word Poets Bring Words to Life for Students
Passionate educators and YouTube are working to revive an ancient art form, and finding fans among students and teachers alike.Punk Poetry Society's insight:Project VOICE is an organization which...
View ArticlePunk Poet John Cooper Clarke returns to Salford roots as honorary graduate -...
One of the leading voices of punk and youth culture of the late 1970s is among this year’s honorary graduates from the University of Salford.Punk Poetry Society's insight:A brief history about a punk...
View ArticleSaul Williams: Dreadlocked Dervish of Words- Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios...
A leading voice on the spoken-word scene, Saul Williams began astonishing open mic audiences with his impassioned tongue-twisting verse in the mid-1990s and eventually became a grand slam champion at...
View ArticleMegan Beech – King's Student and Performance Poet Extraordinaire - London...
London Student Megan Beech – King's Student and Performance Poet Extraordinaire London Student For the fourth issue of The Smoke, we managed to steal Megan Beech, second year English student at KCL,...
View ArticlePeter Fallon: the man who brought jazz and pizzazz to Irish poetry - Irish Times
Peter Fallon: the man who brought jazz and pizzazz to Irish poetry Irish Times Peter Fallon was my first poet – the first I met, the first I heard read poems in public.Punk Poetry Society's...
View ArticleRoundhouse Poetry Slam Winner 2012 Hibaq Osman
Check out the outstanding performance by the Roundhouse Poetry Slam 2012 winner by Hibaq Osman crowned the hottest new spoken word artist.Punk Poetry Society's insight:This is a performance by...
View ArticleUrban Spoken Word announces new cultural arts festival, Inaugural Harlem ......
Urban Spoken Word announces new cultural arts festival, Inaugural Harlem ...Punk Poetry Society's insight:Urban Spoken Word puts on its Harlem Renaissance Festival to show their appreciation for how...
View ArticleJordan's Underground Female Slam Poetry Scene - Daily Beast
"Daily Beast Jordan's Underground Female Slam Poetry Scene Daily Beast...Most of them are young and female—and their underground slam poetry is speaking truth to power in their conservative Arab...
View ArticleTeaching and Learning Together: Contribute to our Global Poetry Audiobook!
"Our first grade class at The School at Columbia is making a Global Poetry Audiobook and we need your help! We'd love for your class to pick a poem that you would like to share and make a page for our...
View ArticleFULLY BOOKED - Poets vs rappers | University of Cambridge
Punk Poetry Society's insight:An arts festival at the University of Cambridge in the UK is hosting a slam battle between poets and rappers. The two teams will perform against eachother but will have no...
View ArticleWilliam McGonagall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Punk Poetry Society's insight:This guy, William McGonagall, is apparently regarded as the worst English poet to have ever lived. He was also a comedic performer, but his wit and humor did not translate...
View ArticlePerformance Poetry Guide | Apples and Snakes
Punk Poetry Society's insight:Are you interested in becoming a performance poet? This article is for you. It gives you tips on how to get started (attend open mics), but also proper etiquette for...
View ArticleDancing to Loy: teaching modernist poetry and performance ...
Many of us, for example, get most excited about literature when it provokes us to personal introspection or artistic imitation. Why shouldn't those modes of response get some classroom time? Don't we...
View ArticlePoetry, Video to Be Projected onto Wicker Park Landmark Buildings - DNAinfo
DNAinfo Poetry, Video to Be Projected onto Wicker Park Landmark Buildings DNAinfo In addition to poetry, the installation — operated by video designer Liviu Pasare and Collaboraction's Artistic...
View ArticleFamous Men Reading Famous Poetry: Your Thursday Afternoon ...
November 26, 2013 / Mexican Narcotics Families Love Twitter : If you were the son of a renowned Mexican drug trafficking outlaw, what photos would you post on your Facebook and Twitter pages? Perhaps...
View ArticleList: Bad Reasons to Start Writing Poetry.
Your mortgage payment is due. You were gifted a journal with the word JOURNAL on the cover. Smartphone selfies weren’t offering enough of a cr... (Bad Reasons to Start Writing Poetry.Punk Poetry...
View ArticleSolidarity Slam | The Content Strategist
70 people attended the latest ASL Slam event at Pioneers Bar in New York. The slams attract a potpourri of storytellers, rappers, poets, and comedians. (ASL Slam is handmade storytelling.Punk Poetry...
View ArticleFarewell to Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egypt's 'poet of the people' - The National
Farewell to Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egypt's 'poet of the people' The National Negm shot to fame in the 1970s when his poetry was sung by the blind oud player Sheikh Imam.Punk Poetry Society's insight:This...
View ArticleNew Orleans' new poetry scene - bestofneworleans.com
bestofneworleans.com New Orleans' new poetry scene bestofneworleans.com For a recent project, Burns engineered a multimedia poetry performance using the music and imagery of hip-hop artist Nicki Minaj...
View ArticleElko launches YouTube cowboy poetry contest - Gillette News Record
10News Elko launches YouTube cowboy poetry contest Gillette News Record Poets from 17 states centered around the West, including Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas, are...
View ArticleNeil Hilborn - "OCD" (Rustbelt 2013)
Neil Hilborn, performing during Individual Finals at the 2013 Rustbelt Regional Poetry Slam. Order his most recent book here: http://buttonpoetry.com/product...Punk Poetry Society's insight:A very...
View ArticleThe Poetry App - Discover Famous Poems and Poets
The Josephine Hart Poetry App is a free iPad app that students can use to discover and read works of sixteen famous poets including Yeats, Byron, and Frost. Students can browse through the app to...
View ArticleMandela inspired music, movies, poems
NEW YORK (AP) — Heroic in his deeds, graceful in his manner, sainted in his image, Nelson Mandela long served as both cause and muse in the entertaPunk Poetry Society's insight:Nelson Mandela inspired...
View ArticleFirst Impressions: The merits of a good opening line
If I asked you to recite the first line of your favourite poem, could you? How about your favourite novel? Favourite movie? Now, if I asked you to recite any memorable line from a poem, novel,...
View ArticleListen to J.R.R. Tolkien Read Poems from The Fellowship of the Ring, in...
In my book Cate Blanchett can do no wrong, but her performance in the Lord of the Rings movies was particularly spellbinding, especially when she spoke the Elvish language of J.R.R.Punk Poetry...
View ArticleArabic poetry gains broader, English-speaking audience » News Archive »...
Appalachian State University News Bureau. Official news from the Appalachian State University Office of Public Affairs.Punk Poetry Society's insight:This article is from Appalachian State University....
View ArticleEpic poem a milestone in Chinese literature|Life|chinadaily.com.cn
The longest epic poem in contemporary Chinese language was released in May.Punk Poetry Society's insight:The longest epic poem released in China has 40,716 lines in total. The poet spent 6 years for...
View ArticleShaL i compR thee 2a summer's dai?
Forget penning odes with a quill and parchment – predictive text is the poetry tool of the future according to Carol Ann Duffy, who believes "the poem is a form of texting ...Punk Poetry Society's...
View ArticleAstronaut Poet Says 'Space Is My Mistress'
Astronaut Don Pettit has written a poem in honor of National Poetry Month.Punk Poetry Society's insight:A poet in space, astronaut Don Pettit works on his ode while working at the station in space....
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