Def Poetry Jam

[Hot Shot]

Recently, there has been a thread about a female spoken word poet (I can't quite remember her name). She did have a lot of talent, but it wasn't to my liking. Myself, NorthernChaosGod and eternal essence had expressed interest in some Def Poetry Jam performances. So I thought I should dedicate a thread to Def Poetry Jam so we can all share and discuss the poems/poets that we really like.

I'll start it off with this poem by Gemineye.

So please share poems with us all because knowledge is power. Kill ignorance and enlighten us all. One love.

[Captain Maxx Power]

Isn't this just rapping minus a backing beat? Or is rap poetry with a backing beat?

[Meat Puppet]

i always thought rappers were beatniks on crack
awesoem though awesome wouldn’t say it to their face lest I wanted a bullet in the heart

[Moon Rabbits]

Or is rap poetry with a backing beat?

It would be closer to this. But not only this. I prefer my spoken word less "rappy" than Gemineye (though he's great).

ENVEY. I love Def poetry. Ishle Yi Park is one of my favorites.

This is amazing too.

[Pheesh]

I love this.

[Shiny]

Oh mang, "Instructions for a Body" is my favorite from that show.

[NeoCracker]

Or is rap poetry with a backing beat?

It would be closer to this. But not only this. I prefer my spoken word less "rappy" than Gemineye (though he's great).

ENVEY. I love Def poetry. Ishle Yi Park is one of my favorites.

This is amazing too.

That first one makes me want to see if I can still get Def Poetry Jam on DVD still.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I love every one of these except "Instructions for a Body", it kind of got on my nerves.

[Freya]

I never even knew this show existed o.o Pretty neat though

[Clo]

As someone who will be teaching in a year, and works in classrooms now, I appreciate Taylor Mali's slam. Plus, he's humorous:

YouTube - Taylor Mali on what teachers make

EDIT: Oh, and this is an example of slam poetry in general. I've actually slammed before. I wasn't as good as any of these people though.

[Pheesh]

This is probably my favourite one

YouTube - "Coming Up" Ani DiFranco