Performed at IWPS 2015
“Dear Jake you are the reason I should not go for walks anymore. I keep falling in love with footprints.”
Don’t miss this poem from Patrick Roche, performing at IWPS 2015
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2024 Video Contest Winners & Runners-Up
Congratulations to the winners of our 2024 Video Contest!
Winning Videos Full Collection
Grand Champion: Kelsey L. Smoot – A Litany For Arrival – After Audrey Lorde Release October 9, 2024
Runner-up: Vanessa Chica Ferreira & Rebeca Lois Lucret – We Can Never Be Small Release October 10, 2024
Emerging Writers Winner: Ariana Lee – Mo Li Hua Release October 11, 2024
Performed at The 2023 Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
“Every tooth I make my way down with extreme precision, every cavity I carve out into the pulp of him”
Don’t miss this poem from Najya Williams, performing at The 2023 Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
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Performed at The Town Hall in NY, during Black History Month 2024
Don’t miss this poem from Zoe Tagoe, performing at The Town Hall in NY, during Black History Month 2024
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Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
“I remind myself that she cannot color inside the lines if I do not draw them before they are crossed”
Don’t miss this poem from Asher Dawkins, performing at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
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Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
“Suck the soul out of me like bad poetry”
Don’t miss this poem from Keyma Flight, performing at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
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“He opens my throat, a disposable gutter and I know I’m empty or full or which one he wants me to be”
Don’t miss this poem from Hieu Minh Nguyen
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Performed NorthBeast Regional 2023 Finals
“That’s the thing about a direct English translation there is never anything correct about it.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ren L[i]u, performing NorthBeast Regional 2023 Finals
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Performed at Project Row Houses in Houston, TX
“There will be ease, soft breathing, and your favorite foods, a warm animal crawling into bed to sleep with you.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ariana Brown, performing at Project Row Houses in Houston, TX
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Performed at IWPS 2015
“What is the word for taking bathroom breaks at your retail job to cry?”
Don’t miss this poem from Melissa Lozada-Oliva, performing at IWPS 2015
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