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The Best Contemporary Beat Poetry Performances

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Updated on: 3/16/21

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Listen to these beat poets tackle a host of topics, ranging from gender dysphoria to sexist microaggressions in a manner that allows you reflect and engage with their words.

Beat poetry celebrates non-conformity and spontaneous ingenuity while also allowing an audience to interact intimately with the poets themselves, creating an atmosphere that explores various parts of the human condition. It is said that beat poetry gained widespread popul… Continue Reading >> Listen to these beat poets tackle a host of topics, ranging from gender dysphoria to sexist microaggressions in a manner that allows you reflect and engage with their words.

Beat poetry celebrates non-conformity and spontaneous ingenuity while also allowing an audience to interact intimately with the poets themselves, creating an atmosphere that explores various parts of the human condition. It is said that beat poetry gained widespread popularity during the postwar era and influenced the counterculture movement. Today, modern beat poets carry that legacy when they perform readings. << Show Less

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Audio of Ethan Smith Performing “A Letter to the Girl I Used to Be”

Ethan Smith reads an emotionally powerful letter to the girl he used to be before transitioning six months ago and acknowledges the battles it took to get here.

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Audio of YaYa Performing “Ling Ling”

YaYa explains the perils of feeling unwanted as a Chinese woman navigating the fabric of American society and struggling to reconcile with the disparity between the two cultures.

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Audio of Porsha O. Performing “Angry Black Woman”

Porsha O. breaks down the stereotype of the angry black woman who has the right to be angry, rightfully so, at systemic injustice and racial bias.

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Audio of Rudy Francisco Performing “My Honest Poem”

Rudy Francisco was born feet-first, indulged in Ginger Ale, and often fell in love with woman who never loved him back, so now that love is comfortable and yet meaningless.

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Audio of Dob Luben Performing “14 Lines From Love Letters or Suicide Notes”

Dob Luben describes the feeling of falling in love — buying someone their favorite crackers and the feeling of wanting to die — the unrelenting notion of dread.

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Audio of Reagan Myers Performing “The Girl Becomes Gasoline”

Reagan Myers discusses how a woman's body is often treated as an another object with little regard for feelings, which allows men to overstep boundaries.

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Audio of Sabrina Benaim Performing “Explaining Depression to My Mother”

Sabrina Benaim personifies her ever shifting anxiety and depression in hopes that her mom will understand their severity, but understanding is a distant process for both.

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Audio of Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye Performing “When Love Arrives”

Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye explain the imperfect nature of love in adolescence with mismatched expectations and disappearing acts — ephermerial and yet beautiful.

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Audio of Maia Mayor Performing “I Want to Be”

Maia Mayor wants to live up to society's unreasonable expectations — intelligent, funny, yet utterly hot and sexy, ultimately realizing her aspirations detract from herself.

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Audio of Blythe Baird Performing “Relapse”

Blythe Baird begs her body to forgive her after it had undergone an eating disorder and be patient as she unlearns the unhealthy rituals and thought patterns from her past.

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Audio of Amanda Gorman's Inspiring Poetry

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10 Amazing Poems for National Poetry Month

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