Prentice Powell – Addiction

Performed at The Ill List 2023, in Modesto, CA.

“I tried to kick this Slam shit, but if you ever picked up a pen and put it to paper, you know that ink, man, it just keeps on calling.”

Don’t miss this poem from Prentice Powell, performing at The Ill List 2023, in Modesto, CA.

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Nazelah Jamison – Vanity

Performed at The Ill List 2023, in Modesto, CA.

“But seriously, I wish you and your dick the very best. When his dick is his best friend, a man often finds himself alone.”

Don’t miss this poem from Nazelah Jamison, performing at The Ill List 2023, in Modesto, CA.

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Sierra DeMulder – Hours Before Dawn

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

“I must tell you: every poem is about death when you are reading to the dying.”

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

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Rudy Francisco – On Days Like This

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

“I know a few things about myself: being human is difficult, being a good human is even harder, but it’s still something I’d like to accomplish while I’m here.”

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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Andrea Gibson – After the Wound of Us

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

“The hours passed smooth as the wine we downed, like we were pouring the blood back into our bodies.”

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

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Ayanna Albertson – Mourning People

Performed 200305 WoWPS: Winery N1B2

“Turn funerals into homegoing celebrations, declarations that not even death can still this joy. We cannot be destroyed, so bring on the morning.”

Don’t miss this poem from Ayanna Albertson, performing 200305 WoWPS: Winery N1B2

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Sean Patrick Mulroy – the evidence speaks for itself (Pre-Columbian Moche Ceramic, c.700 CE)

Performed in NYC

“I wonder, can you drink from me as joyfully as I drink from this man, this king, this font of bygone eras?”

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

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