Sotheby's
The Beat Generation's Compelling Counterculture
In this 60-Second Gallery, free your mind with cherished works by icons of the Beat Generation. From a first edition copy of Jack Kerouac's seminal masterpiece On the Road to the personal letters of poet Allan Ginsburg, these pieces...
Wonderscape
The Rhythm of Poetry
Rhythm in poetry refers to the beat and pace that give a poem its musicality and flow. Gwendolyn Brooks' We Real Cool exemplifies rhythm through its jazz-like cadence, repetition, and stressed syllables, making the poem feel almost like...
Mr. Beat
1920s American Culture (Story Time with Mr. Beat)
Once upon a time, a horrible war known as World War 1 devastated the planet. Immediately after the war, a lot of people in the United States were passionate about various causes, some good, some not so much. While women had finally won...
Curated Video
Dread Beat and Blood (1979) - extract
Watch the complete film on BFI Player (UK only): http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-dread-beat-and-blood-1979/ This vibrant portrait of dub poet and political activist Linton Kwesi Johnson transports us back to the turbulent streets of...
Great Big Story
Baku's battle of words, inside the world of meykhana poetry
Step into the spirited world of Meykhana, Azerbaijan’s improvisational poetry duel, where poets like Mehman showcase their verbal prowess in Baku’s underground scene.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The pleasure of poetic pattern - David Silverstein
Humans are creatures of rhythm and repetition. From our breath to our gait: rhythm is central to our experience, and often brings us pleasure. We can find pleasure in the rhythm of a song, or even the rows of an orchard. Of course, too...
TED Talks
TED: Poems of war, peace, women, power | Suheir Hammad
Poet Suheir Hammad performs two spine-tingling spoken-word pieces: "What I Will" and "break (clustered)" -- meditations on war and peace, on women and power. Wait for the astonishing line: "Do not fear what has blown up. If you must,...