{
  "name": "Poetry",
  "description": "Encompasses many forms of literature that use style and rhythm to evoke ideas and emotions further than the prosaic meaning of the literature itself.",
  "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/poetry/",
  "parent": "Spoken Word",
  "level": "sub",
  "children_count": 7,
  "children": [
    {
      "name": "Beat Poetry",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/beat-poetry/",
      "description": "Stream-of-consciousness Poetry originating with the Beats in the 1950s.",
      "level": "sub-2",
      "parent": "Poetry"
    },
    {
      "name": "Cowboy Poetry",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/cowboy-poetry/",
      "description": "Descended from the oral traditions of cowboys and ranchers, written with traditional use of rhyme and meter, using humor and slang, and primarily concerning the cowboy profession, lifestyle, and legacy.",
      "level": "sub-2",
      "parent": "Poetry"
    },
    {
      "name": "Dub Poetry",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/dub-poetry/",
      "description": "Poetry with Dub and Reggae backing rhythms, originating in Jamaica in the 1970s.",
      "level": "sub-2",
      "parent": "Poetry"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jazz Poetry",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/jazz-poetry/",
      "description": "Emerged in the 1920s, incorporating the style and rhythms of Jazz as both art forms spread throughout African-American communities in the United States.",
      "level": "sub-2",
      "parent": "Poetry"
    },
    {
      "name": "Punk Poetry",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/punk-poetry/",
      "description": "Fast and rhythmic vocal delivery of political or satirical themes; frequently backed by Post-Punk or Minimal Wave instrumentation.",
      "level": "sub-2",
      "parent": "Poetry"
    },
    {
      "name": "Slam Poetry",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/slam-poetry/",
      "description": "Developed in the US during the late 1980s and early 1990s with the growing popularity of poetry slams, a form of poetry competition in which competing performers recite poems in front of a crowd.",
      "level": "sub-2",
      "parent": "Poetry"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sound Poetry",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/sound-poetry/",
      "description": "Emphasis is placed upon phonetics and the sounds of syllables rather than the meaning of the words themselves.",
      "level": "sub-2",
      "parent": "Poetry"
    }
  ]
}