2020 audio poetry

Poet Carolyn Guinzio works across mediums to reach spaces that are inaccessible through text alone. “Down Ballot” is a work of visual poetry.

Susan DiPronio’s audio poem encapsulates feelings of COVID ennui and the harm mankind has done to the world.

Based on a poem by Cynthia Manick, the video is an abstract meditation on the body, the feminine, the everyday realities of being young and black, and the fragile relationship between the manmade and the natural.

Watch this 19 y.o. spoken word artist / poet / content creator perform her poem “either” in this captivating video on The Woven Tale Press.

Listen to Zimbabwe-born poet Ndaba Sibanda perform River Love. In this audio poetry, he pleads with the river to carry his love to his lover.

Kirstin Maguire produces audio poetry at SoundCloud as well as publishing them in publications and collections—Woven Tale Press presents The Writing Life.

“Video offers an opportunity to add texture and dimension to a poem, and perhaps a different, hopefully more inviting, way to experience poetry.”