I don't wanna be the guy that comes back from vacation with an accent, but ever since #NPSOak I've hella wanted to use "hella" all the time.

By Your Side Sade · Lovers Rock · Song · 2000

Just trying to come down from #NPSOak by listening to my favorite slow jam, "By Your Side" #NPSsade ♫ http://spoti.fi/KkVguJ

Harsh reality after #NPSOak, learned in Denver airport:
every friendly-looking bald guy with a beard and glasses is not a poet you know. :(

9. Sean Patrick Mulroy and Danez Smith heckle you with live #NPSshade.
10. Hands behind back. Eirean Bradley does your arms. #NPSOak (4/4)

5. Perform poem as a cat
6. Spin around mic stand ten times at start, every minute.
7. Sing your poem
8. Werewolf mask #NPSOak (3/4)

1. Peanut butter on roof of mouth.
2. Every period in poem = Wonder Dave high-kick
3. Mickey Mouse gloves
4. 10 saltines #NPSOak (2/4)

Idea I had during #NPSOak for #NPS2016: Wheel of Doom Reading. Poets spin wheel, get one challenge they have to do during their poem. (1/4)

I'm about to skulk home and write like a hungry beast. Thanks for everything, #NPSoak. Volunteers,… https://instagram.com/p/6donNDOOPn/

TW: Bedbugs
#jacklondoninn #NPSOak #NPSshade https://instagram.com/p/6doBVAOOOq/

If nothing else, we've all learned how to say "I want to fuck a flaming tiger" in ASL, and I think that's a win. #NPSOak #NPSlight

Man, the crowd is roaring so loud I can hardly hear the poets pop the mics! #NPSshade #NPSOak

I was teary-eyed on the way back to my host hotel at #NPSOak, and then this man in a three-foot tall… https://instagram.com/p/6ajRgBuOCD/

Last night. Last Audience for #teamalgarin -- #npsoak you've been all love. Congrats to all poets… https://instagram.com/p/6aI3yBipr-/

"I learned to measure myself as a man by the length of the shadow I cast, not the shade it provided." #NPSOak #HawaiiSlam DAMN.

Nuyorican poet at #NPSOak semifinal: "Show them the whitest part of you so they won't shoot: hands up." And that's round ONE.

#penmanshipbooks showcase and all the loveliest kind of writers. #npsoak https://instagram.com/p/6YqTttCpl5/

#blackpoetsspeakout during #npsoak -- live and direct. what beauty #amen https://instagram.com/p/6Vsd7xipmz/

#dear Oakland: today #blackpoetsspeakout at city hall 1pm #npsoak because #BlackLivesMatter because silence isn't an option.

#yo #npsoak I'm trynna slam for #houseslam tho...

T. D. Jakes stared me down for the entire Pedagogy Workshop at #npsoak. https://instagram.com/p/6Q4VzMOOLM/

Dibs on ending all of my poems at #NPSOak with this. https://instagram.com/p/6QXLrSuOPD/

In future drafts of this poem, try and avoid using the passive voice. #npsoak https://instagram.com/p/6LdLtAOOBc/

Got an omen for #NPSOak on the plane.

To all poets attending #NPSOak, remember that the first Rep. presidential debate is tonight, if you need to write out some last-minute rage.

I am definitely the old man on the team, though. I am an urn of ashes and bone bits. They’ll bring me to #NPSoak in an urn with my picture.

I’m sad I didn’t make the trip to #AWP15, but I did make Omaha’s team for #NPSoak with @Rrrrreagan and @OMGina101, so that’s gon’ be fun!

I’m can’t be there, but I’m rocking DC colors to support @pagesofle and the other Beltway Slam poets at #NPSoak. Go!

#dear Oakland: tonite, join us Shadow Lounge: 9pm. Nuyo vs APS vs Lizard Lounge vs Loser Slam #NPSOak #nps2014 -- heavy poem life & what not

So pumped to be at the National Precognition Soak, the premiere event for jacuzzi psychics. Hope nobody else is using the #npsoak hashtag!

#dear #npsoak : what's good tho!? #nps2014