zinc90
07-08-2010, 09:40 AM
Now I'm just going to preface this by saying that I am a noob in terms of writing poetry and I'm sure my question (that is, how to write "slam poetry") will be answered with "learn how to write poetry, period" but I just had a few questions about that.
Many (slam) poets that I've heard in interviews said that certain pieces they write are simply not meant to be performed, some like Shane Koyczan suggested to "work backwards when writing a performance piece" and sometimes he "feels" whether a piece will work or not, implying that when trying to write a performance piece it doesn't always work.
So basically my question is do you recommend any books on helping a beginning with writing poetry that may also have a section, or advice, on writing performance pieces like that of spoken word?
Many (slam) poets that I've heard in interviews said that certain pieces they write are simply not meant to be performed, some like Shane Koyczan suggested to "work backwards when writing a performance piece" and sometimes he "feels" whether a piece will work or not, implying that when trying to write a performance piece it doesn't always work.
So basically my question is do you recommend any books on helping a beginning with writing poetry that may also have a section, or advice, on writing performance pieces like that of spoken word?