Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm. / A poet's literary production.

plural of poetry

Poetry written for public performance rather than private reading.

A competition at which poets (slam poets) recite their poems (slam poetry) before an audience and are given scores by judges.

A type of morbid poetry which lingers on human mortality, tombs, and burial grounds. It was popular in the pre-romantic period of 18th-century Britain.

plural of poetry slam

Poetry, often terse and surreal, created by assembling magnetic pieces bearing words or word fragments.

(idiomatic) Fluid, graceful movement. / (idiomatic) A person or thing that moves in a particularly fluid, graceful way.

Martianism

A form of performance poetry of West Indian origin, accompanied by music and often of a political nature.