i’ve heard tell of haiku and sonnet, limerick and pantoum, and whatnot, but here are the kinds of poems that i am used to hearing as a performance poet.
backwards and forwards poems.
tongue twisters. essays. love poems.
anaphora anaphora anaphora.
slam.
circular poems. biographic.
sing-songy. rap. screaming
poems. snap your fingers.
stomp your feet poems.
religion. politics. revolution.
talkin bout music or the media poems.
love. lust. hate. breakup poems.
nature
and animals.
molestation and rape.
take your breath and
make you scream poems.
goosebumps and chills.
family. story poems.
funny. stupid and sorry poems.
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