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 ...

Richmond rapper Mad Skillz wins his first Grammy for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album. It marks his second straight year ...

Grammy-considered poet and Pharr Poet Laureate Amanda Puryear El returns with Nightly Dosage, a deeply personal spoken-word ...

The spoken word event featured poet Sarah Kay and performances from Stanford’s Spoken Word Collective, which disentangled ...

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 ...

Richmond native Donnie Lewis, also known as rapper “Mad Skillz,” took home his first Grammy award for “Best Spoken Word ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: Not long after Amanda Gorman recited one of her poems at the inauguration of President Joe Biden on Jan. 20, three of her forthcoming books skyrocketed to three of the top four spots on ...

William L. Harkness Hall came alive Saturday night with poetry, snaps and enthusiasm for WORD’s annual Back to School show. WORD is a group of students who gather weekly to write and perform spoken ...

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 ...