Jamaica Osorio - “Fire and Rain” (CUPSI 2013)
“Love is the desire to do anything to protect someone from the world.”
Jamaica Osorio, performing for NYU during semifinals at the 2013 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational.
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Jamaica Osorio - “Fire and Rain” (CUPSI 2013)
“Love is the desire to do anything to protect someone from the world.”
Jamaica Osorio, performing for NYU during semifinals at the 2013 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational.
Maddy Schafer - “Aquaman” (CUPSI 2013)
“I just wanted to be somebody’s favorite.”
An awesome and unique persona piece, from Maddy Schafer of Vassar College.
Sam Cook - “God in Code”
“In this country, the poet Christ is primarily worshiped by those who wish him white… who call his murder a miracle and then oppress in his name.”
A first reading from the Saint Paul Soap Boxing Grand Slam.
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Antoine Duke - “Black Picket Fences”
“I always thought those burning crosses you left were your love letters to us…”
Antoine Duke, of Minneapolis Community and Technical College, performing as part of the “Best of the Rest” on Finals stage at the 2013 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational.
Elliot Darrow - “God is Gay” (CUPSI 2013 Finals)
“Keep in mind, Jesus had two dads and turned out just fine.”
Performing for UNC Chapel Hill during the 2013 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational.
Anny Miner - “Wicked Women”
“Yes, I still accepted the boy’s fists as if each were a rose and I was a garden in need of some color.”
Anny Miner, performing for SUNY Oneonta at the 2013 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational.
Dylan Garity - “Friend Zone”
“The problem is, when I started thinking of myself as a savior, I ended up thinking of myself as a savior with a salary.”
A first reading, from the Saint Paul Soap Boxing Grand Slam on May 6!
Thressa Johnson - “Start Seeing Livers”
“You are not a jigsaw; you are an oil painting.”
Thressa Johnson, of Hamline University, performing at the 2013 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational.
Katherine George and Arielle John - “Prayers for the Daughter of an Ex-Rapist”
“I bet she never told you you had venom in your blood. I pray you never find out. But you look just like him now.”
CUNY Brooklyn, performing on semifinals at the 2013 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational.
