Rudy Francisco – Why Are You Still In Bed?

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“Because, this morning, I made a list of all of my top priorities. I am one of them.”

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

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Michael Harriot – For White People Who Have To Listen To Black Poems

Michael Harriot performing “For White People Who Have To Listen To Black Poems”

“Away from thse stages, we must erase a few levels of base in our voices, make instant choices, live empty-handed.”

Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Michael Harriot.

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Rudy Francisco – A Few Things

Performed at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center in San Diego, CA

“I believe that masculinity is a wet fish that most men are just trying to hold onto.”

Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center in San Diego, CA

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Aris Kian – Away With the Son

Performed at WoWPS 2020 in Dallas, TX

“Please, let him stay in the blue of otherworldliness.”

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

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Blythe Baird – Series of Short Poems #1

Performed at the Button Studio

“Oh how humbling it is to know, the body I threw stones at is still determined to write love letters to me.”

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Rudy Francisco – Hide and Seek

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“Silence is my first language, and lonely is an accent that I still can’t get rid of.”

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

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Rudy Francisco – Drowning Fish

Performed at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center in San Diego, CA

“To be honest, getting out of bed has become a magic trick, and I am probably the worst magician I know.”

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Hakeem Furious – Black Southern Gothic

Performed at IWPS 2019 in San Diego, CA

“We want to believe that people will change but know they will not.”

Don’t miss this poem from Hakeem Furious, performing at IWPS 2019 in San Diego, CA

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