Performing at Storytellers VIII.

“I met an 11-year-old gang member in the South Bronx who carries a semi-automatic weapon to study hall so he can make it home, and you want me to censor my language.”

Don’t miss this awesome poem from Carlos Andrés Gómez, performing at Storytellers VIII.

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Performing at Button Poetry Live.

“Little know fact: speech impediments can be caused by psychological trauma. Every person in my family carries a speech impediment like a heirloom.”

Don’t miss this amazing poem from Crystal Valentine, performing at Button Poetry Live.

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Featuring at Icehouse

“Laughter is all we have left.”

Don’t miss this incredible poem from Michael Lee, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis.

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Performing at Rustbelt 2018.

“I loved you and you only loved the idea of loving me.”

Don’t miss this magnificent poem from Ajanae Dawkins , performing at Rustbelt 2018 in Detroit, MI.

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Performing at IWPS 2019.

“When a police officer pulls me over, I can hear the syntax in his step. When he says the word ‘boy,’ it sounds like quotation marks. When he exercises his authority, I find myself sitting in slang, waiting for this grammar policeman to sentence me to a period or leave me in fragments.”

Don’t miss this powerful poem from Jahman Hill, performing at IWPS 2019 in San Diego, CA.

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Featuring at Honey.

“I don’t understand how people can say the word ‘heaven’ like it isn’t a swear word.”

Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Brenna Twohy, featuring at Honey in Minneapolis.

Brenna’s book, SWALLOWTAIL, is now available!

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Featuring at Honey.

“Every time we kiss I triangulate the difference between me and you and the ocean.”

Don’t miss this incredible poem from George Abraham, performing at Honey in Minneapolis, MN.

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Featuring at Honey.

“Is it any wonder our lips feel so lonesome?”

Don’t miss this beautiful poem from Phil Kaye, featuring at Honey in Minneapolis.

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Performing at Rustbelt 2018.

“Daughters ask what do they say when others ask, ‘What are you mixed with?’ You tell them, you are mixed with love, with continents, with struggle, with pain, with magic.”

Don’t miss this terrific poem from Native Child, performing at Rustbelt 2018 in Detroit, MI.

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Featuring at Button Poetry Live

“Words should have to be as big as the thing they describe.”

Don’t miss this unbelievable poem from Jared Singer, featuring at Button Poetry Live.

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