Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — Kicking off National Poetry Month, the renowned spoken word artist Poetic X joins me for a ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – When the City of Orlando Poet Laureate Shawn Welcome takes the mic, people listen. The wordsmith has been using his words to reach others for decades and has now taken that talent to ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A new generation of poets and artists found its voice inside the Maryland Chamber of Commerce as spoken word artist Lady Brion became the youngest poet laureate in Maryland history.

"We had a similar start,” Dillon Brown said, amused to compare his own initiation as a poet with that of Langston Hughes, a leading voice of the Harlem Renaissance and a frequent visitor to Long ...

In the wake of Malcolm X’s assassination in the winter of 1965, Black and brown poets like Amiri Baraka, Miguel Algarin, and Sonia Sanchez consciously rejected effete paper poems for those that sought ...

Peter Kahn ’94, long-time spoken word educator, discusses how integrating spoken word poetry into classrooms can transform not just schools, but also the lives of students. Public speaking is ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Chicago poet and spoken word artist J. Ivy won his third Grammy on Sunday. Ivy won for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album for his 2023 album "The Light Inside." It's the second time he's ...

Spoken word poetry will be the emphasis for this year’s 10th annual San Jose Poetry Festival, which opens Thursday, Sept. 5, and runs through the weekend. “I have put together this year’s festival ...

As well as being an academic based at the Namibia University of Science and Technology, Hugh Ellis is also a poet who has performed his own work at Spoken Word Namibia and Windhoek Open Mic Night ...

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 ...

Starbound is the second volume in his “Lightship Chronicles” sci-fi series. University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 Free Tuesday, January 5, 2016, 7pm Margaret Malone ...

Seattle Poetry Slam Local poets share their verse and spoken word compositions. 21 and over. Rebar, 1114 Howell StreetSeattle, WA $5 Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 8 – 11:30pm Seattle Poetry Slam Local ...