I wish anyone would want me with the level of thirst of a poet waiting to read at a 3 AM cypher.
#IWPSDC

#newjersey & #sudan should be proud! Emi was astounding! #loserslam #iwps2015 #iwpsdc #womenpoetas… https://instagram.com/p/8r53vTipmj/

Sorry, fucked up an #IWPSDC tweet a moment ago. I promise to take voluntary 1's in my next three slams in penitence.

FreeQuency in Sandra Bland persona:
"Maybe there's something I can tell my sisters to do too, to make you remember them." Haunting. #IWPSDC

Rasheed ends with "history is full of rapists who were forgiven for...how beautiful they could write a poem." KILLED. TENS. DAMN. #IWPSDC

Dude poets: Can we just believe victims of rapists? Not let rapists into our slams? Not on our final stages? Let's work up to murder #IWPSDC

Rasheed Copeland on #IWPSDC on effectively checking the dudes in his life for their worst traits. Awesome piece in contrast to murder poem.

Emi and FreeQuency with back-to-back poems with incredible passion on a global scale. Loving these finals. #IWPSDC

I think Rudy's poem was the third or fourth I heard from men at #IWPSDC promising to murder rapists. Can we start with promising to testify?

Goddamn it do I love when a poet finds an unexpected moment of feeling, even in their well-practiced pieces. Love you, Imani. #iWPSDC

Sitting across the balcony from @thevanisher and @desdallagiacomo, the Statler & Waldorf of #iWPSDC livetweeting. ;)

Really disappointed Crystal Valentine didn't make second round. That was incredible, gritty writing. I can't wait to look up more. #iWPSDC

They must have heard @buttonpoetry was here tonight at #iWPSDC finals, because there are commemorative tumblrs:

#dear finals stage: we here with different poems. Cause we can be. You'll deal. #iWPSDC

26.6 for that astonishing confessional poem from Emi was TOO LOW. Goddang judges and their goddang opinions. #iWPSDC

“The officer has his hand on his weapon, and he seems like the type to bring a gun to a food fight” - Rudy Francisco at #iWPSDC Finals

Do you think the poets got to choose their walk-up music? Mine would be “Everybody Hurts.” #IWPSDC

"Dear white people, why do you hate being called racist more than you hate racism?" - Frequency killing it at #IWPSDC finals

“Half of me loves himself; the other half isn’t ready to say it back yet.” Anthony, the CALIBRATING poet at #IWPSDC finals. #DAMNNNNN

#dear Twitter: #BLACKPOETSSPEAKOUT even still. #iWPSDC

Making cuts to poems with @bpwenzl and @Rrrrreagan at #IWPSDC: "Yeah, I can lose the ships at the end. Ships are the ribcages of the sea."