Junious ‘Jay’ Ward – An Ode to What the Divorce Didn’t Take

Performed at IWPS 2019 in San Diego, CA

“When I say I know I didn’t do everything right, I also know I didn’t do everything wrong.”

Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Junious ‘Jay’ Ward, performing at IWPS 2019 in San Diego, CA

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Choose from the 2023 line-up of authors below.

Desireé Dallagiacomo – Who We Are & Who We Come From
Sabrina Benaim – Feels Tripping
Sean Patrick Mulroy – Advanced Poetics for Queer Voices
Siaara Freeman – Series(ly) Speaking: The Alchemy of Turning One Idea Into Many
Rachel Wiley – One Poem Six Ways
Patrick Roche – Reclaiming and Reframing Your Narrative
Topaz Winters – Won’t You Celebrate With Me: The Power of Joy in Poetry
Blythe Baird – How To Bring Your Poetry to the Stage
Stevie Edwards – (Re)Writing the Politicized Body
Junious ‘Jay’ Ward – Such A Vivrant Thing!
Ollie Schminkey – Odes and Elegies: Form Poems for This Century
Rudy Francisco – Getting Stitches

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