Performed at WoWPS 2020 in Dallas, TX
“I was 11 years old when my mother handed me a purity contract”
Don’t miss this poem from Aris Kian, performing at WoWPS 2020 in Dallas, TX
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Ebony Stewart – How to Write a Poem About Sexual Assault
Performed at the Button Studio
“What she got on ain’t nothing to do with how she should be treated.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ebony Stewart, performing at the Button Studio
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Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre – Poem for the First Day of the Poetry Unit
Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
“Tell your story, whether it rhymes or not. Tell the truth, whether it gets a good grade or not.”
Don’t miss this poem from Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
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Junious ‘Jay’ Ward – Black Rapture
Performed by Junious ‘Jay’ Ward
“The answer to any question is not a trump that raises a wall, it’s a trumpet that brings one down.”
Don’t miss this poem from Junious ‘Jay’ Ward, performing his poem “Black Rapture”
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Zach Goldberg – Twice-Contained
Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
“No named land will grow my brand of briar so now i belong to both culprit and casualty.”
Don’t miss this poem from Zach Goldberg, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
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Keyma Flight – Hit Records
Performed at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD
“I used the pipe to get high so my body could be numb, so my ears could be deaf, and maybe that’s what me and fans of abusive men in music have in common: we know how to tune out the abused.”
Don’t miss this poem from Keyma Flight, performing at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD
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CRUSH – Semordnilap
Performed at WoWPS 2020 in Dallas, TX
“There are many words in the English language that you can reverse and they still make sense…”
Don’t miss this poem from CRUSH, performing at WoWPS 2020 in Dallas, TX
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Ollie Schminkey – Robert Frost Would Have Been a Camping Gay
Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
“I think if nature was anything they’d have to be trans—all at once being alive and dead and always changing. And how many times have we all lost ourselves in the woods and come out as someone worthy of a new name?”
Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
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LeChell the Shootah – Joy Like You S’pose To
Performed at the Stonewall International Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD
“Spread your wings and let that melody in your heart finally free, sing off key, let the summer breeze caress your every limb, and move.”
Don’t miss this poem from LeChell The Shootah, performing at the Stonewall International Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD
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Blythe Baird – Sleepover in a Diorama
Performed at the Button Studio
Don’t miss this brilliant poem from Blythe Baird, performing at the Button Studio.
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