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Spoken word: the rise of performance poetry

 

Spoken word is a form of poetry usually written to be performed in front of an audience, and often associated with hip hop culture. In recent years its popularity has soared in the UK - and now, as part of the London Literature Festival, the Southbank Centre is hosting the final of "Shake the Dust", a national poetry slam for teenagers.

So, what's the difference between "page" and "stage" poetry? Does spoken word have a political bent? And can poets hope to change anything?

Jan Dalley puts these questions to the poet, rapper and playwright Kate Tempest; poet and artistic director of the "Shake The Dust" Jacob Sam-La Rose; and critic Suzi Feay.

Produced by Griselda Murray Brown

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