Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
“In the early days of our love, time was all we could afford to spend and we were so rich.”
Don’t miss this poem from Usman Hameedi, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
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Performed at IWPS 2015 in Washington, D.C.
“Mouth stay steady, ready to pop off at anything that pop off my tongue.”
Don’t miss this poem from Porsha Olayiwola, performing at IWPS 2015 in Washington, D.C.
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Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
“I’ve never been one to bite tongues or turn cheeks, but like you, I’ve learned to say I was wrong.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ty Chapman, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
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Performed at IWPS 2015 in Washington, D.C.
“What is the word for taking bathroom breaks at your retail job to cry?”
Don’t miss this poem from Melissa Lozada Oliva, performing at IWPS 2015 in Washington, D.C.
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Performed at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
“a bed, an urn for our sleep. a memory, an urn for that last breath.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
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Performed at The Button Poetry Studio in Longmont, CO in 2021.
“It’s why the truth is harder to tell every year you have more to lose”
Don’t miss this poem from Andrea Gibson, performing at The Button Poetry Studio in Longmont, CO in 2021.
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Performed at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
“how we tipped our chins and made the night echo against the trees”
Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
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Performed at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
“as a boy, my father once trained a crow to return nightly to the porch. i try to train my memory the same way.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
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Performed at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
“I wondered, how many nights he pushed down his panic, how often he reached out a hand to God, all of his prayers whispered like prescription drugs.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
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Performed at Albany Barn in Albany, NY in 2023.
“To talk about you feels like describing a landscape through a telescope—distorted, magnified into a few blurry features.”
Don’t miss this poem from Sierra DeMulder, performing at Albany Barn in Albany, NY in 2023.
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