It's not often that "thinking inside the box," is lauded as a winning strategy. But for spoken word poet Henry Morray, it won Slamovision's 2025 international slam poetry competition.

Yale’s two spoken word performance groups, ¡Oye! and WORD at Yale, create spaces for student self-expression and vulnerability while pushing the boundaries of written poetry. WORD’s fall semester ...

On Friday, Feb. 21, the University of Massachusetts’ Center of Racial Justice and Youth Engaged Research and the Black Healing, Joy and Justice Collective held the second annual W.E.B. Du Bois Poetry ...

April 16 was B.Y.O.P. night at Coming to the Table-Historic Triangle’s monthly gathering. Everyone was invited to Bring Your Own Poem to observe National Poetry Month, which was established to ...

While poets of the page may publish their writing in the Canon, Tufts' literary magazine, spoken word poets work outside and beyond the written word. Many write, practice and compete within the Spoken ...

Poetry is best when it speaks loudly. That’s what happened Thursday night at the 2017 Youth Poetry Grand Slam at AS220 where poetry echoed off the walls and checkered stage, splashed against the red ...

Washington, D.C., is a hub for creative thought and expression through spoken word performances, from low-key open mics every night of the week to exhilarating formal competitions. Spoken word employs ...

From condoms to nursery rhymes, the members of Boston University's Speak for Yourself aren't afraid to cover any subject matter in order to express themselves through slam poetry. A group of about 40 ...

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 ...

The following content is purely satirical and entirely fictional. Content warning: The following article contains descriptions of various literary forms that readers may find annoying. On Thursday, ...