performance poet
Stage verse reciter
A performance poet is a poet who composes work primarily for live presentation rather than the printed page.
The emphasis falls on delivery—voice, gesture, rhythm, and audience engagement—as much as on the words themselves.
Performance poetry encompasses slam poetry, spoken word, and related forms where the poet's physical presence is integral to the art: She started as a performance poet before publishing her first collection.
- spoken wordPoetry delivered aloud
- spoken word artistPerformer of oral poetry
- slamForceful impact or closure
- micPortable audio input
- stageRaised performance platform
stage presence · verse · word play · rhythm · beatnik · coffeehouse · audience · call and response · snaps · open mic · open mic night · recitation · voice · cadence · delivery · body language · passion · rawness
- spoken word artistrapper, MC, griot
- performersactor, dancer, actress, singer, musician
- poetsHomer, Dante, Milton, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost
- storytellersstorytellers, narrator, narrators, tale-teller, tale spinner
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