“Maybe love stays, maybe love can’t. Maybe love shouldn’t.”
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Performed at The Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
“Speak to me in spring tones and color your voice gentle.”
Don’t miss this poem from Briana Blair Crockett, performing at The Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
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Performed their poem “Tim McGraw Wants Me to Hurt Just Enough that I Learn Something”
“I don’t think I’ll ever find love, because I think the show Friends is boring.”
Don’t miss this poem by John Lotti.
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Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
“Anything can be an addiction, because if I swallowed it and finished it, and it didn’t kill me, it must be the first thing worth remembering.”
Don’t miss this poem from Zach Goldberg, performing at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
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Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
“she feels like my mother and not just a person who is watching the same man die.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
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“Love arrives exactly when love is supposed to. And love leaves exactly when love must. When love arrives, say, Welcome, make yourself comfortable. If love leaves, ask her to leave the door open behind her. Turn off the music, listen to the quiet. Whisper, Thank you for stopping by.
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Performed at Albany Barn in Albany, NY
“Noun: a vase hovering on the edge of a table, a knife stuck softly in the ceiling.”
Don’t miss this poem from Sierra DeMulder, performing at Albany Barn in Albany, NY
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Performed at Albany Barn in Albany, NY
“The womb carries, and I wonder what sort of collections it has by now.”
Don’t miss this poem from Sierra DeMulder, performing at Albany Barn in Albany, NY
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Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
“I’m afraid that if I let you see my skeletons, you’ll grind my bones into powder and get high on my fault lines.”
Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
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Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
“America renamed us: nuisance. But history will concede our place.”
Don’t miss this poem from Junious ‘Jay’ Ward, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
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