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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Performed
“We are blurry silhouettes against the backdrop of everything popular, often wearing our skin like a costume of someone we didn’t feel comfortable pretending to be anyways.”
Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing
Get Rudy’s book, Excuse Me As I Kiss The Sky.
Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
“Survival is not a fortress, it is a garden.”
Don’t miss this poem from Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
Get Guante’s book, Not A Lot of Reasons to Sing, But Enough.
Performed his poem “The Whitest Thing”
“You are sure there are good parts about having white skin, too, even if you can’t see them yet. No one asks you where you came from or how you got here.”
Don’t miss this poem from Adam Falkner, performing his poem “The Whitest Thing”
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Performed in Longmont, CO
“Understanding why we’re bad at love doesn’t necessarily make us good at it.”
Don’t miss this poem from Andrea Gibson, performing in Longmont, CO
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Performed
“What do you call it when you cremate your father’s body? I can’t talk about it, it’s un-buriable.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing
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Performed his poem “So my grandmother once told me…”
“Don’t we all need a little editing? Aren’t we all waiting to be read by someone, praying they will tell us that we make sense?”
Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing his poem “So my grandmother once told me…”
Get Rudy’s book, Helium.
Performed his poem “Summer, New York City”
“Praise you, boys on bicycles who tell me to ‘watch your skinny ass’ when I know they mean ‘please be careful, we care about you and your relatively average sized ass.’”
Don’t miss this poem from Phil Kaye, performing his poem “Summer, New York City”
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Performed at Rustbelt 2019
“A lot of folk love to be surrounded by Black culture, but not necessarily Black people.”
Don’t miss this poem from Junious ‘Jay’ Ward, performing at Rustbelt 2019
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Performed in Longmont, CO
“…and I’d finally grown wise enough to never trust my preferences.”
Don’t miss this poem from Andrea Gibson, performing in Longmont, CO
Get Andrea’s book, You Better Be Lightning.