Welcome to the world Where there is a constant battle of good and evil Where now we can’t even talk about our points of views, …
Writing as an Outlet: An Interview with Tonya Ingram
Depression can sneak up behind you silently, encompass you, drown you, all the while you’re crying on your bedroom floor thinking, What the hell is …
Barrier Gods by Chloe Barreau
The idea of writing a poem on the inside of an envelope — instead of a notebook — seems romantic after binging on fiction and …
Girl Poets Slam American School System in Rhyme, and It’s a Sight to Behold
High school students Belissa Escobedo, Rhiannon McGavin, and Zariya Allen were on Queen Latifah’s show the other day to perform a slam poetry piece called “Somewhere …
Fiona Apple’s Parting Advice for Every ‘I Know I Said Forever, But—’ by SaraEve
She is teaching me to play the piano, says this is the last thing she has for me. But I am all left handed, emotional, banging …
A New Movement: “The Uninterrupted Project”
By being a part of PSA (Poetry Slam Association) at my college, I’ve gotten to know some pretty cool poets (who also know other cool …
Rape Poem to End All Rape Poems
The following slam poetry performance is by four young women: Justice Hehir, Lindsey Michelle Williams, Kate Thomas, and Lillie Hannon of the Rutger’s University Slam …
SHE DOESN’T NEED TO SEE THE MENU by Blythe Baird
1. I am watching you get sick. The whites of your eyes are becoming yellow yolks; cheeks hang like grocery bags. You make diets of …
Slam Poetry: Shrinking Women
[su_youtube url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQucWXWXp3k”] Poetry can have a profound, visceral effect on a person, and in all honesty, few pieces of art have impacted me as much …