Glittering metaphors and powerful performance are the key factors to any successful spoken word poem. The poet behind the work is equally important — they bring the personality and stories to the ...

Local poet Chris Williams saw a meme, wrote a poem, and won Grand Champion of Button Poetry’s 2021 Video Contest. Of course, a lot happened in between, so let’s get into it. Anyone who knows Williams ...

If you were part of a specific genre of 2000s “creative weirdos,” you may have found yourself pulled into the spoken word poetry scene. The art form — which, as the name implies, includes any poetry ...

People are clicking on poetry on Twitter. They're listening to poems on podcasts. They're buying poetry collections on Amazon. But on Monday night in St. Paul, they were hearing poetry in person. A ...