“Got no chains on my feet but I still ain’t free.”
Don’t miss this excellent piece from Cameron Flowers, performing for Tufts at the 2016 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational.
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“To be gendered is to answer every question before it is asked.”
Don’t miss this great poem from Max Binder & Morgan Crist, performing for Barnard during finals at the 2016 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. Barnard placed 3rd overall in the tournament.
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“If you are alive, you are descended from a people who refused to die.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Ariana Brown, performing for UT Austin at the 2016 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational.
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Performing at CUPSI 2016.
“Because no one wants to clean for a living, but they do want to live.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Jonathan Mendoza & Joaquina Mertz, performing for Berklee College of Music as part of the “Best of the Rest” on finals stage at the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay up to date on all these amazing performances.
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Performing at CUPSI 2016.
“My body is selfish, it knows only how to take and never gives.”
Don’t miss this beautiful poem from Kate Hao, performing for Washington University during semifinals at the 2016 College Unions Poetry Slam. Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay up to date on all these amazing performances.
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Performing at CUPSI 2016.
“When was the last time you saw a face like mine without the glow of a mob’s torch?”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Chrysanthemum Tran, performing for Brown at the 2016 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay up to date on all these amazing performances.
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Performing at the 2016 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational.
“Once you are used to the idea of losing things, it no longer holds its value.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Soré Agbaje, performing for Brooklyn College at the 2016 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay up to date on all these amazing performances.
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Performing at the 2016 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational.
“Choke a running faucet, and you come out with clean hands.”
Don’t miss this excellent poem from Alex Dang and Dante Douglas, performing as part of the “Best of the Rest” during finals at the 2016 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay up to date on all these amazing performances.
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Performing at the 2016 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational
“Depression was the storm, but my name
was the home my family gave me to survive it.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Sarah Ogutu, performing for the University of Minnesota during prelims at the 2016 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational.
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