Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“Because, this morning, I made a list of all of my top priorities. I am one of them.”

Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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Performed at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center in San Diego, CA

“I believe that masculinity is a wet fish that most men are just trying to hold onto.”

Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center in San Diego, CA

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Performed at the Button Studio

“Oh how humbling it is to know, the body I threw stones at is still determined to write love letters to me.”

Don’t miss this poem from Blythe Baird, performing at the Button Studio

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Performed in Longmont, CO

“If the only thing we have to gain in staying is each other, my God, that is plenty. My God, that is enough.”

Don’t miss this poem from Andrea Gibson, performing in Longmont, CO

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Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“Silence is my first language, and lonely is an accent that I still can’t get rid of.”

Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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Performed at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center in San Diego, CA

“To be honest, getting out of bed has become a magic trick, and I am probably the worst magician I know.”

Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center in San Diego, CA

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Performed at Albany Barn in Albany, NY

“You cough your congratulations, flimsy as gauze.”

Don’t miss this poem from Sierra DeMulder, performing at Albany Barn in Albany, NY

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Performed at the Button Studio

“These days I don’t want to make art that can’t also be a weapon against oppressors.”

Don’t miss this poem from Darius Simpson, performing at the Button Studio

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Performed at The Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA

“Because she gave man consciousness and watched him callously misplace credit, yet she is undeterred.”

Don’t miss this poem from Miya Coleman, performing at The Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA

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Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“Sports kept many neighborhood kids out of trouble; my brother decided to pass that savior down to me.”

Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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