Spoken Word Poetry Links and Resources

Here is the one where the guy seemed as if he was talking before the poem but it was actually the poem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=lUBP76q6cVU

Here is the one where she starts neutral, even comic, then transitions to angry (the climax), then pulls back to become sad and introspective:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=191&v=gfexOa8-h44

Here is the ode to New Haven's activist history by Aaron Jafferis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=121&v=PXbjqJfcVWo

Here is the one set to music about using technology:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6fk9QY

Here is a famous one that we did not watch in class:

https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_kay_if_i_should_have_a_daughter

For more by Aaron Jafferis, here is his website:

http://www.aaronjafferis.com/see-hear/

Here is the website for the Spoken Word Artist Sarah Kay and links to her organization, Project Voice:

http://www.kaysarahsera.com/project-voice

Some other videos of Slam Poetry perfromances:

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/the-best-slam-poems