Blythe Baird – Series of Short Poems #1

Performed at the Button Studio

“Oh how humbling it is to know, the body I threw stones at is still determined to write love letters to me.”

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

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Andrea Gibson – The Nutritionist

Performed in Longmont, CO

“If the only thing we have to gain in staying is each other, my God, that is plenty. My God, that is enough.”

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

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Rudy Francisco – Hide and Seek

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“Silence is my first language, and lonely is an accent that I still can’t get rid of.”

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

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Rudy Francisco – Drowning Fish

Performed at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center in San Diego, CA

“To be honest, getting out of bed has become a magic trick, and I am probably the worst magician I know.”

Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center in San Diego, CA

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Sierra DeMulder – “We’re Having a Baby!”

Performed at Albany Barn in Albany, NY

“You cough your congratulations, flimsy as gauze.”

Don’t miss this poem from Sierra DeMulder, performing at Albany Barn in Albany, NY

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Hakeem Furious – Black Southern Gothic

Performed at IWPS 2019 in San Diego, CA

“We want to believe that people will change but know they will not.”

Don’t miss this poem from Hakeem Furious, performing at IWPS 2019 in San Diego, CA

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Darius Simpson – What We Doin Here

Performed at the Button Studio

“These days I don’t want to make art that can’t also be a weapon against oppressors.”

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Amina ‘Illypsis’ Jordan-Melendez – Bloodlines

Performed their poem “Bloodlines”

“I would not be healed, but would it satisfy my fury?”

Don’t miss this poem from Amina ‘Illypsis’ Jordan-Melendez, performing their poem “Bloodlines”

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