My Personal Explanation Of Spoken Word

Spoken Word goes beyond writing creative pieces of work with depth and imagination.  It is acting, rhyming and story telling all rolled together with immense amount of energy and passion.  Spoken word poems, typically, are not meant to be read.  Most often they are powerful intense pieces meant to be heard and performed where the artist does more than simply recite their words, they become them.   An artist at the highest level is the one willing to bare their soul in the form of words for all the audience to see.  They are taking their written words and bringing them to life before your eyes.  Performing spoken word is to take the audience on a journey while reaching deep inside their core touching on it like an awakening of some sort.  Spoken word is more about passion for the art more than the love of wealth or fame.  In order to truly understand it, it must be experienced.