street poet
Sidewalk verse performer
A street poet performs poetry in public spaces—sidewalks, subway platforms, parks, open mic nights at cafes.
The term suggests someone outside mainstream literary institutions, often improvising or reciting from memory for tips or simply to be heard.
Street poets may work in spoken word, hip-hop, or traditional verse: The street poet on the corner drew a small crowd with his rhymes about city life.
- spoken wordPoetry delivered aloud
- spoken word artistPerformer of oral poetry
- urbanPertaining to cities
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
- verseMetered poetic passage
word play · microphone · sidewalk · busker · graffiti · voice · rhythm · concrete · cityscape · beatnik · performance · open air · raw · raw emotion · gritty · corner · hip-hop · freestyle
- poetsHomer, Dante, Milton, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost
- Street Performersbusker, juggler, magician, fire breather, fire eater
- storytellersstorytellers, narrator, narrators, tale-teller, tale spinner
- performance poetsspoken word artist