The spoken word is a word-based performing arts. It is an oral art that focuses on the aesthetics of word playing and intonation and sound inflection. It is 'catchall' which includes all kinds of poetry read aloud, including hip hop, jazz poetry, poetry poetry, traditional poetry reading and can include comedy routines and 'prose monologue'.
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History
The spoken word has been around for years. Long before writing, through cycles of practice, listening, and memorization, each language draws its sources from the sound structure for aural patterns that make the spoken poem very different from ordinary discourse and easier to commit to memory.
'There was a poet long before there was a printing press, a poem especially an oral utterance, to say in a loud voice, to be heard.' Poetry, like music, pulls the ear, an effect known as euphony or onomatopoeia, a tool for representing something or action by a word imitating sound. 'Speak again, Talk like rain' is how Kikuyu, the East Africans describe his poet to author Isak Dinesen, justifying Eliot's comment that 'poetry remains one person talking to another'.
The oral tradition is one that is conveyed primarily by speech contrary to writing, in most oral cultures the proverb (also known as maxim) is a convenient vehicle for conveying simple beliefs and cultural attitudes. 'The hearing knowledge we bring to the line of poetry is the knowledge of the pattern of speech we know since we were babies'.
Performance poetry, which is equated with the performing arts, is explicitly written to be done aloud and consciously avoids the written form. 'Form', as Donald Hall notes 'has never been more than content extension'. The poetry of performances in Africa began in prehistoric times with the creation of hunting poetry, while poetry poems sad poetry and panegyric developed extensively throughout the history of the Nile, Niger and Volta valleys. One of the most famous griot epic poems was created for the founder of the Mali Empire, Epic of Sundiata. In African culture, performance poetry is part of the play, which is present in all aspects of pre-colonial Africa and whose theatrical ceremonies have many different functions, including politics, education, spirituality, and entertainment. Poetic is a theatrical performances element of local oral artists, linguists and historians, accompanied by local instruments of the likes of kora, xalam, mbira and drum djembe. The drum for the accompaniment is not to be confused with the performances of the "talking drum", which is its own literature, as it is a different method of communication that depends on conveying meaning through the rules of grammar, tonal and non-musical rhythm imitating speech. Although, they can be included in the griots show.
In ancient Greece, the spoken word was the most trusted repository for the best of their thinking, and persuasion would be offered to men (such as rhapsodes) governing themselves the task of developing a mind capable of sustaining and a voice capable of communicating their cultural treasures. Ancient Greeks included Greek lyrics, which were similar to words poetry, in their Olympics.
Development in the United States
The most prominent exponent of verbal poetry in the US, Vachel Lindsay, helps to survive the appreciation of poetry as an oral art in the early twentieth century. Robert Frost also speaks well, his measurers accommodating his natural phrases. The poet, Robert Pinsky, also an advocate, considers' The apex of the right poem is recited in the voice of a person, anyone who reads poetry aloud becomes the proper medium for the poem. Every speaker intuitively learns through sound manipulation, almost like 'we sing to each other all day'. The sound imaginable through the eyes gradually gave the body to poetry through the show, and in the late 1950s, loud noise erupted in the United States.
Some of the American-spoken poetry comes from the Harlem Renaissance poetry, blues music, and also the 1960s Beat Generation. The word spoken in African American culture attracts rich literary and musical heritage. Langston Hughes and the writers of the Harlem Renaissance were inspired by blues and spiritual feelings, hip-hop and slam poetry artists were inspired by poets like Hughes in their word stylings.
The Civil Rights Movement also affects the spoken word. Important speeches such as Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream", Sojourner Truth's "Are not I a Woman?" and Booker T. Washington's "Cast Down Your Buckets" incorporates elements of speech that affect spoken gestures within the African American community. The Last Poets is a group of poetry and political music formed during the 1960s that was born of the Civil Rights Movement, and helped increase the popularity of words spoken in African American culture.
The spoken word poem enters into the wider American culture after the release of the poem of Gil Scott-Heron's Revolution Not to Be Watched on the album Small Talk at 125th and Lenox in 1970 The Nuyorican Poets Cafà © à © in Eastside Lower New York was founded in 1973, and is one of the oldest places in America to present poems with words.
In the 1980s, competition poetry competitions emerged, labeled 'poetry slam'. American poet Marc Smith is credited with initiating the silencing of poetry in November 1984. In 1990, the first National Slam Poet took place in Fort Mason, San Francisco. The movement slams poetry to a wider audience following Russell Simmons' Def Poetry , which was broadcast on HBO between 2002 and 2007.
Poets associated with Buffalo Readings were active in the early 21st century.
International developments
Outside the United States, artists such as French singer-songwriters, LÃÆ'à © o FerrÃÆ' à © or Serge Gainsbourg, made personal use of words spoken on rock or symphonic music from the early 1970s, in albums such as < i> Amour Anarchie (1970), Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971) or Il n'y a plus rien (1973), and contribute to the popularization of words which is spoken in French Culture.
In the UK, musicians who have performed the words spoken lyrics include as Blur, The Streets and Kate Tempest.
In 2003, the movement reached its peak in France with Fabien Marsaud aka Grand Corp. Malade pioneering the genre.
in Zimbabwe the spoken word art has been largely active on stage through House of Hunger Poetry slams in Harare, Mlomo Wakho Poetry Slam in Bulawayo as well as Charles Austin theater in Masvingo. Festivals such as Harare International Festival of Arts, KoBulawayo Int'l Art Festival and Shoko Festival have supported this genre for several years.
In Nigeria, there are poetry events such as Wordup by i2x Media, The Rendezvous by FOS (Figures for Speech Movement), GrrrAttitude by Graciano Enwerem, frequent SWPC, and Rhapsodist, a conference by J19 Poetry. The forthcoming poet Amakason, ChidinmaR, oddFelix, Kormbat, MoJe, Godzboi, Nanyi, Beryl, Worden, Resame, EfePaul, Dike Chukwumerije, Graciano Enwerem, Donna, Kemistree and PoeThick Samurai are all based in Nigeria.
In Trinidad and Tobago, this art form is widely used as a form of social commentary and is displayed throughout the nation at any time of the year. The main poetry event in Trinidad and Tobago is overseen by an organization called the 2 Cent Movement. They held an annual event in partnership with Bocas Lit Fest and First Citizens Bank called "The First Citizens National Poetry Slam", formerly called 'Verses'. The organization also organizes the silencing of poetry and workshops for primary and secondary schools. He is also involved in social work and problems.
In Ghana, Ehalakasa's led poetry group Sir Black holds TalkParty monthly events and special events such as the Ehalakasa Slam Festival and year-end events. This group has produced word poets spoken like Mutombo da Poet, Head of Moomen, Hond Percentage, King of Gems, Faiba Bernard, Akambo, Wordwrite, Natty Ogli, and Philipa.
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Competition
Poetry of words is often done in a competitive environment.
In 1990, the first National Poetry Slam was held in San Francisco. This is the world's largest slam poetry competition event, which is now held annually in various cities across the United States.
The popularity of slam poetry has resulted in slam poetry competitions held around the world.
See also
References
Further reading
- "5 Tips for Words Spoken". Power Poetry.org . 2015.
External links
- Poetry aloud - example
- Hear the great poet reading (Book & amp; 3 cds)
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