Jenifer Williams performs a powerful and informative piece “Is it really rape if you never said no.” Watch and listen.
Category: Poetry
Amaya Blankenship – “My Walk Home”
Performing at the 2017 Get Lit Classic Slam. The Get Lit Classic Slam is the largest teen poetry competition in Southern California’s history – where high school students from schools throughout Los Angeles County face off to “slam” classic poems by poets like Neruda, Lorca, Hughes, Dickinson, Angelou, etc. in combination with their own spoken word responses. The Classic Slam occurs every Spring around National Poetry Month for audiences of thousands. Scholarships are awarded to winning teams and bouts are judged by leading writers, actors, and artists.
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Emory Oakley – Burnaby Mental Health
Emory Oakley competed on Aug 14th, 2017 at the Vancouver Poetry Slam. This is Emory’s poem Burnaby Mental Health
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Bianca Phipps – “Stay With Me”
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Performing at Rustbelt 2017 in Minneapolis, MN.
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We seek to showcase the power and diversity of voices in our community. By encouraging and broadcasting the best and brightest performance poets of today, we hope to broaden poetry’s audience, to expand its reach and develop a greater level of cultural appreciation for the art form.
Aaron Coleman – “It Is Not a Question of Memory”
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Performing at his book release party in Minneapolis.
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Button Poetry is committed to developing a coherent and effective system of production, distribution, promotion and fundraising for spoken word and performance poetry.
We seek to showcase the power and diversity of voices in our community. By encouraging and broadcasting the best and brightest performance poets of today, we hope to broaden poetry’s audience, to expand its reach and develop a greater level of cultural appreciation for the art form.
Angelica Poversky – Pluck Me
Angelica Poversky placed 5th on Aug 7th 2017 at the Vancouver Poetry Slam. This is Angelica’s poem Pluck Me
Timothy DuWhite – “So He Called Me” (NPS ’17)
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Filmed at the 2017 National Poetry Slam Prelims at the Epernay Lounge in Denver CO
Timothy DuWhite participated in the National Poetry Slam as a member of the Bowery Poetry Slam team based in NYC
“My Secret” Poem dedicated to Chester Bennington by Juan C. Diaz
This poem is dedicated to Chester Bennington. @Tearsofwardiaz
