Performed at The Ill List 2023 in Modesto, CA
“Oh good grief, tell me, what next should I do?”
Don’t miss this poem from Ebony Stewart, performing at The Ill List 2023 in Modesto, CA
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Performed at the Button Studio
“Tell the law nothin of substance; tell the people everything you can.”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Darius Simpson, performing at the Button Studio
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Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
“We reflected. Picked out the lyrics like fish bones from the teeth of the song”
Don’t miss this poem from Brittany Barker, performing at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
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Performed at WoWPS 2020
Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from LeChell “The Shootah” R.H., performing at WoWPS 2020 in Dallas, TX
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Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
“My hands will become his fists. He too is the best kind of happy drunk”
Don’t miss this poem from Ayanna Florence, performing at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
Performed at Park Square Theatre
Don’t miss this great poem from Daniel, performing at Park Square Theatre in Saint Paul, MN
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Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
“I’m asking why people have always been so comfortable covering up black women be it all mouths or our bodies”
Don’t miss this poem from Bri Esoteric, performing at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
Performed at the Button studio
“My father has never had a job, which made the transition easy, from absent father to dying father.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button studio
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Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
“I was 11 years old when my mother handed me a purity contract”
Don’t miss this poem from Aris Kian, performing at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
“She called me weak and in three languages I never heard her speak I love you”
Don’t miss this poem from The Bee, performing at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD