Ayanna Albertson – Mourning People

Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD

“America been binge watching Black boys’ bodies broadcasted as breaking news as if it ever stopped being news at all.”

Don’t miss this poem from Ayanna Albertson, performing at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD

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Ayanna Albertson – Mourning People

Performed 200305 WoWPS: Winery N1B2

“Turn funerals into homegoing celebrations, declarations that not even death can still this joy. We cannot be destroyed, so bring on the morning.”

Don’t miss this poem from Ayanna Albertson, performing 200305 WoWPS: Winery N1B2

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Ayanna Albertson – Lineage

Performed at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD

“We are a lineage of lost childhoods and stolen innocence, how we never talk about it even though we know it exists.”

Don’t miss this poem from Ayanna Albertson, performing at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD

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Ayanna Albertson – “Gun Control & Vaginas”

Performing at WoWPS Finals 2020

“This is the country we live in, a place that would rather protest women’s rights than protect them.”

Don’t miss this stunning poem from Ayanna Albertson, performing at WoWPS Finals 2020 in Dallas, TX.

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