Performance Poetry

Performance poetry is poetry that is specifically composed for or during a performance before an audience. During the 1980s, the term came into popular usage to describe poetry written or composed for performance rather than print distribution.

Read more about Performance Poetry:  History, Poetry in Oral Cultures, The Advent of Printing, The 20th Century, The 1970s and After, The United Kingdom

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