Performed at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
“I have this dream over and over, he dies but he’s still sick forever.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
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Performed at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
“the stench of dying, of an animal reborn.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
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Performed at Icehouse 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 Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
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Performed for Poetry Observed & Button Poetry in Minnesota
“No wonder we dream of being crucified on crosshairs, no wonder we love to stand in the scope. How could you want anything else?”
Don’t miss this poem from Sam Van Cook, performing performed for Poetry Observed & Button Poetry in Minnesota
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Performed at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY
“The gun thought it would never leave the classroom.”
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
“There was a little Black girl so full of words that spilled like coffee stains to her mama’s blouse.”
Don’t miss this poem from Bri Esoteric, performing at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
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“My mind can only count reasons to stay awake.”
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Performed at The Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
“I pick the sweetest parts and unwrap them to taste the bittersweet of not yet weeping.”
Don’t miss this poem from Stratusfier, performing at The Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
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Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
“How many servings from the melting pot did it take for you to arrive at this conversation?”
Don’t miss this poem from Kevin Yang, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
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Performed at Project Row Houses in Houston, TX
“Teach me to be a person without a nation, on the other side of enslavement. I will write to you always.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ariana Brown, performing at Project Row Houses in Houston, TX
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