List of performance poets

The following is a partial list of performance poets. See performance poetry for more information.

Canada

 * Lillian Allen
 * Afua Cooper
 * Gordon Downie
 * Shane Koyczan
 * Brendan McLeod


 * Susan McMaster
 * Dwayne Morgan
 * Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
 * Sheri-D Wilson

United States
A-E
 * Taalam Acey
 * Alurista
 * David Antin
 * Apollo Poetry
 * Craig Arnold
 * Robert Ashley
 * Amiri Baraka
 * John M. Bennett
 * Buddy Wakefield
 * Big Poppa E
 * Brother Dash
 * Derrick Brown
 * B. Dolan
 * Roger Bonair-Agard
 * Giannina Braschi
 * Clint Catalyst
 * Richard Cambridge
 * Staceyann Chin
 * Jim Cohn
 * Allison Hedge Coke
 * Steve Connell
 * Jamie DeWolf
 * Maggie Estep

F-L
 * Karen Finley
 * Shaggy Flores
 * Ragan Fox
 * Kip Fulbeck
 * Andrea Gibson
 * Allen Ginsberg
 * John Giorno
 * Jesse Glass
 * Gary Glazner
 * Guillermo Gómez-Peña
 * Roxy Gordon
 * Hedwig Gorski
 * John S. Hall
 * Suheir Hammad
 * Matt Harvey
 * Bradley Hathaway
 * Bob Holman
 * Detrick Hughes
 * David Jewell
 * Jerome "J-Square" Jones
 * Anthony Joseph
 * Kealoha
 * Nomy Lamm
 * The Last Poets

M-R
 * Taylor Mali
 * Jeffrey McDaniel
 * Mighty Mike McGee
 * Karyna McGlynn
 * Don McIver
 * Douglas A. Martin
 * Kevin Max
 * Boonaa Mohammed
 * Lenelle Moise
 * Anis Mojgani
 * José Montoya
 * Da'shade Moonbeam
 * Alix Olson
 * Robert Peters
 * Lynne Procope
 * John Rives
 * Ursula Rucker
 * Carl Hancock Rux

S-Z
 * Michael Salinger
 * Jill Scott
 * Beau Sia
 * Otep Shamaya
 * Marc Smith
 * Patricia Smith
 * Patti Smith
 * Rod Smith
 * Sekou Sundiata
 * Taco Shop Poets
 * Robbie Q. Telfer
 * Quincy Troupe
 * Buddy Wakefield
 * Anne Waldman
 * Saul Williams
 * Emanuel Xavier

Germany

 * Kurt Schwitters

Ireland

 * Gerard McKeown

Russia

 * Konstantyn K. Kuzminsky

Spain

 * Carlos Oroza
 * El Chojin

United Kingdom

 * Attila the Stockbroker
 * Francesca Beard
 * Pete Brown
 * Craig Charles
 * John Cooper Clarke
 * Jegsy Dodd
 * Matt Harvey
 * John Hegley
 * Adrian Henri
 * Michael Horovitz


 * HKB FiNN
 * Linton Kwesi Johnson
 * Anthony Joseph
 * Liverpool Poets
 * Roger McGough
 * The Medway Poets
 * Ted Milton
 * Andrew Motion
 * Brian Patten


 * Jeremy Reed
 * Lemn Sissay
 * Rod Summers
 * Nick Toczek
 * Verbswish
 * Seething Wells
 * Gez Walsh
 * Luke Wright
 * Peter Wyton
 * Murray Lachlan Young
 * Benjamin Zephaniah
 * Scroobius Pip

Australia

 * Jas H. Duke
 * Jayne Fenton Keane
 * Chris Mansell
 * Pi O


 * Les Wicks
 * Amanda Stewart
 * Billy Marshall Stoneking
 * Komninos Zervos

New Zealand

 * Tusiata Avia
 * Miriam Barr
 * Sam Hunt


 * Craig Ireson
 * Michael Rudd
 * Apirana Taylor
 * Andrew Allan