performance poetry

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

The Difference
Don’t be sad. Seriously. You will be amazed at how little anyone notices when I am gone. Not in a dramatic way. Not in a
By Christy C. House5 months ago in Poets
The Lonely Trucker
The Lonely Trucker The engine hums a steady tune, A companion through the endless night, White lines stretch beyond the moon,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 5 months ago in Poets
COSMIC BLUES 1992 — by Vicki
Cosmic Blues 1992 is a memory film set to music; a blues reel pulled from a decade when San Francisco still hummed with old ghosts and new stories. Some moments never fade; they just wait for the right song to wake them. This piece carries the Palace glow, the Polk Street neon, the barefoot trolley ride, and the Native films we brought to the festival. It’s part memory, part music, part time capsule, a slow burn of truth, fog, and the kind of moments that still echo through me.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 5 months ago in Poets
Double Vision. Top Story - June 2026.
Those eyes see me for what I am Furies' empty sockets' intent Seizing me, come what may Circling their prey, circumvent .
By Gerard DiLeo5 months ago in Poets
Flames Die Out When Watered
Flames Die Out When Watered A flame can dance both fierce and bright, Casting warmth throughout the night, Its glowing heart alive and strong,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 5 months ago in Poets
The Deep Pulls at Me
It's quite possible I'm in crisis On high alert internally Non combustible but The precipice lies Beneath my heavy body.
By Paul Stewart5 months ago in Poets
To Reach That Peak
This is the form of the Endecha To Reach That Peak 🌜🌟🥇🏃‍♀️🏞️🌄🏞️🏃‍♂️🥇🌟🌛Never Stop Climbing That MountNever Stop Going ForwardBehind You, You See The OnesWho'd Destroy All You Have Done, Be On Your Guard🥇🏃‍♀️🏞️🌄🏞️🏃‍♂️🥇Keep On Going, Never StopYou're Number One, You Know ThatOne Step More Towards Your GoalDon't Turn Around, Or Listen To Their Backchat🥇🏃‍♀️🏞️🌄🏞️🏃‍♂️🥇You Are Much Higher Than ThemThey Won't Stop But Can't AttainYour Wonderful CreationsAll That You Have Done Has Driven Them Insane🥇🏃‍♀️🏞️🌄🏞️🏃‍♂️🥇Now Stand Atop Your MountainYou Are The One, King Or QueenNo Need to Look Back Or DownAnd Know They Can Never See What You Have Seen🥇🏃‍♀️🏞️🌄🏞️🏃‍♂️🥇You Made It To This High PeakThey Are Full Of JealousyStanding Up There, You WinnerYou Never Looked Back, And You They Cannot See🌜🌟🥇🏃‍♀️🏞️🌄🏞️🏃‍♂️🥇🌟🌛
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 months ago in Poets
Life’s a Bitch, and Then You Die
It’s never been quiet, this life of mine A simple tick in an endless time My past flashes by like the flicker of a flame Too many losses and I’m to blame
By Calvin London5 months ago in Poets
The Taste of Surrender
I am, coming to grips with what has come before me, as I have finally come to grip this cup in front of me‐ After repeatedly accepting and rejecting what has simply come to be,
By JM5 months ago in Poets
SCREAM
Overwhelmed Underappreciated Mistaken Neglected Abused Living Through The Realizations Of Our Power Sometimes I Want To Scream...
By HandsomelouiiThePoet (Lonzo ward)5 months ago in Poets
The Taneeshiad
O mother of all wisdom let my pen write the tale of when the world was chaotic and lacking of heroes and a monster made of metal and the source of all plenty as it’s blood was born in the world’s water.
By Eldvar5 months ago in Poets
Haiku - Senryū - Sedoka
Introduction All this came to me while I was in the shower this morning getting ready for my weekend in Edinburgh just to give my examples of these poetry forms with a little love and humour in my words I hope.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 months ago in Poets