Some poets

Erica Hunt is a poet from San Francisco, who regularly uses technology in her poems. Hunt has several audio mp3’s available to listen to online that allow the reader to absorb the feel and tone of her works. Recordings of her reading the poems almost connects the listener with her and creates a strange bond. When you aren't relying on your ability to think of the contents tone yourself and are provided with that original intention its a fairly different experience. Subjectively easier or harder depending on the readers strengths. Hunt also does many visual art combinations in her work such as the film “evidence” which is an Eighteen minute film that starts out black and eventually fades into a silhouette of Hunts profile. Hunt reads her poem evidence for this time and similar to the audios it allows the viewer to focus on the words being said. It is also interesting to see the words themselves leaving her mouth and her mouth creating them. Erica Hunt uses technology to create a closer connection with her readers by allowing them to hear her original intent using her voice and recording devices.

Tuli Kupferberg was a  poet born in the 1920s. He was a musician as well as a poet and frequently mixed the two and did a lot of beat poetry. The mixture of instruments and written poetry has a very nice effect if done well. Tulis work still lives on and is sung by other artists to memorate the passing of Tuli. There are videos on youtube of Tuli reading his poems and speaking about embracing the beats in beat poetry. Although Tuli wasn’t the best singer, his poems still make you think and his vocalizing makes it easy to pick up his clever satire. Tuli was a pacifist and he was a little crude. The use of technology in Tuli’s work made him more accessible to people who didn't just read poetry, his beat poetry and music invited them to explore the possibilities of poetry.

Jacob Sam-La Rose is a slam poet and educator who uses music and poetry to help teach children literacy. Using interesting ambiance and background additions to his words, his beat poetry has its own language and can be slightly distracting if you don't pay full attention. Some portions of ambiance can give you a ominous feeling while paired with the slam poetry. His poems are often long and recorded. Rose uses the internet and its social networks to share his work and host them for others to see.

Briar Wood is another poet who uses audio recordings to further aid her poetry. Its interesting to read a poem of hers yourself and then listen to her reading it back to you and seeing if you had gotten the same tone and inflection as she did. The new zealand native like many writers and poets also uses her past experiences within her poems and they are more evident or maybe relatable when you hear her read her poems. Through her tone and way of speaking she gets caught, although slightly, on specific words and you get a fuller sense of the feeling than by just reading it.

Daniel Beaty is another def jam poet who uses technology in his work, his recordings are strong and emotional, you get pulled in by his forceful but soft words, his deep and personal mood and his infliction of heart. Beaty is able to share with you some of his deep thoughts and personal feelings with written words and spoken. His recordings are extraordinary and worth listening to.

Works Cited

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"Foundation for Contemporary Arts." Erica Hunt ::. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2013.

"Hello, World." Hello World. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2013.

"JACOB SAM-LA ROSE - WORDSMITHS & CO." Vimeo. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2013.

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"Tulifuli." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2013.