The Underground Poet's Society, Inc.

The Underground Poet’s Society, Inc. or TheUnPSInc is an official 501(c)3 Non-Profit Poetry Organization founded by Antwian M. Crawford, also known as Intellect, that is dedicated to poetry and education. We support poets in all genres of poetry from novice level to professional, from the written word to the spoken word. The mission of TheUnPSInc is to promote the creation and performance of poetry while cultivating literary activities and spoken word events on-line or otherwise in order to build audience participation, stimulate creativity, awaken minds, foster education, inspire mentoring, encourage artistic statement and engage communities worldwide in the revelry of language. Tweets by @TheUnPSInc !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");

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Happy National Poetry Month! -Founder of The Underground Poet's Society, Inc. (@TheUnPSInc), Antwian Marcel Crawford (Intellect)(@intellects_inkwell) #HappyNationalPoetryMonth #NationalPoetryMonth #NationalPoetryMonth2016 #NPM2016 #HappyNPM2016 #TheUnPSInc #Intellects_Inkwell

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Those prehistoric things we used to call books...

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You've got a new story to write and it looks nothing like your past.

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"It may be said that poems are in one way like icebergs: only about a third of their bulk appears above the surface of the page." #HowardNemerov

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"The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are." #MayaAngelou

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"Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry." #GeorgesBraque

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"Some people are artists... some themselves are art." - Anonymous #art #artists #poetry #poets #poet #creativewriting #PoetsOfIG #PoetsOfInstagram #artistsoninstagram #writersofinstagram #writersofig #artistsonig

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"When I first met her I knew in a moment I would have to spend the next few days re-arranging my mind so there'd be room for her to stay." - F. Scott Fitzgerald #fscottfitzgerald #fscottfitzgeraldquote #fscottfitzgeraldquotes

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"A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper." -E.B. White #ebwhitequote #ebwhitequotes #ebwhitequotes #ebwhite

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"Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you." - Marsha Norman #marshanorman #marshanormanquote

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"I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame." - Alice Walker #AliceWalker #Author #Poet #Writer

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"Stop talking about writing. Stop reading about writing. Stop dreaming about writing. The thing that defines a writer is that the writer writes." #ChuckWendig

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"And never forget that #writing is as close as we get to keeping a hold on the thousand and one things - Childhood. Certainties. Cities. Doubts. Dreams. Instants. Phrases. Parents. Loves that go on slipping, like sand, through our fingers." #SalmanRushdie

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"I remember awakening one morning and finding everything smeared with the color of forgotten love." #CharlesBukowski

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"Happy National Poetry Month" #TheUnPSInc

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"A true piece of writing is a dangerous thing. It can change your life." #TobiasWolff