I Miss Safe Spoke Word Spaces

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My poetry roots are in spoken word. I have been spitting at open mics for a decade now, I was a part of the Gate City Youth Slam Team and went to Brave New Voices in 2015.

I have watched a few slams online over the past few years, but they truly break my heart in two. Everyone is spitting their truth — maskless to a room of maskless people. Everyone is hyping each other up — by singing and cheering and dancing…