Sean Patrick Mulroy – There is No Cure for Trauma

Performed in NYC

“Everybody has a lover who loves them just like a clock being thrown from a moving car.”

Don’t miss this poem from Sean Patrick Mulroy, performing in NYC

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Ayanna Albertson – Mourning People

Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD

“America been binge watching Black boys’ bodies broadcasted as breaking news as if it ever stopped being news at all.”

Don’t miss this poem from Ayanna Albertson, performing at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD

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Javon Johnson – Debt.mov

Performed at IWPS 2015

“Degrees become a cheap fashion statement not even worth a trip to the mall.”

Don’t miss this poem from Javon Johnson, performing at IWPS 2015

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Jay Ward – Emma Sulkowicz

Performed at IWPS 2015

“I fully understood why fathers begin hating little boys as soon as their daughters are born.”

Don’t miss this poem from Jay Ward, performing at IWPS 2015

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Ty Chapman – Pantheon

Performed at Poets & Pints in Minneapolis, MN

“The spirit aches most days. Immense blood cost of godhood. Our ichor free flowing fresh from the spigot.”

Don’t miss this poem from Ty Chapman, performing at Poets & Pints in Minneapolis, MN

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Amir Khadar – Shaving Cream

Performed at Button Poetry Live, August 2018

“I’d rather be some kind of genderless thing, preferably some kind of noodle or bean, I’m still searching for my happy medium.”

Don’t miss this poem from Amir Khadar, performing at BPL August 2018

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Clint Smith – We see another school shooting

Performed at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY

“I fear everything I cannot control, and know that I control nothing.”

Don’t miss this poem from Clint Smith, performing at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY

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Aparna – I Dream My Mother on Her Deathbed &

Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD

“When I was born, I nearly killed her. When she had me, I almost died, and our two lives have been one slow suicide pact ever since.”

Don’t miss this poem from Aparna, performing at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD

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Usman Hameedi – Heirloom

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“He is the maple that didn’t drip too far from the scarred family tree.”

Don’t miss this poem from Usman Hameedi, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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James Hartzer – Trans Boy’s Broken Toe

Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN

“You want me to be a good boyfriend, but you don’t think I’m a boy. You think I already know how to fuck you because I used to be you.”

Don’t miss this poem from James Hartzer, performing at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN

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