Performed in NYC
“The first protagonist in all recorded literary history, a man, makes love to men, and hey, guess what? He doesn’t die.”
Don’t miss this poem from Sean Patrick Mulroy, performing in NYC
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Prentice Powell – Letter to My Wife’s Exes
Performed at The Ill List 2023, in Modesto, CA.
“She still has that sparkle in her eyes that makes it hard for you to look at her for too long without becoming religious.”
Don’t miss this poem from Prentice Powell, performing at The Ill List 2023, in Modesto, CA.
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Usman Hameedi – The Ghost of 9/11 Addresses 1/6
Performed at The 2023 Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
“Brainstorm turned dust cloud apocalypse, an offering of black soot in severed hands.”
Don’t miss this poem from Usman Hameedi, performing at The 2023 Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
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Rudy Francisco – Ode to my mother’s plantains
Performed performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
“In the afterlife, this is the only event on my calendar.”
Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
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Sean Patrick Mulroy – white phosphorus
Performed in NYC
“Exposing only white roses of bone or else it waits there, underneath the skin, to bloom again.”
Don’t miss this poem from Sean Patrick Mulroy, performing in NYC
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Sean Patrick Mulroy – sex dream in which Tu’er Shen’s a no-show
Performed in NYC
“You never realized until now how much all your friends talk about love.”
Don’t miss this poem from Sean Patrick Mulroy, performing in NYC
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Sierra DeMulder – Hours Before Dawn
Performed performing at Albany Barn in Albany, NY in 2023.
“I must tell you: every poem is about death when you are reading to the dying.”
Don’t miss this poem from Sierra DeMulder, performing performing at Albany Barn in Albany, NY in 2023.
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Rudy Francisco – On Days Like This
Performed at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center in San Diego, CA
“I know a few things about myself: being human is difficult, being a good human is even harder, but it’s still something I’d like to accomplish while I’m here.”
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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Sean Patrick Mulroy – sex dream in which Xochipilli is an early riser
Performed in NYC
“Such a story lives within the bodies of all men.”
Don’t miss this poem from Sean Patrick Mulroy, performing in NYC
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Andrea Gibson – After the Wound of Us
Performed performing at The Button Poetry Studio in Longmont, CO in 2021.
“The hours passed smooth as the wine we downed, like we were pouring the blood back into our bodies.”
Don’t miss this poem from Andrea Gibson, performing performing at The Button Poetry Studio in Longmont, CO in 2021.
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