page_title: Performance poetry
hierarchical_section_title: Performance poetry
caption_attribution_description: English: H. O. Tanager (author of Autograph Penis) performs at the Rediscovered Bookshop in Boise, Idaho.
context_page_description: Performance poetry is poetry that is specifically composed for or during a performance before an audience. During the 1980s, the term came into popular usage to describe poetry written or composed for performance rather than print distribution, mostly open to improvisation.
context_section_description: Performance poetry is poetry that is specifically composed for or during a performance before an audience. During the 1980s, the term came into popular usage to describe poetry written or composed for performance rather than print distribution, mostly open to improvisation.
caption: H. O. Tanager performs at a bookstore in Boise, Idaho.
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