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Verbs that move mountains: the magic of spoken-word poetry
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If you can see past the relentless commodification you will be rewarded by enormously powerful work, suggests JENNY MITCHELL
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Verbs That Move Mountains
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SPOKEN-WORD poetry is still deciding what its history is. It’s been around long enough and it’s big enough. The fact is, spoken word is made up of poetries and there’s much to all those histories.
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