Spoken Word Poetry Series

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May 18, 2024
Nicole has always had a love for writing and especially poetry, one she has only expanded on through high school and college. Inspired by lyricists, other poets, and the natural world, she commonly writes about internal and external struggles and how language shapes our understanding of ourselves. For more of her work, check local literary magazines and community poetry events in the St. Pete area, where she appears regularly.
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By Ty Scott King April 30, 2024
Ty Scott King is an award-winning, multi-Billboard charting poet and hip hop artist and a best-selling author. Ty has successfully showcased her poetic talent on the National Poetry Slam level and hosted both an internationally aired TV show and her own radio show. Learn more at tyscottking.com.
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April 23, 2024
Dorrian Tyrell Bridges (born April 2nd, 1997) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Bridges gained distinction and acclaim for his hybrid style that combined his unique spoken word delivery, pained lyrics, and dark classical production. As an entrepreneur, Dorrian Bridges and his Wife founded The Lindsay School of the Arts, a private performing arts school dedicated to providing high-quality arts education programming at no cost, ensuring complete accessibility to children and families.
A woman is singing into a microphone in a recording studio.
April 10, 2024
Orlando, FL native and nationally renowned spoken word artist "Ja Rhymes" gracing the mic with her original work, word play and powerful delivery. JaRhymes has done BET sponsored events, Michael Colyar morning show, Apachee XLR, as well as being featured in HOT1 Magazine for emerging artist.
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April 1, 2024
Bradley Morewood, a native of Brooklyn, lives in Tampa where he enjoys writing, and performing and recording his poetry to improvised music. His poetry has appeared in Wild River Review, Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, Blue Collar Review, Dream International Quarterly, Red Ochre Black and White, Solo Novo Wall Scrawls, Wild Violet, Jellyfish Whispers, Pyrokinection, and other publications. His chapbook "Where the Bangles Live" was published by invitation by St. Leo University.
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March 12, 2024
Stephen Lindow was from FL when he moved to MA in 1998 to squeak out an MFA in English from UMass-Amherst in 2004 where he taught, loafed, trespassed, and was diagnosed. Moving to Los Angeles in summer 2012, he eked out survival with performing and creating poetry films from his laptop. He's published poems in ARTillery, Bad Robot Poetry, Penumbra, The Massachusetts Review, Bateau, and Meat For Tea.
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What We Keep - MFA Poetry Series

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August 7, 2024
Poetry Written and Performed By Grentry Burkes. Artwork Referenced: “swansong” by Caroline Colby and "Juicebox of Desire” by Andrew King.
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August 7, 2024
Poetry Written and Performed By Erin Olds. Artwork Referenced: “mo~ASerat” by Ainaz Alipourbaghal and “swansong” by Caroline Colby.
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August 7, 2024
Poetry Written and Performed By Thomas Page. Artwork Referenced: “Yellow Grouper” by Tanner Simon and “Dhobi ka Kutta” by Harsh K. Sharma.
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July 25, 2024
Poetry Written and Performed By Daniel Dykiel. Artwork Referenced: “untitled” by Mason Dowling and “Respite” by Amber Toplisek.
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July 25, 2024
Poetry Written and Performed By Alye Prentice. Artwork Referenced: “as the cause of coming into being” by Amber Toplisek and “An Alphabet” by Mason Dowling
A woman is standing in front of a microphone giving a speech to a group of people.
July 25, 2024
Poetry Written and Performed By Jeevitha Kannan. Artwork Referenced: “Dhobi ka Kutta” by Harsh K. Sharma
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