EVERY.WORD POETRY’S LINES FOR LIBERATION

Austin, TX | every.Word Poetry invites the public to its Black History Month spoken word poetry experience, Lines for Liberation. Four poets embark on a journey toward freedom, discovering what a future for Black lives can look like and how liberation might be claimed in order to be transported to a time co-crafted by these literary seers.

Lines for Liberation is an experience of curiosity, confidence, pride, and, most of all, warmth. The poets actively build the warmth and vibrancy needed to transform the space into an Afrofuturistic world. Through spoken word performance, they move through vulnerability, comedy, music, theatre, truth, and spirit. This show is the result of creativity being valued and honored within the Black experience.

The poets bring the audience to the future through the lens of Black folks. It is not a story so much as a collective dream and shared imagination of liberation that persists through…