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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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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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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Performed at IWPS 2015
“Dandelions are flowers in other countries, we just don’t find them pretty here.”
Don’t miss this poem from Junious ‘Jay’ Ward, performing at IWPS 2015
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Performed at Poets & Pints in Minneapolis, MN
“There he is: Another fatherless son, ever clouding away like a drift.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ty Chapman, performing at Poets & Pints in Minneapolis, MN.
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“On days like this, I think of all things I could be, and I choose to be happy.”
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Performed at Camp Bar in St. Paul, MN
“Drowning? Consider this: What is desire? Who or what devours what or whom?””
Don’t miss this poem from Aaron Coleman, performing at Camp Bar in St. Paul, MN
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Performed NorthBeast Regional 2023 Finals
“In a moment we felt on top of the world, in a moment we forgot that tomorrow wasn’t promised.”
Don’t miss this poem from Seth Larbi, performing NorthBeast Regional 2023 Finals
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Performed Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
“Everyone tells me that my dad will always be watching over me, and I’m like, Shut up I’m just trying to masturbate.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
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Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
“They will call us bitches cause we unmuted our voices and reclaimed our bodies, and isn’t that the irony? Being called a bitch when he’s the one hounding outside of the passenger seat window.”
Don’t miss this poem from Sherrika Mitchell, performing at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
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