Have you ever heard of spoken word poetry? It’s poetry that’s meant to be read aloud. Here’s a video with a poem called Plan B by Sarah Kay. Sarah also talks about what spoken word poetry is and how you can write and perform it. Take a few minutes and watch this. I’d love to see and hear your spoken word poetry!

Here’s another poem with Sarah and her friend Phil. This poem is about how they met.

I wonder…what kind of spoken word poetry would you write? Would you perform it? What do you think of spoken word poetry? Would you like to see more? Would you like to try this in class?