Poetry
silvi alcivar (the poetry store)
Since 2008, Silvi, The Poetry Store poet, has written and sold thousands of poems throughout the San Francisco Bay area and beyond (including Antarctica). In addition to creating on-the-spot poems, Silvi’s artwork has shown at numerous galleries and has been featured in 7×7 magazine, Daily Candy, the San Francisco Chronicle, Style Me Pretty, Weddings Unveiled…
Sheree Mack
Sheree Mack is a Creatrix with a practice that manifests through poetry, storytelling, image and the unfolding histories of black people. Her practice includes abstract painting, photography and the magic of visual journaling which incorporates paints, images, words, collages, quotes, photography, heart and soul and self-compassion. She’s also the creator and host of The Earth Sea Live…
Muna Abdulahi
Muna Abdulahi is a first generation Somali-American, Black, Muslim, International Spoken Word Poet based in Minneapolis MN. She’s been ranked the 8th woman poet in the world from the 2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam Competition and is a three-time MN Grand Slam Poetry Champion. You can also catch her on Season 4 of…
I Am Loud
I Am Loud Productions is bringing you bigger and better spoken word events with a totally new approach to the Fringe and new video content. Loud Film produces high-quality commissioned work and captures their live events. Their podcast the Loudcast will introduce some incredible guests and give you a chance to get an inside look…
Black Cat Magazine
Black Cat Magazine is a literary magazine that focuses on speculative fiction, poetry, and art. Founded in March 2021 by radical, nonbinary and multigender writers, artists, and musicians, their mission is to use literature and art to help build a culture rooted in liberation, non-hierarchical relationships, and community-based participatory institutions. Black Cat Magazine is free…
Persian Poetics
Persian Poetics accurately translates Persian poetry and makes it available free of cost. “Though Persian poetry is written in rhyme and meter, English language translations rarely attempt to replicate it, so they often read like disjointed prose. Many times, poems are cobbled together, and other times, lines are removed from poems. The resulting confusing mess…
Rook Feld
Rook Feld is a self-described gender jester, weirdo with style, Bezier curve specialist, crowdpleaser, messy painter, poet, and TTRPG designer. A prolific multi-talented artist, they create a great deal of distinctive visual art including illustrations, collage, video and written texts. They also create many unique interactive games. Find Rook Feld online: Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/rookfeld Ko-fihttps://ko-fi.com/rookfeld Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/boxen202 Itch.iohttps://rookthegremlin.itch.io…
Amena Brown
Amena Brown is a spoken word poet, comedic storyteller, podcaster and author. She’s passionate about women’s empowerment, centering black women and women of color, and combining poetry and comedy to help her listeners and audience hold space and access joy. She’s the host of the podcast, HER with Amena Brown, where she centers and elevates the…
Button Poetry
Button Poetry produces and distributes poetry media, including: video from local and national events, chapbooks, collaborative audio recordings, scholarship and criticism, and many other products. According to their website their mission is to develop a coherent and effective system of production, distribution, promotion and fundraising for performance poetry. They’re an artist-run organization founded in 2011…
Youngblood Poetry
Youngblood Poetry is reacting to spoken word and rap, sharing their own poetry, giving writing and publishing tips, doing breakdowns and analyses of poems/raps, discussing poetry theory, and reviewing poetry collections/books/classes. Find Youngblood Poetry online: Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kendryk_youngblood YouTube https://youtube.com/channel/UCnx5VjfpZmNhxapPY1ek7_Q Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/youngbloodpoetry You might also like Those Wrestling Girls Linda Abrian Curington