The Spoken Word Revolution

by Smith, Marc Kelly; Collins, Billy

• ISBN13: 9781402200373
• ISBN10: 1402200374
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Inc

Summary

Hear over 70 minutes of electrifying live poetry on 1 audio CD

Table of Contents

Note from the Publisher	xiii
CD Track List	xiv
Prologue	1	(2)
Billy Collins	3	(4)
Essay: Poems on the Page, Poems in the Air
Introduction to Poetry
Regie Gibson	7	(2)
alchemy
Part One: The Beat Remnants	9	(22)
Introduction	10	(3)
Quincy Troupe, Jr	13	(3)
Poem for the Root Doctor of Rock n Roll
Chicago
Kent Foreman	16	(2)
Chicago
George David Miller	18	(2)
Before I Read This Poem
Edward Hirsch	20	(4)
I am Going to Start Living Like a Mystic
Song
Ocean of Grass
The Burning of the Midnight Lamp
Regie Gibson	24	(3)
from eulogy of jimi christ
Marvin Bell	27	(2)
To Dorothy
To No One in Particular
Yusef Komunyakaa	29	(2)
Anodyne
Blue Light Lounge Sutra for the Performance Poets at Harold Park Hotel
Part Two: Hip Hop	31	(30)
Introduction	32	(2)
Regie Gibson	34	(4)
funknawlegy
Jerry Quickley	38	(8)
Essay: Hip Hop Poetry
Hip Hop Hollas
DJ Renegade	46	(1)
48 Hours After You Left
Tara Betts	47	(4)
Rock'n'Roll Be a Black Woman
A Mixed Message
Celena Glenn	51	(2)
The Hand Has Turned
Kevin Coval	53	(2)
Hear O' Israel
Saul Williams	55	(6)
Amethyst Rocks
Essay: The Future of Language
Part Three: Performance Art	61	(18)
Introduction	62	(2)
Jean Howard	64	(4)
Essay: Performance Art, Performance Poetry---The Two Sisters
Cin Salach	68	(2)
worship
Evolution
Todd Alcott	70	(2)
Television
Jean Howard	72	(2)
Dancing in Your Mother's Skin
Dollmaker
Lisa Buscani	74	(2)
Hemingway Afternoon
Sirens at the Mill
Gregory Harms	76	(3)
Essay: Performance Art: Blood, Ice Skates, and Coyotes in the 20th Century
Part Four: Competitive Poetry/Taos	79	(36)
Introduction	80	(1)
Terry Jacobus	81	(13)
Essay: Poetic Pugilism
So Edgar Allan Poe Was in this Car
I Hear There Are Poets Here
Patience
Peter Rabbit	94	(2)
The Fight Game
Sports Teams
Daniel S. Solis	96	(5)
Welcome to the Revolution
Elephant Song
Anne MacNaughton	101	(3)
Essay: The Taos Poetry Circus
Sherman Alexie	104	(9)
Defending Walt Whitman
Song of Ourself
Totem Sonnets
Marriage
Inside Dachau
Andrei Codrescu	113	(2)
Untitled
On Drunkenness
Part Five: Slam	115	(86)
Marc Smith	116	(14)
Essay: About Slam Poetry
Cat on a Coffin
The Father Has Faded: a gambling rogation
Dusty Blues
Street Musician
Pull the Next One Up
Marvin Bell	130	(3)
Essay: The Poetry Scene: No One Way
Regie Gibson	133	(6)
prayer
it's a teenage thang
in the year i loved your mother
Dr. Richard Prince	139	(3)
Essay: Once a ``Virgin, Virgin'' at the Green Mill
Michael Warr	142	(1)
Low Down in the Get Me High Lounge
Michael R. Brown	143	(2)
The Ice Worm
Brenda Moossy	145	(2)
What I Said to the Man Installing the Hot Tub
Michael Kadela	147	(3)
XXX
LXXIV
Steve Marsh	150	(3)
Belated Valentine: A Work in Progress
Thomas Lux	153	(2)
Essay: About 2 Poets
Jack McCarthy	155	(6)
Careful What You Ask For
Cartalk: A Love Poem
Essay: Degrees of Difficulty
Jeffrey McDaniel	161	(4)
The Passion Tree
Dear America
The Abandoned Factory of Sense
The Foxhole Manifesto
Bob Holman	165	(7)
Essay: Around & in the Scene
DisClaimer
Praise Poem for Slam: Why Slam Causes Pain and Is a Good Thing
Performance Poem
Regie Cabico	172	(2)
Peter Meets the Wolf
Hansel Tells Gretel of the Witch
Taylor Mali	174	(4)
How to Write a Political Poem
Like Lilly Like Wilson
Beau Sia	178	(6)
Howl
Love
Patricia Smith	184	(10)
And Then She
Building Nicole's Mama
My Mother Learns English
A Motherfucker Too
Roger Bonair-Agard	194	(4)
how do we spell freedom---the weusi alphabeti method
...Naming and other Christian things
Shane Koyczan	198	(3)
Beethoven
Part Six: Youth Speaks	201	(22)
Introduction	202	(2)
Viggo Mortensen	204	(4)
Weekends
Hillside
Keepsake
Lullaby
Matinee
Untitled
Luis J. Rodriguez	208	(5)
Essay: Crossing Boundaries, Crossing Cultures: Poetry, Performance, and the New American Revolution
Sarah Maehl	213	(2)
Three A.M.
On Rain
Chinaka Hodge	215	(2)
Losing
Adam Tapia-Grassi	217	(3)
from Guilt
Kevin M. Derrig	220	(3)
First Period
Epilogue	223	(2)
About the Editors	225	(1)
Contributor Biographies	226	(11)
Index	237	(3)
Acknowledgments	240	(1)
Credits	241