Clint Smith – When People Say ‘We Have Made It Through Worse Before’

Performed at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY

“There is no solace in rearranging language to make a different word tell the same lie.”

Don’t miss this poem from Clint Smith, performing at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY

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Clint Smith – All At Once

Performed performing at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY

“Two people in New Orleans fall in love under an oak tree whose branches bend like sorrow”

Don’t miss this poem from Clint Smith, performing performing at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY

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Clint Smith – Dance Party

Performed at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY

“We look up at her and she looks down at us and we have no explanation for this strange scene, only an invitation for her to join.”

Don’t miss this poem from Clint Smith, performing at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY

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Clint Smith – Ode to the Electric Baby Swing

Performed at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY

“You came in and we sat together on the floor and I put on some smooth jazz and helped you put yourself together the best way I knew how.”

Don’t miss this poem from Clint Smith, performing at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY

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Clint Smith – The Gun

Performed at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY

“The gun thought it would never leave the classroom.”

Don’t miss this poem from Clint Smith, performing at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY

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Khary Jackson – Death and the Maiden

Performed by Khary Jackson

Don’t miss this compelling poem performed by Khary Jackson

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Khary Jackson and K McClendon – North Star

Performed at Rustbelt 2018

Don’t miss this incredible poem from Khary Jackson and K McClendon, performing at Rustbelt 2018 in Detroit, MI

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Sarah Kay – “The Minister of Loneliness”

Performed at Gray Area

“The Minister of Loneliness has abolished email. He is installing tin cans to every window sill with a piece of string to someone else’s window.”

Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Sarah Kay, performing at Gray Area in San Francisco, CA

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