spoken word

Related to spoken word: Slam Poetry

spoken word

A type of poetry that is read aloud in a performance. I'll be reading some of my spoken word poetry tonight at the coffee house, if you want to stop by.
See also: spoken, word
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

the spoken/written ˈword

the language, in speaking/writing: The spoken word is often very different from the written word.
See also: spoken, word, written
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • the spoken/written word
  • spoken
  • once
  • read to
  • read to (one)
  • run one’s rhymes
  • run rhymes
  • on the back of a postage stamp
  • read back
  • of a kind/sort
References in periodicals archive
Street also discusses how the ideological model challenges dominant discourse while redefining "proper literacy." We believe our work with spoken word follows the ideological model.
Voice recognition technology is based on processing spoken words in increasingly complex phases.
'There's no point in comparing it to any other type of spoken word event because nothing else comes close,' say Walsh and Nava.
The programs convert spoken words into commands and type text.
These writers should put themselves in positions of writing for the spoken word - newscasts or video scripts, says the administrator of Community Relations and Media Services for Allied Signal Aerospace Co., based in Kansas City, Mo.
STATUS Quo legend Francis Rossi will be bringing his spoken word tour to Loughborough later this year.
In 2014, Gutierrez started going to spoken word gigs, sitting in the audience.
There's just weeks to go until the inaugural All Together Now festival and organisers have unveiled details of a spoken word stage.
I was invited to guest in the second episode of poet, spoken word artist, graphic novelist, and radio personality Kooky Tuason's program "Bigkas Pilipinas" on Jam 88.3 on Independence Day and, readily I accepted the invitation, despite National Artist F.
Jack of None also received multiple nominations in various categories, including Best Spoken Word Album of the Year, Best Spoken Word Song of the Year, Best Eclectic Song of the Year, Best Album Art, Photography and Design, and Best Lyric Video of the Year.
An evening of poetry, spoken word and music, at the Katara Art Centre (KAC), saw 17 performers belt out a wide range of quality creativity to a cheery audience of close to 100 on the weekend.
Freud and the Spoken Word: Speech as a Key to the Unconscious
Dozens of poets, writers and spoken word artists in the A Firm of Poets collective will showcase their work at the event at Marsden's Mechanics Hall at 7.30pm on November 8.
Meanwhile, you may not have heard of spoken word poetry but the genre, which typically blends poetry, rap and hip hop (though not always, because I am technically a spoken word artist and I'm more hip op than hip hop) is finally hitting the mainstream.