Performing at IWPS 2019
“People can’t be out here this carefree, this oblivious, this unbothered, can’t be out here just…living.”
Don’t miss this great poem from Natasha Hooper, performing at IWPS 2019 in San Diego, CA.
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Performing at the Button studio
“Being angry at dying people is never fair. They need you. You’re the one that’s still alive.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button studio.
Ollie’s incredible book, DEAD DAD JOKES, is now available!
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Performing at the Stonewall International Poetry Slam
“Choosing myself isn’t always easy.”
Don’t miss this awesome poem from Kelsey Daniels, performing at the Stonewall International Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD.
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Performing at the Stonewall International Poetry Slam
“My husband asks what to do to help me get motivated again. Wonders why this wordsmith of a woman cannot find the words to explain postpartum depression.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from LeChell the Shootah, performing at the Stonewall International Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD.
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Performing at the Stonewall International Poetry Slam
“Duck you autocorrect. You keep playing with me, keep acting like I ain’t said what I said.”
Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Meccamorphosis, performing at the Stonewall International Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD.
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Performed by Patrick Roche
“Watch as I become everything I was promised in a bedtime story.”
Don’t miss this superb poem from Patrick Roche, performed and recorded in his home.
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Performing at the Stonewall International Poetry Slam
“My professor tells me my topic is too dark for a thesis. I tell him he wouldn’t think that if more dark people were given the chance to write one.”
Don’t miss this fantastic poem from José Jiménez, performing at the Stonewall International Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD.
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Performed at the Stonewall International Poetry Slam
“Consent. Definition keeps changing, especially in a relationship. I once tried to make it work with someone who didn’t like my poems. Imagine laying next to someone who cares about what goes into your mouth but not the words that come out.”
Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Duke the Root, performing at the Stonewall International Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD.
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Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
“Water might be the only thing that could ever hold us gentle.”
Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Rachel Wiley, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.
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Performed at the Stonewall International Poetry Slam
“I don’t want to be America’s next top martyr, so I pose. Make myself into a model minority.”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Shasparay, performing at the Stonewall International Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD.
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