Jazzmyne Odom – Love is a Feeling

Performed at The Town Hall in NY, during Black History Month 2024

“it is indeed crazy to hide your feelings, but it is even crazier to experience the things love can truly make you do.”

Don’t miss this poem from Jazzmyne Odom, performing at The Town Hall in NY, during Black History Month 2024

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Porsha Olayiwola – When God Created

Performed at IWPS 2015

“Even while being eaten my pussy has an appetite”

Don’t miss this poem from Porsha Olayiwola, performing at IWPS 2015

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Ty Chapman – Confessions of a Bastard

Performed at Poets & Pints in Minneapolis, MN

“It clicked that you, father, were a holy man who believed in honeyed concepts.”

Don’t miss this poem from Ty Chapman, performing at Poets & Pints in Minneapolis, MN

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Usman Hameedi – Building a Home

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“I’m strong enough to hold my loved ones but I don’t know if I can support a home.”

Don’t miss this poem from Usman Hameedi, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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Matthew Richards – Hospitality

Performed NorthBeast Regional 2023 Finals

“Why call the police on a flock of angels and order them to circle until, exhausted, they fall from the sky?”

Don’t miss this poem from Matthew Richards, performing NorthBeast Regional 2023 Finals

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Anna Šverclová – Permafrost

Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN

“Now, I am gridlocked by my own emptiness. A knife interlocking with a knife.”

Don’t miss this poem from Anna Šverclová, performing at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN

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Sammi – Flowers like People

Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD

“I realize now why flowers are too afraid to grow in sand. It’ll always be too draining. Too reserved, too detached and dry.”

Don’t miss this poem from Sammi, performing at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD

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Jarvis – After Dancing at the Gay Bar

Performed at The 2023 Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA

“Masculinity is just a costume I wear for safety, a performance which manhood has become the greatest theater for.”

Don’t miss this poem from Jarvis, performing at The 2023 Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA

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Amiyah Anderson – Be the Change

Performed at The Town Hall in NY, during Black History Month 2024

“I still see the blue beating black until you see red and white. Is this your stars and stripes?”

Don’t miss this poem from Amiyah Anderson, performing at The Town Hall in NY, during Black History Month 2024

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