Rudy Francisco – A Series of Gentle Reminders

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“A closed fist can punch through a wall but you can’t fix the hole until you open your hands”

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

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Ebony Stewart – Fear

Performed her poem “Fear”

“Fear must be coming out but still having to pretend to be someone else.”

Don’t miss this poem from Ebony Stewart, performing her poem “Fear”

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Usman Hameedi – Short List of Life Lessons Brought to You by World Wrestling Entertainment

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“Scripted does not mean fake”

Don’t miss this poem from Usman Hameedi, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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Junious ‘Jay’ Ward – Letter of Promise

Performed at Rustbelt 2019

“When a black child is born, she will be sentenced to prison eventually.”

Don’t miss this poem from Junious ‘Jay’ Ward, performing at Rustbelt 2019

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Rudy Francisco – Ode to Selfies

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“Months from now, I hope you stumble across the picture, and are ambushed by your own radiance.”

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

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Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre – BTS 40K

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“As we march we sing and when the wave comes, oh, let us light up the night”

Don’t miss this poem from Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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Andrea Gibson – How I Became a Poet

Performed in Longmont, CO

“Tell me again how you intend to rescue their women. How you will teach them how to read in the schools you have turned to prisons, how you will offer them doctors in the hospitals you have burned with their children inside.”

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

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Andrea Gibson – Radio

Performed in Longmont, CO

“Walking through the cemetery in my hometown, fixing the flowers on a stranger’s grave.”

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

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Sierra DeMulder – How to Change the Pronouns in Your Love Poems

Performed at the Albany Barn in Albany, NY

“You will tell everyone you are jealous. You will lie and say of her.”

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

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Darius Simpson – Etymology of Fuck 12

Performed at the Button Studio

“Rebellion is the most natural form of self-defense”

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

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