"My first exposure to the spoken word was Taylor Mali's "What Teachers Make" video on YouTube when I was eighteen. Which was followed by a three day immersion into slam poetry which left my eyes in pain, my fingers soar and my mind blown. I saw my first real-life poetry days before my twenty first birthday, which I spent getting fourth in my first slam. I've been seriously writing for about three years, being artistically influenced by every poet with a YouTube video: Taylor Mali, Anis Mojgani, Rives, Andrea Gibson, George Watsky, Dahlak Brathwaite, Daniel Beaty, and so many more. It is a thrill to compete in slams in front of people who are not stuffed animals, and I love slowing it down to feature as well. I currently live in Corvallis, OR and drive into Portland to slam at the Portland Poetry Slam or perform features. If you'd like more info, to book a show, talk, take me out to dinner, whatever, check out the contact page. I hope you enjoy my work. Keep checking back, the site updates quite a bit. Don't forget to Write, Love, Slam (WLS) Peace be the journey."
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