WHAT WE DO

We put on spoken word performances on campus, teach workshops in middle schools and high schools, and have toured around the country. Everyone in the group has different styles and levels of experience with writing and performance. In addition to WORD, many of our members have been a part of Yale’s traveling slam poetry team, which competes against other colleges on the national level.

WHO WE ARE

WORD is Yale’s oldest and hypest performance poetry group of 15-20 students who meet once a week on Wednesdays from 9pm-midnight. During meetings we write, perform, share, laugh, cry, and hang out. At the end of the day, WORD is a family of people who love each other and what they do :)

SHOWS

In addition to our annual Back to School show, WORD puts on one major show per semester for an audience of people who love to watch us share. Outside of these three major shows, WORD also does collaborative shows with the other poetry groups on campus and the acapella group Shades of Yale, and we also perform at local schools, museums, and events.