Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“Because, this morning, I made a list of all of my top priorities. I am one of them.”

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

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“Love will tell you are beautiful, and mean it, over and over again.”

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Michael Harriot performing “For White People Who Have To Listen To Black Poems”

“Away from thse stages, we must erase a few levels of base in our voices, make instant choices, live empty-handed.”

Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Michael Harriot.

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

“I believe that masculinity is a wet fish that most men are just trying to hold onto.”

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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Performed at WoWPS 2020 in Dallas, TX

“Please, let him stay in the blue of otherworldliness.”

Don’t miss this poem from Aris Kian, performing at WoWPS 2020 in Dallas, TX

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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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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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“Love arrives exactly when love is supposed to, and love leaves exactly when love must.”

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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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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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