Over the past month we've been asking our contributors from around the UK to tell us about their love of performance poetry. Watch our poets discuss everything from serious issues to more light hearted matters in Reason to Rhyme.
12 Apr 2006 POETRY IN MOTION Mark Bailey 1.30 mins Mark Bailey, aka The Trent Vale Poet, writes seven days-a-week. He takes his inspiration from life as it happens around him.
27 Apr 2006 CARBON DATING Sara Wingate-Gray 3.02 mins Sara has been composing poems since she was 13. She loves performance poetry because of its connection with the audience.
28 Apr 2006 THE BRAIN Rob Gee 1.41 mins Leicester comedian Rob Gee tells us about slam poetry and why he thinks his brain might have been left in the gutter.
02 May 2006 POLITICS Vincent Gould 1.41 mins Vincent Gould, from Birmingham, is an artist, illustrator and poet. He often uses his work to explore themes of race, identity and injustice.