Lyric – A Reclamation

Performed at IWPS 2019 in San Diego, CA

“You police my words back down my throat and they return with a vengeance.”

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

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Andrea Gibson – Pursuit of Happiness

Performed in Longmont, CO

“Tell me again how you intend to rescue their women. How you will teach them how to read in the schools you have turned to prisons, how you will offer them doctors in the hospitals you have burned with their children inside.”

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

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Daniel – A Blade by Any Other Name

Performed at Park Square Theatre in Saint Paul, MN

“How I see his guilt in every message after. More ashamed of being queer than of being a rapist.”

Don’t miss this poem from Daniel, performing at Park Square Theatre in Saint Paul, MN

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Rudy Francisco – Facts About Myself

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

“I’ve got a hamper that’s overflowing with really really loud mistakes.”

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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Kate Leddy – My Mom Has the Sex Talk With Me While Driving to the Grocery Store

Performed their poem “My Mom Has the Sex Talk With Me While Driving to the Grocery Store”

“I realize that this is the grace with which my mother loves me.”

Don’t miss this poem from Kate Leddy, performing their poem “My Mom Has the Sex Talk With Me While Driving to the Grocery Store”

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Jael Benjamin – Tough

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Performed at IWPS 2019 in San Diego, CA

“Is this what they mean when they say, ‘behind every strong black man be a strong black woman.'”

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Blythe Baird – Hologram of a Nursery

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Performed at the Button Studio

“”I stare at the mother I refuse to become.””

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Chelsea Guevara – Purple

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Performed at WoWPS 2020 in Dallas, TX

“I wear my Spanish not on my hip like a weapon against my American identity, but like a badge of honor on my chest.”

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Mariam Dembele – Hair

Performed at The Town Hall in New York, NY

“Saturday wash days with grandma became Saturday appointments at the salon. Coiled, curled, and cleansed became wash, rinse, relax.”

Don’t miss this poem from Mariam Dembele, performing at The Town Hall in New York, NY

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