Say it and slay it

The literary art form of spoken word took to the stage at Esplanade in March 2021. In the right place at the right time, we found in two effervescent performance poets, Stephanie "Dogfoot" Chan and Harini V, a wealth of knowledge about the Singapore performance poetry scene as it is today. The two writers also speak of the intricacies of their approaches and the unspoken connections they build with spoken word audiences.

Watch it all play out in three R's: Roots, Rhythm and Relatability. In 'Roots', the two poets discuss their influences and identify key movers in the homegrown spoken word scene. In 'Rhythm', they perform excerpts from their own poetry to show how spoken word has a life beyond the page. And in 'Relatability', they reveal the secret to engaging audiences, as well as the emotion which they find the hardest to convey.