The annoying way some poets read their work — has a name
by editors@theworld.org (Sarah Birnbaum) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6ZEXV)
Go to any poetry reading, and you'll probably encounter "poet voice" - that monotone way of reading with pauses where pauses should not be. A version of poet voice exists in all aesthetic traditions, all schools and all cultures. Sarah Birnbaum reports.