Performed at The Button Poetry Studio in Longmont, CO in 2021.
“I wore a flowered dress to my boy birthday party. Don’t look at me like that. I’m not the box the gift came in.”
Don’t miss this poem from Andrea Gibson, performing at The Button Poetry Studio in Longmont, CO in 2021.
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Performed NorthBeast Regional 2023 Finals
“Praise to the sun as it dances across my love’s eyes.”
Don’t miss this poem from Meaghan Ford, performing NorthBeast Regional 2023 Finals
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Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
“Say you already learned how to use chopsticks so that means you’re already entitled to pick me apart.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ms. Butterfly, performing at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
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Performed at The 2023 Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
“You cannot live anywhere forever, but darling, you can live here tonight.”
Don’t miss this poem from Alex, performing at The 2023 Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
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Performed NorthBeast Regional 2023 Finals
“We all grab whatever we can get our hands and chuck it as far as we can.”
Don’t miss this poem from Logan Lopez, performing NorthBeast Regional 2023 Finals
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Performed at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
“i spent the year bit to the quick and bloodied cuticles and alive despite everything.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
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Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
“We’re all transplants, all absent from our parent’s kitchen and mother tongue”
Don’t miss this poem from Zach Goldberg, performing at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
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Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
“In the early days of our love, time was all we could afford to spend and we were so rich.”
Don’t miss this poem from Usman Hameedi, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
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Performed at The Town Hall in NY, during Black History Month 2024
“To be Black means to be apart of a community with people that not only look like you, but people who have similar interests as you.”
Don’t miss this poem from Makinsey Jones, performing at The Town Hall in NY, during Black History Month 2024
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Performed at IWPS 2015 in Washington, D.C.
“Mouth stay steady, ready to pop off at anything that pop off my tongue.”
Don’t miss this poem from Porsha Olayiwola, performing at IWPS 2015 in Washington, D.C.
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