#nps2013

[buttonpoetry]

This is the story of every single mother. This is the face of an endless page novel. This is the 30-pound tray resting on her shoulder. This is work.

Olivia Gatwood, “At the Owl”

Check out this past performance of Olivia Gatwood performing at the 2013 National Poetry Slam, and then go check out her brand new book, New American Best Friend, now available in the Button Poetry Shop!

[postwardirtycigarettes-blog]

‘It’s about how poor black boys are treated as problems well before we’re treated as people’ - Javon Johnson “Cuz he’s black”

This poem needs to be listened too!

[anatomyofalice]

The future has been at war, but it's coming home so soon.

Neil Hilborn, "The Future"

[nl93]

Pages Matam - "Piñata" (NPS 2013) | 

 Incredibly powerful performance.

This brought tears to my eyes.

[18mr]

Alex Dang - "What Kind of Asian Are You?" at the 2013 National Poetry Slam

[thedrawbridgeco]

Pages performs at the National Poetry Slam in Boston, MA. 

[goodpoets]

Christopher Barker, poet

Cambridge, Mass., August 17, 2013

photograph by Jonathan Weiskopf (web / tumblr / twitter)

[bostonpoetryslam]

Mckendy Fils-Aimé performs "Open Letter To The Homeless Man Who Called Me A Nigger After I Refused To Give Him My Cell Phone" during preliminary competition at NPS 2013.