Spoken word is a form of literary art or artistic performance in which lyrics, poetry, or stories are spoken rather than sung. Spoken-word is often done with a musical background, but emphasis is kept on the speaker.
Performance poetry *Ben Rivera *GG Allin *William S. Burroughs *Brother Dash *Laurie Anderson *Sofia Baig *John M. Bennett *Jello Biafra *Max Blagg *Maximus Parthas *Roger Bonair-Agard *Derrick C. Brown *John Cooper Clarke *Ernest Cline *Billy Childish *Ani DiFranco *Big Poppa E *HKB FiNN *GiGi *Allen Ginsberg *John Giorno *Jesse Glass *Hedwig Gorski *Tania Guerrera *John S. Hall *Bradley Hathaway *Colin Hay *Cecil Hayduke *Daniel Higgs *Gil Scott-Heron *Lauryn Hill *Bob Holman *Jerome "J-Square" Jones *Joolz *Anthony Joseph *Miranda July *Mark Anthony Parker Adkins *Alan Kaufman *Jack Kerouac *Christine Klusko *Richard Kostelanetz *Shane Koyczan *Talib Kweli *Newoka LaShelle *The Last Poets *David Lerner *Timothy "Speed" Levitch *Eve Libertine *Damon Lomax *Lydia Lunch *Taylor Mali *Sam Marshall *Kevin Matthews *Mighty Mike McGee *Gerard McKeown *Rove McManus *Susan McMaster *Salar Moh *Anis Mojgani *Jim Morrison *Colin Morton *John Most *Ken Nordine *Evalyn Parry *Malachi Rivers *Henry Rollins *Ursula Rucker *Michael Salinger *Steve Sauvé *Jill Scott *Steve Scott *Beau Sia *Shihan van Clief *Mark E. Smith *Patti Smith *Nicky Spesh *Rod Summers *Serj Tankian *Tony Tremblay *Buddy Wakefield *Tom Waits *Saul Williams *Sheri-D Wilson *Emanuel Xavier *Tom Winter *Jason Wright *Mali Woods *Amir Sulaiman *Pooterone *Chuck Britt *TRANSVALUE
Comedians and other artists *Victor Borge *Lenny Bruce *Rives *Henry Rollins *Chris Rock *Robin Williams *Alan Moore
Actors and actresses *Judith Anderson *Ed Begley *Claire Bloom *Richard Burton *Jose Ferrer *Albert Finney *John Gielgud *Cedric Hardwicke *Dennis Hopper *James Mason *Siobhán McKenna *Laurence Olivier *Tyrone Power *Vincent Price *Anthony Quayle *Michael Redgrave *Ralph Richardson *Maggie Smith *William Shatner *Miranda July