BlacqWildFlowr – Gluttony

Performed at WoWPS 2020 in Dallas, TX

“Why would I settle for a man who can only see me as something to order, something to devour, something to conquer?”

Don’t miss this poem from BlacqWildFlowr, performing at WoWPS 2020 in Dallas, TX

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Ollie Schminkey – if I knew it would happen

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Performed at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.

“What is an obituary but a note passed between fingers underneath the desk during class?”

Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.

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Sean Patrick Mulroy – villanelle for the wound

Performed in NYC

“We men who love men’s bodies know this mouth, its whispered menace.”

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Anita Dias – In the Voice of my Father’s Heart

Performed at The Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA

“Stubborn thing the mind is, to latch on to anger like a cancer.”

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Ariana Brown – Dear Texas

Performed at Project Row Houses in Houston, TX

“I don’t want a Devil who smiles in my face. Give me a devil proud of his deeds.”

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Bri Esoteric – Bigger the Hoop

Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD

“We’ve stretched ourselves over their wounds, all while ignoring our own, just like we were raised to.”

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Sierra DeMulder – The Day of Your Proposal

Performed performing at Albany Barn in Albany, NY in 2023.

“You are giving me so much more than a hyphenated name. We have built a new astrology— a celestial porchlight, a love as simple as a front door.”

Don’t miss this poem from Sierra DeMulder, performing at Albany Barn in Albany, NY in 2023.

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Rudy Francisco – The Heart and the Fist

Performed performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.

“We learn the heart is the same size as the fist, but we keep forgetting they don’t have the same function.”

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Sean Patrick Mulroy – For your consideration

Performed in NYC

“Look how hard I am choosing not to die today.”

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Andrea Gibson – No Filter

Performed performing at The Button Poetry Studio in Longmont, CO in 2021.

“My therapist wants me to join a boxing gym so to not break my skeleton on what gets me to where I need to go.”

Don’t miss this poem from Andrea Gibson, performing performing at The Button Poetry Studio in Longmont, CO in 2021.

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