Asher Dawkins – L.M.C.

Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN

“I remind myself that she cannot color inside the lines if I do not draw them before they are crossed”

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Keyma Flight – Head

Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD

“Suck the soul out of me like bad poetry”

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Hieu Minh Nguyen – Diffuse

Performed

“He opens my throat, a disposable gutter and I know I’m empty or full or which one he wants me to be”

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Ren L[i]u – A Second Coming

Performed NorthBeast Regional 2023 Finals

“That’s the thing about a direct English translation there is never anything correct about it.”

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Ariana Brown – There Will Be

Performed at Project Row Houses in Houston, TX

“There will be ease, soft breathing, and your favorite foods, a warm animal crawling into bed to sleep with you.”

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Melissa Lozada-Oliva – Black Thong Underwear

Performed

“What is the word for taking bathroom breaks at your retail job to cry?”

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Sierra DeMulder – Ectopic

Performed at Albany Barn in Albany, NY in 2023.

“I am a mural tagged overnight, something made more and less of itself.”

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Christopher Clauss – Purple Shirt Yellow Balloon

Performed NorthBeast Regional 2023 Finals

“And it’s the first time all day my little bean runs into my arms when I call them.”

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Sean Patrick Mulroy – Sestina for the Murdered Girl

Performed in NYC

“Thirty days of flyers. Thirty days of prayer and deli platters. Thirty days of missing. Thirty days, and dead the whole time.”

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EL – Humor Healing

Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD

“For every good time to sing its tune throughout my cheeks it took a trail of skulls and spilled marrow to build a body worth continuing to sing to.”

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