Sean Patrick Mulroy – the evidence speaks for itself (Pre-Columbian Moche Ceramic, c.700 CE)

Performed in NYC

“I wonder, can you drink from me as joyfully as I drink from this man, this king, this font of bygone eras?”

Don’t miss this poem from Sean Patrick Mulroy, performing in NYC

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Sean Patrick Mulroy – It’s different

Performed in NYC

“While all studies of the human psyche would suggest shame to be more harmful than fists, there are fists, still.”

Don’t miss this poem from Sean Patrick Mulroy, performing in NYC

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Neil Hilborn – What’s Good

Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN

“You know what’s good? A stack of 20s and three days off. A blank check from you to you.”

Don’t miss this poem from Neil Hilborn, performing at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN

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Junious ‘Jay’ Ward – Jerry Jones Addresses His [Players] Regarding the NFL Boycott

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“You conflating ‘patriots’ with ‘runaways’, not my boys.”

Don’t miss this poem from Junious ‘Jay’ Ward, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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Rudy Francisco – A Few Things I Strongly Believe In

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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Miya Coleman – Mister

Performed at The Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA

“When the same red flag on which he bled for white right refuses to tourniquet his blue wounds.”

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

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Sierra DeMulder – My First, Second-Carried

Performed performing at Albany Barn in Albany, NY in 2023.

“I’d give it all again: my bodily wholeness, my blood–just a penance, a sacrament, a levy on the road to you.”

Don’t miss this poem from Sierra DeMulder, performing performing at Albany Barn in Albany, NY in 2023.

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Rudy Francisco – My Father’s House

Performed performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.

“An eviction notice is a lot heavier than it looks.”

Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.

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Phil Kaye – Los Angeles

Performed at Gray Area in San Francisco, CA

“We both wonder sometimes what the other stands for, as if home weren’t always a mirror we mistake for a wall.”

Don’t miss this poem from Phil Kaye, performing at Gray Area in San Francisco, CA

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Ebony Stewart – Happy Father’s Day

Performed at The Ill List 2023, in Modesto, CA.

“He say he tired of not being the hero in my poems, I say me too.”

Don’t miss this poem from Ebony Stewart, performing at The Ill List 2023, in Modesto, CA.

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