Mic Check Poetry Fest, Iowa’s premier celebration of spoken word poetry, is bringing big headliners to an event that fosters the dialogue, creativity and community building of spoken word poetry.
Nima Rinji Sherpa’s ears are still tinged black from wind chill, an occupational hazard of climbing to heights where humans struggle to breathe, and where the weather can turn deadly in an instant.
All those thoughts and voices disappear, leaving me alone with my own peace. Violence was the word that made my parents leave their own country. Violence is what some people suffer at home. Violence ...