Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN

“My inheritance is a bundle of EKG wires, the strange arrhythmic heart song sung by my father and his father before him. This is what it feels like to drown in your family’s ocean.”

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

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“My happy is a high fever that will break.”

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Performed their poem “Gmorning #1 Home In Your Head”

“If each of my memories are in rooms in my mind, and in each of those rooms are objects that’ll help me remember, what do I do if those doors are locked?”

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Performed at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD

“No wonder he thinks coercion is consent, force be the language of boys looking to be men.”

Don’t miss this poem from LeChell The Shootah R.H., performing at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD

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Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“The higher my GPA rose, the more I convinced myself that this was the best mark I could leave behind.”

Don’t miss this poem from Usman Hameedi, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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Performed in Longmont, CO

“When I gave you my heart, I gave my life, my word, that it wouldn’t be the same heart that I have given before.”

Don’t miss this poem from Andrea Gibson, performing in Longmont, CO

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“Love changed. Love disappeared, slowly, like baby teeth; losing parts of me I thought I needed. Love vanished like an amateur magician; everyone could see the trap door but me.”

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Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“It begins like it doesn’t want to interrupt your day, but needs a few minutes of your time.”

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

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Performed at the Button Studio

“I don’t remember when we started laughing at horrible things, just that we did.”

Don’t miss this poem from Elyssa Cook, performing at the Button Studio

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Performed at the Button Studio

“After another unrequited love leaves me with dandelions wilting in my fists.”

Don’t miss this poem from Blythe Baird, performing at the Button Studio

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