This week’s guest on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Kate Coombs, who lives in Bountiful, Utah. Kate began writing when she was 7 or 8 years old and was first published in 2006.

Put simply, spoken word is poetry that has been written with the intention of being performed, but it exists in a variety of styles and can involve other art forms such as music, theatre and dance ...

April is poetry month. The Kent District Library has The Diatribe, a spoken word poetry group, connecting with youth in classrooms across the county for workshops.

This week’s guest on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Kate Coombs, who lives in Bountiful, Utah. Kate began writing when she was 7 or 8 years old and was first published in 2006.

Mic Check Poetry Fest in Iowa City offers workshops for writers of all types and ages, in addition to spoken word poetry performances. This year's festival will be held on Nov. 8 and 9.

Please try again later. Poetry Everywhere: "Tornado Child" by Kwame Dawes Kwame Dawes, a writer, actor, and musician, reads his poem "Tornado Child." ...

Watch This Guy's Hilarious, Bittersweet Spoken Word Poem About Coming Out in the 21st Century Steven Boyle's poem "I Hit Send, or Modern Meltdown" resonates with By John Boone Aug 07, 2014 1:48 PM ...

The Somali American spoken word artist performed this poem at the White House in 2015. Abdi Phenomenal was born in Somalia and moved to Minnesota when he was seven. He has said that poetry saved ...

After opening with a famous Horace Mann quote about education being the “great equalizer” from 1848, Livingston’s poem got down to brass tacks: At the time of his remarks, I couldn’t read ...