Performed at The 2023 Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
“Maybe I’m trying to outrun that cal of conviction that mirrors staring back in front of my face.”
Don’t miss this poem from Najya Williams, performing at The 2023 Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
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Performed in NYC
“Everybody has a lover who loves them just like a clock being thrown from a moving car.”
Don’t miss this poem from Sean Patrick Mulroy, performing in NYC
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Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
“America been binge watching Black boys’ bodies broadcasted as breaking news as if it ever stopped being news at all.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ayanna Albertson, performing at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
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Performed at IWPS 2015
“Degrees become a cheap fashion statement not even worth a trip to the mall.”
Don’t miss this poem from Javon Johnson, performing at IWPS 2015
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Performed at IWPS 2015
“I fully understood why fathers begin hating little boys as soon as their daughters are born.”
Don’t miss this poem from Jay Ward, performing at IWPS 2015
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Performed at Poets & Pints in Minneapolis, MN
“The spirit aches most days. Immense blood cost of godhood. Our ichor free flowing fresh from the spigot.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ty Chapman, performing at Poets & Pints in Minneapolis, MN
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Performed at Button Poetry Live, August 2018
“I’d rather be some kind of genderless thing, preferably some kind of noodle or bean, I’m still searching for my happy medium.”
Don’t miss this poem from Amir Khadar, performing at BPL August 2018
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Performed at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY
“I fear everything I cannot control, and know that I control nothing.”
Don’t miss this poem from Clint Smith, performing at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY
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Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
“When I was born, I nearly killed her. When she had me, I almost died, and our two lives have been one slow suicide pact ever since.”
Don’t miss this poem from Aparna, performing at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
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Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
“He is the maple that didn’t drip too far from the scarred family tree.”
Don’t miss this poem from Usman Hameedi, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
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