Poetry written to be heard before an audience, with emphasis on voice, rhythm, timing, gesture, and stage presence as well as the words on the page. Performance poetry may be memorized or read aloud, and it can include spoken word, slam, and other live traditions where delivery is part of the poem's meaning.
Example
I speak the rain into the room-
not as weather, but as memory,
my hands tracing every drop
until the silence answers back.