Performed at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center in San Diego, CA
“I know a few things about forgiving. It’s harder than it looks but it feels a lot better than it sounds.”
Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center in San Diego, CA
Get Rudy’s book, Excuse Me As I Kiss The Sky.
Performed at IWPS 2015
“You will either play fetch with this money or be thrown into your crate and that is a metaphor.”
Don’t miss this poem from Junious ‘Jay’ Ward, performing at IWPS 2015
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Performed at IWPS 2015
“Sooner or later you will realize that you are praying to your own shadow; that you are standing in front of mirrors and are worshipping your own reflection.”
Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at IWPS 2015
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Performed at IWPS 2015
“I know what it means to embrace a blossom of angles that is both delicate and difficult.”
Don’t miss this poem from Junious ‘Jay’ Ward, performing at IWPS 2015
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Performed at Rustbelt 2015
“No breaking things and putting them back together like nothing happened. This includes yourself.”
Don’t miss this poem from Siaara Freeman Bebe’s Kids, performing at Rustbelt 2015
Get Siaara’s book, Urbanshee.
Performed at IWPS 2015
“I’m not saying you should end the world, but you could at least knock over a mailbox.”
Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at IWPS 2015
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Performed at IWPS 2015
“It’s okay to not be liked bitches. On our own until infinity bitches.”
Don’t miss this poem from Melissa Lozada-Oliva, performing at IWPS 2015
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Performed at IWPS 2015
“The truth is scarier than any allegory. Lover, there is something inside you that burns down everything you love.”
Don’t miss this poem from Sean Patrick Mulroy, performing at IWPS 2015
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Performed at IWPS 2015
“The verbal diaspora of Africa shapes my spine, we cross our Ts like the middle passage, dot our Is with strange fruit, curve our Ss with Mid-Atlantic roots.”
Don’t miss this poem from Steven Willis, performing at IWPS 2015
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Performed in NYC
“Everybody has a lover who loves them just like a clock being thrown from a moving car.”
Don’t miss this poem from Sean Patrick Mulroy, performing in NYC
Get Sean’s book, Hated for the Gods.