Poetry

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Poetry.

Video playlists about Poetry

Spoken-word fireworks

9 talks • 2h 3m
Brave and beautiful expressions from some of the world's most talented spoken-word performers, who weave stories in words and gestures.

TED Talks as the seven deadly sins

7 talks • 2h 2m
Envy, sloth, lust, wrath ... These talks intelligently explore and masterfully subvert these concepts of vice.

The most binge-worthy TED Talks

15 talks • 3h 22m
A surprising collection of TED Talks to delight and ensnare you for hours and hours.

Powerful poetry by fierce women

7 talks • 1h 22m
Masterful, riveting performances of lyric, rhythm and rhyme.

Talks about Poetry

14:55

Poet Ali

The language of being human

Posted May 2020
10:38

Oliver Jeffers

An ode to living on Earth

Posted Apr 2020
7:14

Marc Bamuthi Joseph

"You Have the Rite"

Posted Aug 2019
4:53

Sarah Kay

"A Bird Made of Birds"

Posted Jun 2019
11:54

Aja Monet and phillip agnew

A love story about the power of art as organizing

Posted Feb 2019
6:23

Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes

"Chasms"

Posted Sep 2018
4:36

Sunni Patterson

"Wild Women"

Posted Aug 2018
12:45

Felice Belle and Jennifer Murphy

How we became sisters

Posted Mar 2018
7:49

Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa

Black life at the intersection of birth and death

Posted Feb 2018
11:00

Cleo Wade

Want to change the world? Start by being brave enough to care

Posted Jan 2018
20:15

David Whyte

A lyrical bridge between past, present and future

Posted Aug 2017
16:09

Lucy Kalanithi

What makes life worth living in the face of death

Posted May 2017
16:40

Jorge Drexler

Poetry, music and identity

Posted May 2017
10:51

Emtithal Mahmoud

A young poet tells the story of Darfur

Posted Mar 2017
13:22

Jude Kelly

Why women should tell the stories of humanity

Posted Mar 2017
3:57

Chinaka Hodge

What will you tell your daughters about 2016?

Posted Dec 2016
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Exclusive articles about Poetry

Was this poem written by a computer or human?

Put your bot-sniffing skills to the test, and see how you do. How would you feel if you read a poem — and then found out it was written by a computer? Would you be upset? Impres...

5 poems for an inauguration

Five powerful poems to commemorate this moment in time, as we look toward the 2017 US Presidential inauguration ceremony. Whatever your politics, poetry can help. As President J...
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