Spoken Poetry: Skills and Techniques from Writing to Performing Poetry

Abstract

The main objective of this research was to identify the skills and technique from writing to performing poetry as the basis for creating a manual. A semi-structured interview was used to describe and analyze the responses of 15 spoken poetry artist about their skills and technique from writing to performing poetry. It found out that the experience of spoken poetry artist in writing and performing poetry had a significant role in sharing a relevant message for the community. It also stated that the skills and technique from writing to performing poetry were aligned in the Performance Chart Theory by Pfeiler. Therefore, spoken poetry artists have an objective and advocacy to open the minds of youth which were reflected in the content of their poem. Also, spoken poetry artists followed a process in writing which are pre-writing, actual writing and post-writing, on the other hand, performance aspect also followed the process, which are preparation, actual performance, and post-performance. The researcher recommended conducting an interview with the other spoken poetry artists specifically in the province of Visayas and Mindanao to show their perspective in this type of art. Lastly, conduct preliminary research about the significance of spoken poetry in the academe, which will be a help to include in the secondary curriculum.