Performed at IWPS 2015
“I fully understood why fathers begin hating little boys as soon as their daughters are born.”
Don’t miss this poem from Jay Ward, performing at IWPS 2015
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Performed at Poets & Pints in Minneapolis, MN
“The spirit aches most days. Immense blood cost of godhood. Our ichor free flowing fresh from the spigot.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ty Chapman, performing at Poets & Pints in Minneapolis, MN
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Performed at Button Poetry Live, August 2018
“I’d rather be some kind of genderless thing, preferably some kind of noodle or bean, I’m still searching for my happy medium.”
Don’t miss this poem from Amir Khadar, performing at BPL August 2018
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Performed at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY
“I fear everything I cannot control, and know that I control nothing.”
Don’t miss this poem from Clint Smith, performing at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY
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Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
“When I was born, I nearly killed her. When she had me, I almost died, and our two lives have been one slow suicide pact ever since.”
Don’t miss this poem from Aparna, performing at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
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Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
“He is the maple that didn’t drip too far from the scarred family tree.”
Don’t miss this poem from Usman Hameedi, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
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Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
“You want me to be a good boyfriend, but you don’t think I’m a boy. You think I already know how to fuck you because I used to be you.”
Don’t miss this poem from James Hartzer, performing at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
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Performed at IWPS 2015
“Did you forget that we are children of God, Dylann? And who doesn’t love unexpected trips home?”
Don’t miss this poem from Steven Willis, performing at IWPS 2015
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Performed at The 2023 Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
“The eldest daughter is the blade that slices the night sky open so the sun can lunge forth.”
Don’t miss this poem from Hailey Tran, performing at The 2023 Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
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Performed at Poets & Pints in Minneapolis, MN
“”I’ve left no trace, no trail, but prints along the shore, they too will vanish in the tide.””
Don’t miss this poem from Ty Chapman, performing at Poets & Pints in Minneapolis, MN
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