Maz is our next incredible spoken word poet, performing her powerful piece from the perspective of Fanny Eaton, a Jamaican born artist's model from almost 200 years ago. This video can not be played ...

It took poet Hollie McNish a year of attending spoken word poetry nights before she felt brave enough to speak herself. Now videos of McNish’s home-recorded poems have received millions of views.

Consequently, spoken word poems are built to emphasize the cadence, rhythm and musicality of the words, making each poem as much a performance as it is a story. While they can be written in free ...