Inspiration

Emotional Idiot by Maggie Estep on Def Jam (@Eddie)

This humorous piece allows us to tap into Estep's psyche and realize that we all take on this emotional idiocy. 

A Poem About Weed 

amazing poem unmasking mary jane's true identity

BNV: Miami Offering (@Melanie/Felix)

G Yamazawa 1st Place winner at Kollaboration DC 2012

Hands down one of my favorite spoken word artists.

(If you don't understand the joke at 1:00, pretend he's puerto rican, and some girl was like "oh, I thought you were Hispanic")

"Green Speaks"

2009 Finalist Brave New Voices, G Yamazawa gives poetic justice to being green (environment friendly)

"Thinking About You" by Mike

so this is what students think about in math class..

"Touchscreen" by Marshall "Soulful" Jones
An ingenious poem about technology!

"Becoming a Superhero" by Clint Smith

"Love Medley" by Rudy Francisco

Pay attention to the beautiful imagery and metaphors in his poem! (@Bernard Etienne)

"A Lot Like You" by Rudy Francisco 

"Scars" by Rudy Francisco

"If Only Looks Could Kill" Brave New Voices 2010 (@Melanie/Felix)

"The Ugly Show" by Black Ice

This piece references Hurricane Katrina.

"Truth Is" by Black Ice

The raw truth. (@Tommy Gun)

Hiwot Adilow Brave New Voices 2012

"To This Day" by Shane Koyczan

Spoken word artist Shane Koyczan uses his experience of being bullied as a child to inspire and fight against bullying