Top 5 Tips for Poetry Performance: Doing Poetry Right with Renee M. LaTulippe
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- In this video I give you my Top 5 Tips for Performing Poetry so that you can feel confident in your next poetry performance.
Presented by writer and speaker Renee M. LaTulippe.
Top 5 Tips for Poetry Performance
1. Score Your Poem
2. Find Your Pace
3. Use Good Diction
4. Use Natural Movement
5. Be Natural and Have Fun
Quick and easy tips to make your poetry performance or reading more natural and enjoyable for you and your audience. Poetry is for everyone - have fun with it!
Renée LaTulippe is a former English/theater/public speaking teacher. She is now a children's writer who composes poems for her video blog, No Water River, where she also features videos of renowned children's poets reading their own work. Renée is also the editor at All About Learning Press, for whom she co-authors early readers, including Lizard Lou: a collection of rhymes old and new. Renée holds a BFA in acting/directing from Marymount Manhattan College and an MA in English Education from New York University.
To find out more about Renée, see:
Website: www.reneelatulippe.com/
Her children's poetry blog: www.nowaterriver.com/
CZcams channel (poetry): / nowaterriver
CZcams channel (lessons on writing for children): / lyricallanguagelab
Twitter: @ReneeMLaTulippe
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You're the first person that explained performance poetry in a way that I can relate to it. You inspired me.
It's given me the confidence to start today. I love your examples. You're awesome 😀
Thank you so much! I'm sure your own poetry performances will be great!
Same
Yes
Nicely explained, am asking if you can be my Coach.
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Hana 하나 I also thought the same
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Top Tip: Score your poem.
Create a roadmap for your performance
1. Highlight juicy words
2. Note ideas for gestures
3. Mark the text for pacing (e.g. speed up, slow down or pause
4. Make natural choices for movement and voice
Thank you!
Thank you!
Another tip is to film yourself to see how others would see you perform. :3 I do it every time i have to present to people.
Yup, that's a great tip!
+NoWaterRiver Hi thanks for the video I'm doing a poem on Mandalay by ruphard kipling my performance is on April 18th and 20th, I have memorized and i have couple of gestures and pauses, can you please check if i have about the right idea
(Medium Paced volume throughout the poem with medium pace unless it’s a particular part(mentioned below)By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' eastward to the sea,-breath and 2 second pause after each comma where indicated a pause.
There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' me;
For the wind is in the palm-trees, and the temple-bells they say:
"Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay!"-long pause, big gesture of wide arms on air to exggrate.
Come you back to Mandalay,
Where the old Flotilla lay:
Can't you 'ear their paddles chunkin' from Rangoon to Mandalay?-long pause
On the road to Mandalay,
Where the flyin'-fishes play,
An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!-long pause
'Er petticoat was yaller an' 'er little cap was green,-pause(this part of the stanza has a slower pace)
An' 'er name was Supi-yaw-lat -- jes' the same as Theebaw's Queen,-pause
An' I seed her first a-smokin' of a whackin' white cheroot,- long pause to bring effect.
An' a-wastin' Christian kisses on an 'eathen idol's foot:-pause
Bloomin' idol made o'mud --
Wot they called the Great Gawd Budd --
Plucky lot she cared for idols when I kissed 'er where she stud!-long pause
On the road to Mandalay . . .
(medium paced again)
When the mist was on the rice-fields an' the sun was droppin' slow,-pause
She'd git 'er little banjo an' she'd sing "Kulla-lo-lo!"-pause
With 'er arm upon my shoulder an' 'er cheek agin' my cheek
We useter watch the steamers an' the hathis pilin' teak.-Long Pause
Elephints a-pilin' teak-do big wide arm gestures, to represent elephants.
In the sludgy, squdgy creek.
Where the silence 'ung that 'eavy you was 'arf afraid to speak!-long pause
On the road to Mandalay . . .
(this stanza has a slower pace and gets slower as it goes on and on)
But that's all shove be'ind me -- long ago an' fur away,
An' there ain't no 'busses runnin' from the Bank to Mandalay;-pause
An' I'm learnin' 'ere in London what the ten-year soldier tells:
"If you've 'eard the East a-callin', you won't never 'eed naught else.”-long pause do a drinking beer gesture, as he is desperate for remembering Mandalay
No! you won't 'eed nothin' else
But them spicy garlic smells,
An' the sunshine an' the palm-trees an'(pause for effect) the tinkly temple-bells;
On the road to Mandalay . . .
(fast pace to emphasise his anger on where he is currently living compared to Mandalay)
I am sick o' wastin' leather on these gritty pavin'-stones, -pause
An' the blasted Henglish drizzle wakes the fever in my bones;-pause
Tho' I walks with fifty 'ousemaids outer Chelsea to the Strand,
An' they talks a lot o' lovin', but wot do they understa Beefy face an' grubby 'and --
Law! wot do they understand?-Pause
I've a neater, sweeter maiden in a cleaner, greener land!-Do a sad type of facial expression(trying to cry)(the pace slows down a bit)
On the road to Mandalay . . .
Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst,
Where there aren't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst;
For the temple-bells are callin', an' it's there that I would be -
(fast paced)
By the old Moulmein Pagoda, looking lazy at the sea;-long pause after the long speech in this particular stanza
On the road to Mandalay,
Where the old Flotilla lay,
With our sick beneath the awnings when we went to Mandalay!-long pause
On the road to Mandalay,
Where the flyin'-fishes play,
An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!
+NoWaterRiver sorry for the long message please take your time to read when you get time and i agree with the tips but will they be enough to help me perform this poem or do i look up more tips.
+Nikunj Majithia It looks like you're on the right track with your poem! Just be sure your "long pauses" aren't TOO long and your slower pace isn't TOO slow. When it comes to pacing, you really need to put yourself into the character and speak as he would naturally (for example, you have a good idea to speed up in the stanza in which he's angry), but think also about modulating the volume of your voice -- when to raise it, when to whisper, and so on. You'll be great! Let me know how it goes! :)
+Renee LaTulippe Thanks for the feedback
Make a condifedence ,make a sweet voice,find the pace this are the few things that we have to learn in poem
You'll be fine! :) I hope the video tips helped you!
NoWaterRiver Thank you so much! ❤
Thanks a lor @nowaterriver
I have a competition on Sunday and it includes reciting a poem! My teacher forgot to teach us how because of my class's problems, so I am glad to have found this! Thank you!
Hooray! I'm glad you found the video helpful. Best of luck at your competition!
I thought only srilankan teachers are like that..
It is SO hard for me to read anything in front of my peers without talking like an auctioneer 😂. I have a dramatic poetry presentation tomorrow and I'm really fearing talking like fricken roadrunner on crack... And it's a slow sorrow poem so shits gonna get weird if I'm doing that crap 😂
that random thugpug
a roadrunner on crack with a slow sorrowful poem. musta been interesting lol
Hi, 5 years ago..
Hi, 8 years ago..
I just love poetry. It develops romance and prudence in one.
Anyone from the future (I mean 2021)
I totally agree. What an wesome video 😎
I'm from 2039. Hello :D
I’m from 2020
SANDEEP SABARI yep! Even more into the future, 2020!!!
2020 hey
I'm going to perform after 3 days in front of a large number of people. 💔 My first time standing in front of an audience will be a poem 😫 RIP lol
How did it gooo
Mine's today:(
Mine is tomorrow!
Me too
I m going to perform in 10 hour to a large nb of ppl and I know a... See what happens in the next episode
It seems unreal that a video from ten years ago could have helped me in such a way. Thank you very much.
That's because poetry is timeless, of course! :)
You see, I love making poems, but often times I get lack of vocabularies and some excitement and suprises to it. Once, a classmate of mine commented on the post I've shared regarding about writers and poetries. He just said if our school would have a contest in Poems and other writings, he'll be gladly to see my work. It got me startled because, I just made this as my hobby and passion but I dont know. Im messed up. I think I cant sleep tonight thinking about that. Im just not used to participating on events.
A lot of rappers should watch this, thanks
Lol
there is not break at all 😂
@@rsatriadirja7345 poetry and rapping is different, cant compare apples and oranges
I won 1st place on my poem and I have to read it tomorrow at school I'm scared lol and I need expression.🤐😥😣
I'm sure you did great!
Poetry by heart?
Tips
Score your poem
Pace (handle line breaks)
Good diction
Natural movements
Be natural have fun (language and voice is poetry)
Edit: I tried it and it worked amazingly I won 2nd prize in the district level competition ♥️
After I saw the clips, I realized my performance is plain. Good thing I search for a proper way of performing poem. So thank you so much! I learned a lot and this will help me on my performance!
Thank you so much ❤. I love poetry and this could do of greaf help as I'm about to walk in my first big moment. Thank you a lot.
thank you for ur tips !! they were very hlpful !! :)
I have a real huge poetry competition and thank you so much for this! It helped me a lot!
Wonderful! I hope your competition went well!
Thank you! Funny and clear video. I neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeded all this for my classwork. Thanks again! 💕💕💕
Yay! Glad you found it helpful!
This is so awesome, I signed up for poetry night at my University, and am nervous as hell as I have to read my own poetry in front of a bunch of people (as you can tell I'm not very good on stage) and this is going to help a bunch! :) Thanks!
great
This was incredibly helpful. Thank you so much for sharing!
So glad you found the content useful, Kathrin!
Thanks, it saved my life
Wow! I am a beginner, meaning this is the first time I decided to act on my desire to perform poetry. This video was exactly what I was looking for. I'll keep coming back to it! Thank you! :)
My small village in Dorset, England (Hardy country - 2nd favourite poet after Kipling) has a thriving poetry reading society that has been going for something like 12 years. All manner of types of poems, and styles of reading, and the only one of your tips I wholeheartedly endorse is No. 5: Be natural, have fun. If you do that, you have poetry reading cracked! (I have been reading Jabberwocky for 65 years - that is FUN!)
but the question remains - is a hard g or a soft g in gyre & gimble? The jury is hung on that one
@@Pippins666 That's a good question -- I probably said them wrong. Ah well, I will try to carry on!
I learned many things from the video and loved all the points you told in the Video.
Been using this with my students for years and still loving it!
Oh, how wonderful!! Thank you so much for letting me know. I love that I can help! :)
I’m going to have to perform on Monday and hope fully this helps me perform may every one please pray for me 🤷🏼♀️♥️
Glad you found it helpful, Madhura! Good luck with your poetry performance!
I love the quirky comments that you put in the brackets! Great tips with fun!
Ha! Thank you!
this was wonderful! Thank you.
She has really done me a favor because I have a competition and I hope I will win because of her
Thank you so much for advice
You're awesome. Thank you for the tips, they help me in my project. :)
Great!! So glad you found it helpful!
Poetry is a hard thing to read
After your teaching you make me more confident to my performance
I love the way you speak! It has a slight trans Atlantic style to it that harkens back to the time of Old Hollywood. ❤️
Oh, thank you! I guess I have to give credit my theater voice & speech professor! 😄
Thank you so much for explaining how to perform during poetry . I will do a performance 🎭 soon along side a poet. I love the way you explained how natural the performance should be and how to hold my hands. You are appreciated 🙏🏽
Thank you so much! I hope your performance went well -- and that you continue performing poetry!
who had to watch this for school?
Yuppp
Me in 2024
Me in 2024
My teacher always gives me full marks for my poem content but when I give the poem irl as a speech, I look so awkward because I never know what to do with my body language movements. All the poems I write are about depression, how do I “be natural” lmfao- 😭
I wrote lots of poems like this when I was in school. The important thing is to be honest when you recite them. Don't try to "act" like anything or anyone -- just be yourself and keep it really simple. Let the words speak for themselves. Perhaps you are speaking more of your comfort or confidence level with public speaking? If so, see if your teacher will let you use a podium so you have a place to rest your hands and you will feel "protected" with the podium in front of you. But then you'll need to get away from that eventually ... in which case, give your hands something simple to do, like the hold the paper with your poem written on it.
Thank you souch for this tips, I had a homework to recite a poem, but I felt like my technique is lacking and you really helped me
Yay! I hope your recitation went well. :)
gorgeous poetry reading....
WOnderful tips.....I am going to an open mic next week, and hope if I get the nerve to share some of my poems. This was timely for me, thanks Renee.
+Damon Dean Awesome, Damon! Let me know how it goes!
Amazing 🤩🤩
Very helpful tips; thank you 😃
Ha, this is great! Thanks :)
Thank you!!!!! Loved!!!
Serendipity!!! 🥰🥰🥰
Yay!! So glad you liked it!
Thank you so much for this video I was really looking for this kind of video ❤️❤️❤️😘😘☑️☑️
Hi, Saray. I'm so pleased you found the tips useful. For your poem in English, concentrate on Tip #3: Use Good Diction. Be sure you have the correct pronunciations down, and then enunciate, enunciate, enunciate. Which poem are you doing?
Wow u r amazing i loved the way you were explaining
This was wow
Thank you so much for your guidance
Thank you so much for this 💗
Thanks for the tips.I have a concert in s few days
This is indeed very helpful, thank you!
Thank you this video helped me with the exam I am going to participate in 🙏🏻❤️
this will help me in my project thanks!!!
hi i love this video it helps with homework, THANKS!! Good 2021🌈
Yeah, they did. Thanks a lot! :)
Poetry is a combination of thoughts,ideas, reflections, images, emotions,sentiments; sounds, signs and symbols. Poetry poetical, poetry prosaic. The alphabet of poetry, how to script it? Poetry stylistic, linguistic. Poetry mythical, poetry symbolical. The poet a singer of heart or a lyric-writer?
All of the above! :)
Thanks for your juicy tips.I'm having a poetry competition,and I am not nervous,but mom daid that I should recite it with feelings since I am also a poet.Your video gave me confidence.Thank you.
You're very welcome! I hope it went great!
thanks this helped so much with my homework
Great fun!
Great ideas. Liked them.
This was different, but quite helpful.
Thank you! Good luck with your teaching!
This is very helpful 😁thanks
Very detailed. You're awesome.
Thank you, Tshepi!
Very clear & helpful tips. Thank you💐
You're welcome! I'm so glad you found the video useful! :)
That's wonderful, Arron! I'm so glad you found the video useful. Keep writing!
Ima do a big ol' poetry recitation competition once school gets back in. Very helpful, thank you!
Wonderful! I hope it went well!
Thank you 😊
Love your poetry recitation part🥰
Thank you so much! :)
Thanks your tips are precise and to the point
thank you so much
One of the best explenation about reading poetry. Thank you lot
Thank you so much -- I'm glad you found it helpful! :)
Love this, thank you so much. 😊
You're welcome!
Thank you so much for the tips! I have been joining solo verse speaking for 6 years now and last year I got second and this year I hope to win the first position. So I'm trying my best for it! The competition is in mid-Nov , so I'm freaking out nonetheless.
Maliha xoxo I've got a competition today
I have language arts homework because of you
Ha! I'm glad I could help. :D
NoWaterRiver It’s not funny you fucking bitch “:D”
bob jerry you need to calm down buddy
I gotta do this for my public speaking class tomorrow thank you ❤🙏
You're welcome! I hope it went well!
NICE! THIS IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR,
THE ONE THAT I ALWAYS ADORE.
I needed something to help get my 10th graders interested in performing Walt Whitman poems, and this looks like it will fit the bill. So, thanks!
@William Kloezeman Oh, what a great project! When I taught 9th and 10th grades, I would hold a Poetry Café in class once a month. I'd arrange the chairs in a circle around the room (though the kids usually sat on the floor), dim the lights, and light candles (probably can't do that anymore!). Then the kids would go to the "stage" one at a time and read or recite a poem of their choice, either their own or by someone else. Reluctant kids were often excited that I considered lyrics as poetry and allowed them to recite those as well (keeping it clean). It was during one of these Poetry Cafés that a shy 9th grader who confided to me that he didn't feel he belonged in the school recited from memory Dickinson's "I'm Nobody---who are you?" and was thrilled to receive an enthusiastic round of applause. It remains a highlight of my short teaching career.
Thanks
I have a poetry competition coming up. This video helps a lot!
Good luck!
Thank you so much! This really motivates me! I have a poetry competition coming up! THX a TON! :)
How did it go??
i am in love with your content new subby!!!!
My chorus teacher passed away earlier this year. I wrote a poem in her honor and I’m reading it at a memorial my school is doing.
That's a lovely thing to do.
Good points. I think that scoring the poem is a good idea but I do not think one must not feel they stick to their first impressions, rigidly. I find my delivery changes the more I work on a poem. I see and feel things that I did not catch at first glance. My pacing and emphasis often changes as my insight into the words grows.
Absolutely -- I agree with you 100%. The scoring provides a preliminary road map to help you navigate the poem ... and then you need to make it natural, all your own, adding your own emotional response to it. Great comment -- thank you!
Wonderfully illuminating and...entertaining.
I am going to perform tomorrow infront of many audience
Lovely explanation
Hi Renee I loved your video so much, I have wrote my first poem, about a journey my with my dog Oberon we we run a group called Constant Canine companions on Facebook and weebly I called it the butterfly effect a lot of people came to our rescue and the first year is coming up on the 15th of Feb 2016 and I plan to recite it and found your video inspiring
+Arrmand Adams I'm so glad you found the tips helpful, Arrmand! I hope your poem recital went well. Keep up the great work you do with animals!
I'm joining a poem recital and I'm noting all of these !! ♡♡
Wonderful! I hope it helped!
this was really useful..!! thank you so much! just wondering.. do you have any tips for foreign people performing an english poem..?? I speak spanish, live in UK and I am taking an acting course where i need to perform an english poem.!! i would appreciate your help!! thank you so much!
I am developing an affinity to writing poems and quotes, dont know why. Not sure how to develop it more , but currently putting my poems in my youtube channel
Thank you for the tip
You are very welcome!
Great tips!Thanks
You're welcome!
Day after tomorrow. Wish me luck! Thanks for the helpful video, really helped me. 💞
How did it go??
@@NoWaterRiver I won first place! Thank you so much! 🖤🖤
@@Anna78767 WOW!!!!!!! That's fantastic! Congratulations! You made my night!
@@Anna78767 congratss❤️
My poem recitation competition is at 25th October and I am very nervous I am seeing this video before 3 days in my poem recitation competition I am very lucky that I found this video thank you very much 😊😊
I'm happy you found the video helpful -- and I hope your recitation went well!