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
“I eat boys like you for breakfast”
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Performed at IWPS 2019 in San Diego, CA
Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Scorpio, performing at IWPS 2019 in San Diego, CA
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Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
“I don’t know about y’all but listening to hip-hop feels like an abusive relationship”
Don’t miss this poem from Brittany Barker, performing at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
“I eat boys like you for breakfast”
Don’t miss this poem from Ayanna Florence, performing at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
Performed in Longmont, CO
“Lover, you will never lose me to the wind. You are the lightning that made me fill my chest with candles. You are the thunder clapping for the poem that nobody else wants to hear.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Andrea Gibson, performing in Longmont, CO
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Performed at Camp Bar in Saint Paul, MN
“Weeds and willows bowed green spines to him and he swore he could hear the dirt singing his name, saying it right.”
Don’t miss this gripping poem from Danez Smith, performing at Camp Bar in Saint Paul, MN
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Performed at Rustbelt 2019
Don’t miss this stunning poem from EyeAmBic, performing at Rustbelt 2019 in St. Louis, MO
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Performed at The Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
“I call my loved ones, pray I don’t hear the vacuum of a dial tone, and then I wait, quiet like an empty cathedral.”
Don’t miss this striking poem from Usman Hameedi, performing at The Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
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