The Saint Louis Poetry Slam

August is a big month for all kinds of reasons. For UrbArts, it's our founding month. Throughout it, we're posting 20+ years of videos. We'll start with a celebration of Black women by Antwoun Stevens from 2013. Link: https://youtu.be/gWnUsUQdEIo #poetry #black #youth #blackwomen

Last post for the week of celebrating our youth poets. We return to recent Parkway North graduate Kaylyn McKoy with an incredible poem about her ancestors. Link below: https://youtu.be/P_LKfUQhEbw... #poetry #youthpoetry #story #slam

Of Icarus and the Sun by Grace Ruo https://youtu.be/tle-wNSSGl4 #Poetry #youth #slam #relationships

Today we release a piece by Grace Ruo that was featured in a couple of our Brave New Voices bouts. It's a poem about relationships that became a team favorite. #poetry #youthpoetry #poem #relationships #spokenword # slam

As we enter the halfway mark of our celebration of the 2020 St. Louis youth poetry slam team, we turn to a poem from Chris Lau. This is one of the works that we didn't put up but we can share with you. Link: https://youtu.be/eOs4UaBPI2E #poetry #youth #slam

As we continue celebrating our youth poets, we release another performance we captured last month. It wasn't used in BNV but it's a remarkable, inspirational poem that may be challenging for some and liberating for others. Link here: https://youtu.be/M43o4c23rng #youth #poetry