Performed at The 2023 Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA

“Once my temple was ransacked, I ran into the arms of another. Together we used my remnants to make a shrine of our love.”

Don’t miss this poem from Legacy Thornton, performing at The 2023 Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA

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Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN

“Liquor too can become a consecration, so it became the way I practiced.”

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

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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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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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Performed in NYC

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

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

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Performed at The Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA

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

Don’t miss this poem from Anita Dias, performing at The Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA

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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.”

Don’t miss this poem from Ariana Brown , performing at Project Row Houses in Houston, TX

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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.”

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

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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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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.”

Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.

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