Joe Coelho looks at how poetry can be performed, bringing the words to life rather than keeping them on the printed page, in ...

I love being in front of an audience. As a true-to-form Aries sun, Leo rising, I've done everything — given hour-long speeches with ease, gone on TV to promote Elite Daily, worked as a full-time ...

With #Poetry amassing more than 93m Instagram posts alone, is the spoken word resonating more than ever?

Performing is an art. It takes all sorts of skills to captivate an audience and own your stage presence. A workshop in Nicosia on Saturday 24 will teach participants how to perform poetry effectively ...

Beginning in February, I’m teaching a class at the 92nd Street Y on reading poetry–your own and others’–aloud to an audience (very useful for poets and public speakers). Here’s the description: This ...

For award-winning artist Amanda Shea, spoken word poetry is more than just performance; it’s transcendent. “It’s an invitation to the spirit,” Shea said on GBH’s Under the Radar. “It’s also an ...

You might have memorised and performed a poem in class before. This is called learning a poem ‘off by heart’. It’s a great way to really show you understand the poem and have some fun sharing it with ...

Rupi Kaur, an India-born Canadian national, has been performing poetry since 2009 but she rose to prominence only in 2015 through Instagram. With 4.4 million followers now and a world tour lined up ...