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Spoken word Poetry albums often feature poets reciting their poems, or feature trained actors reading the works of famous authors.
Poetry Artist Highlights
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Maya Angelou
Allen Ginsberg
Bertolt Brecht
Gil Scott-Heron
Kae Tempest
Cecil Taylor
Archie Shepp
John Sinclair
Maggie Estep
The Last Poets
Robert Creeley
Rainer Maria Rilke
Rachel Buchman
Carl Hancock Rux
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Poetry Album Highlights
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Allen Ginsberg
Holy Soul Jelly Roll: Poems & Songs
Jack Kerouac
The Jack Kerouac Collection
Rod McKuen
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Kae Tempest
Let Them Eat Chaos
Rod McKuen
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
Various Artists
Howls, Raps & Roars: Recordings from the San Francisco Poetry Renaissance
Jack Kerouac
Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation
Gil Scott-Heron
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
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Poetry Recent Releases
More Recent Releases
Alabaster DePlume
A Blade Because a Blade Is Whole
Damon Locks
List of Demands
Tank and the Bangas
The Heart, the Mind, the Soul
Carlos Niño
Placenta
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Poetry Song Highlights
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Seasons in the Sun
Jacques Brel
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Rod McKuen
Rod McKuen
Brother
Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron
The Bottle
Gil Scott-Heron
Brian Jackson
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Gil Scott-Heron
Lady Day and John Coltrane
Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron
I'm an Old Man Now, And a Lonesome Man in Kansas
Allen Ginsberg
Tyger
Allen Ginsberg
Le Bourgeois
Jacques Brel
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Rod McKuen
Rod McKuen
Kaleidoscope
Rod McKuen
Rod McKuen
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron
[Untitled]
Kevin Shields
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Patti Smith
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Other Styles in Spoken Word
Beat Poetry
Documentary
Drama
Erotica
Fantasy
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Poetry
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Beat Poetry
Documentary
Drama
Erotica
Fantasy
Instructional
Interview
Poetry
Radio Plays
Radio Shows
Speeches