10 APR 2012 · PART 3A EXAMINES THE ORIGINS OF SOULSPEAK, A TRUE, UNPREMEDITATED ORAL POETRY SIMILAR TO PRELITERATE POETRY.
PART ONE A & B: SPEAKING WRITTEN POETRY (READINGS)
PART TWO: PERFORMANCE POETRY AND SLAMS
PART THREE A, B & C: ORAL POETRY ( SOULSPEAK)
PART FOUR: MUSICAL POETRY
PART FIVE: RAP
A MULTI-PART SERIES OF 30 MINUTE EPISODES EXPLORING THE MANY TYPES OF SPOKEN POETRY EXISTING TODAY: POETRY READINGS, SLAM POETRY, PERFORMANCE POETRY, ORAL POETRY (SOULSPEAK), MUSICAL POETRY, AND RAP.
THE CHARACTERISTICS AND HISTORY OF EACH WILL BE EXPLORED AND MANY RECORDED EXAMPLES WILL BE PLAYED AS ILLUSTRATIONS.
THIS SERIES IS UNIQUE AND SHOULD BE OF INTEREST TO ANYONE WANTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WRITTEN AND SPOKEN POETRY AND THE WAYS THEY ARE RELATED.