def poetry for the blind

So being my first an all, i think i should start with what i have been spending pretty much all my spare time watching...

Team Hollywood;

here's two poets by the names of Rives and Shihan. both are part of "Team Hollywood", a notorious poetry team, who have a tendency for winning poetry slam contests with ease. both have a brilliantly individual style. Shihan being the latter of the two.

Deaf Poetry Jam


Kite


Flashy Words


i want this type love...

This Type Love


Tommy Bottoms

Tommy Bottoms is one of the poets that got me into spoken word. His gritty style is a antidote to the subtle venom of "flowery" poetry that we all remember falling asleep to at school.

Basic Economics


The Definition Of A Slave


Gemineye

Other than having possibly the shitest alias in spoken word, Gemineye is a beast. Poems like Poetic Bloodlines still give me shivers after countless readings.


Penny For Your Thoughts



Taylor Mali

Now i don't know a lot about Mali's other work. However, this is the shit.

What Teachers Make


The Impotence Of Proof Reading


MuMz

MuMz is a world wide known poet/actor. famous for his role as Poet in the shakesperean Oz. (that will feature heavily in later entries)

I Kidnapped The Presidents Wife Without a Plan