2nd Annual Poetry Slam

Emcee Fran Djoukeng

Fran kept things moving along, even calling State Senator Jamie Raskin to the stage to recite an impromtu poem.

Jessica Diaz-HurtadoIst place

“…She said, ‘If he was two shades lighter, mama, I wouldn’t mind.’ But could she really count the times he told me the color of my eyes?...” Click here to se

e Jessica's winning performance

Jacob Weisman2nd place

“I’m a fire-breathing dragon that expels so much heat that I’m clearly exothermic. And you take it all in and shiver therefore you’re endosquirmic…”

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Rex Jarrett3rd Place

“Forcefully forged from

Hell’s hottest flames

The most corrupt of

The earth’s metals course through

My veins…”

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Carol PeckPoetry Workshop leader

Ben Simon

“I’m confused. Are you just amused, or do you adore it?

You seem like you’re all for it

Then when the time comes to hit the gas, you don’t floor it, just ignore it…”

Terence McPherson

“…You see he may be 6’3 and tall as a tree But can barely read and has nothing to eat. Don’t call him dumb, cuz when he’s beating on a drum It’s not just for fun, it makes his heart turn…”

Hobie Richards

“Ever since I can remember my life ain’t been right. Always looking for a fight…”

Sara Cohen

“He has these

shoes

Fly and white and the essence of cool

And every time I see them

I feel like I need

A pack of Crayola

Crayons…”

Ngaheteh Ngombi

“Words that deeper my warrior grave

Where have they gone my stroke sound

Dash that unlinks my revel blood

The marks of thou revoke shell…”

Lisa Whittington

“…

They stroked their beards,

Procuring pills and bottles,

A fluorescent rainbow of quick fixes

She insisted I meditate,

Silently suffocating

In the stuffy stillness of my room…”

Gordon Moore

“…Blue caffeine racing down

My red and bleeding throat

My veins green with envy

At all the life I’m throwing away…”

John Conroy Gabe Barouh

Bridget Egan