Darius Simpson – There’s Fires To Start

Performed at the Button Studio

“Rumor has it politicians don’t take too kindly to paper cuts or other proof that once upon a time they were mortal.”

Don’t miss this poem from Darius Simpson, performing at the Button Studio

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Sierra DeMulder – Waiting

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“always wondering if this will be the last dusk without her.”

Don’t miss this poem from Sierra DeMulder, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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Urban Word – Three Poems

Performed at The Town Hall in New York, NY

“The death of a people is not meant to sound like a camera’s click.”

Don’t miss this poem from Urban Word, performing at The Town Hall in New York, NY

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Neil Hilborn – Opportunity Wake Up

Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN

“Oppie, how’d you do it? I get lonely halfway between my house and Chicago, If I’m alone in a hotel room for two days I forget how to speak, I get lonesome when the cell service drops out.”

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

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Sierra DeMulder – How to Define you

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“the memory of a dream becoming translucent in the morning light”

Don’t miss this poem from Sierra DeMulder, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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Rudy Francisco – A Series of Gentle Reminders

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“A closed fist can punch through a wall but you can’t fix the hole until you open your hands”

Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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Ebony Stewart – Fear

Performed her poem “Fear”

“Fear must be coming out but still having to pretend to be someone else.”

Don’t miss this poem from Ebony Stewart, performing her poem “Fear”

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