Floetic Justice

We are Metro High School's slam poetry team. We write, compete, and repeat; and introduce others to poetry along the way.

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“Omnipotence” If a tree falls in the forest and nobody's around to hear it, did it ever fall? If I fail to bottle up my epiphanies, tragedies and everything in between into poems, did they happen at all? It is my choice, for I am a creator Not solely because I am woman. But because I am writer. I am storyteller, I create universes. I destroy ‘-isms’. I give eternal life To love, joy, hurt, and hope. As a poet, I have the final say. I am a biographer, activist, lover, comedian, teacher, preacher, all wrapped into one omnipotent force.

Ibura

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Floetic Justice’s Ariel and Kaitlan performed a powerful poem celebrating black women at Metro’s black history program this year, great job ladies!

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The VerbQuake Grand Slam was a blast!

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April showers to May flowers Thundering rain to shining rainbow Is this the order? Does your snowy winter come before your warm spring? Does your stressful week come before your relaxed weekend? Is this the order? What if my calm comes before my storm? What if my Sundays come before my Mondays? Is this the order? Don’t flowers die before winter comes? Don’t soft breezes blow before tornadoes? Is this the true order?

Miranda

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Our first bout at GCAA was awesome 👏🏾 Congrats to Ariel, Alexia, Kaitlan, and Miranda!

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I throw the concept around often, but I don’t pray for you like I should. I don’t pray for much of anything these days. I’m not sure what that looks like anymore, These days my prayers are wrapped up in metaphors and punctuated with rhymes. They lay out on stage for all to see, decorated in robes of alliteration and simile. I don’t pray to God, I scream and shout, I beg and cry. I don’t think I pray for you like I should.

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A few pics from last year’s open mic event 😊