This Generation

Apr 8

Our annual Blauthenticity Poetry Slam is a competition and creative outlet for spoken word poets from underserved backgrounds from all over Florida to express themselves for the chance to win an all-expense paid trip to an international poetry slam. Traditionally, international poetry slam competitions are expensive to get to and this has caused a huge inequity that skews towards only those who can afford to go. Poets that come from marginalized backgrounds tend to be the ones most disproportionately affected by this. This qualifier slam came into existence to combat that and grant individuals a chance to get to an international tournament by removing that financial barrier. 12 poets battle it out for a chance to win cash prizes, trophies, and a one of a kind all expenses paid trip to an international poetry slam!

Whit The Poet

"Whit the poet” is a FL native being born in Bradenton Fl, she began her poetry journey at just 10 years old when she wrote her first poem ever and it won first place on the radio station in south Fl on “99 Jamz”. She then started taking her craft of poetry and SpokenWord very serious, since then she’s been writing visual performance poems where she combines theatre with poetry.

She now is a self published author of 3 books and One visual stage play through poetry. She has been televised on national tv on an “AFROTV” network through Xfinity and Comcast television networks. She serves as a writing coordinator for a poets meet mental health organization entitled “As she speaks” a platform for women to express mental healing through writing. She has been apart of the poetry world for more than a decade, this has put her in spaces to win multiple national poetry slam competitions & multiple grand slam poetry competitions on a national ranking level.

Outside of writing, she holds a BA In early childhood education working as a teacher, she also is a Doula encouraging and helping women with natural resources and guiding them emotionally through their pregnancy journeys. Although she is teacher primarily, her passion is writing and being a story teller through the art of poetry. She uses her platform of spoken-word to express how writing heals the soul through the field of arts and entertainment.

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