Jordan Bailey & Breeze the Poet – “Black Supremacy”

Performing at Rustbelt 2019 in St. Louis, MO

“We are all just really wanting to know, what exactly in the fresh lily-white foolish fuck did you mean by Black supremacy? Unless you meant my grandmama’s sweet potato pie.”

Don’t miss this wonderful poem from Jordan Bailey & Breeze the Poet, performing at Rustbelt 2019 in St. Louis, MO

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Steven Willis – “DOGGONE”

Performed by Steven Willis

“Funny how bullets stray like dogs whenever I disobey a cop’s command and now Fox News asks my momma all the doggone questions like, ‘Why didn’t I sit? Why didn’t I stay? Why wasn’t I a good boy?’”

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Carlynn Newhouse – “Our Cities Still”

Performing at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam

“Gentrification is the child stealing the toy they said they never wanted to play with.”

Don’t miss this wonderful poem from Carlynn Newhouse, performing at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD

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Adam Falkner – “Preparing the House”

Performing at Icehouse

“These days, my dad and I don’t talk about the elephants much. They’re always there, presence grazing in and out of each room. Instead we just lob each other breadcrumbs like sports scores and headlines and see what sticks.”

Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Adam Falkner, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.

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Andrea Gibson – “How the Worst Day Of My Life Became the Best”

Performing in Longmont, CO

“Every falling leaf is a tiny kite with a string too small to see, held by the part of me in charge of making beauty out of grief.”

Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Andrea Gibson, performing in Longmont, CO.

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RADI – “I’ve Loved Man”

Performing at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam

“Don’t ask me why I don’t like men if you hear me say I love women. Men fathom that I hate them simply because I don’t date them, and God knows how wrong they are. I’ve loved man.”

Don’t miss this wonderful poem from RADI, performing at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD

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Ollie Schminkey – “A Dare”

Performed at the Button studio

“I don’t care about boys anymore, but I do sometimes feel like a dare.”

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Ebony Stewart – “Ode to My Pussy”

Performed at the Button Studio

“You must not understand the gravitas of my pussy – the holy magic, durability that be my pussy.”

Don’t miss this wonderful poem from Ebony Stewart, performed at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN.

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LeChell “The Shootah” R.H. – “A Haunting”

Performing at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam

“My father taught me ghosting long before language knew its name.”

Don’t miss this incredible poem from LeChell “The Shootah” R.H., performing at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD

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Topaz Winters – “Seventeen”

Performed at the Button Studio

“I was so far from everything I wanted to be the moment I finally made up my mind to get better.”

Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Topaz Winters, performed at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN.

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