It's The Weekend But Is This Poetry? Fink vs Ed Sheeran

Second in the series... this time we look towards singer-song writers and ask... is this poetry?



A couple years ago Ed was all over the London poetry circuit and even joined a poetry collective (PiP) Here he is when he passed through Chill Pill... but is this poetry?

It Is Sunday But Is This Poetry? - Young Savage vs Kate Tempest

Every Sunday I will be posting about two artists and asking "is this poetry?" The idea came about when I was walking past a pub and a football game was on. A team scored and I heard someone shout "THAT WAS POETRY!" and I wondered what exactly is poetry to people other than something we turn to during a ceremonial wedding/funeral? - can it relate to any display of skill?

I thought I'd start off simple with a 16 year old rapper I was told about by one of the young poets me and Dzifa Benson are coaching as part of Shake The Dust project.

Is this poetry?



Kate Tempest calls herself a rapper but calls her pieces poems... Here she is delivering something great...

Is this poetry?