performance poetry

Performance Poetry is poetry out loud; poems brought from the page to the stage.

Keep Going — for what?
Keep going! Don’t you know you have to get there?? Where there is isn’t clear… but your drive isn’t made for much else than to keep you going.
By Gabriel B. Shames3 months ago in Poets
There Will Come Soft Rains
There will come soft rains As the data is stripped from our brains Mixed and strained Pulped and pulverized They stole everything from us
By Atomic Historian3 months ago in Poets
Car Communion
This is an experience. An experiment. Part poem, part audio, part confession, part reflection, and all of my soul on the page.
By Bradley Ramsey3 months ago in Poets
The Veil. Runner-Up in Static Challenge. Content Warning.
In and out... in and out... like trying to balance the focus of a kaleidoscope. I remember him ducking, I remember Walmarts lights;
By Izzy Jean3 months ago in Poets
The Hidden Power Of A Touch
I stumble out of bed my warm feet hitting the cold floor they crackle and they pop as I’m tiptoeing to the door messages in morse code, creating movements still unseen
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden3 months ago in Poets
The Crooked Man Next Door
The Crooked Man Next Door No one knew the day he came, No moving van, no shouted name. One morning, curtains gently stirred… By dusk he’d spoken not a word.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 3 months ago in Poets
How many of us are having problems with vocal just for curiosity
Everyone please drop a yes in comments is your same as me Are you struggling too please tell Vocal how are they treating you
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 3 months ago in Poets
The Difference Between Hides and Skins
Within the cracks of dry bloodstains Are what they call human The cruelty that is stained there Will never leave My heart filled with more than blood It pumps with my name Fixed with electric bravery Yet they called me crazy I don't stand in a comfortable place Never let the knife bare its fangs into my ideals I jump, run, and carry myself home With others, they stand and say. "This is what it is." Place me on a selfish shelf Grab me by the throat and find that I am following nature Not Laws I feel my gut turn and twist under that
By KuroHoshi3 months ago in Poets
“Tit for Tat. Splat. Fuck That.” “No More Explaining”
Some pieces aren’t written from anger, they’re written from understanding. This is one of those pieces. After a lifetime of being nudged, shaped, or boxed in by people who misunderstood empathy for weakness, I finally chose to speak with clarity instead of silence.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 3 months ago in Poets
Muse-ical
Inspiration From her tuneful spring It skitters Electric rays Strike me hard To the fragmentation of My spirit I let it clear the way Reconstructing the hidden reality Stored on an internal drive Programmed at my creation Hiding behind my heart Ruling my mind But never functioning by design
By K.B. Silver 3 months ago in Poets
It’s 2 AM. Top Story - August 2026.
Last call…they say, last call, last call Bottoms up, cheers and farewell One last drink that one last shot Just one last chance before it’s gone
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden3 months ago in Poets
It's Faster
Windows tinted, future lookin’ bright Every stop sign turn to “go” overnight Cop lights flash but I already dipped Sirens sing backup when the engine rip
By Forest Green3 months ago in Poets