Hmmm. When I think of performance poetry, I think of that HBO program called Def Poetry (or some such name), which I never really liked. Sometimes it just seems forced, the voicing and harshness of the readings. I hate reading my poems aloud because I feel like something is lost when I start to recite it...I guess I just think that it's stronger in written form, where the reader can interpret it whichever way s/he chooses.