The Legendary CoogSlam

~UH Slam Poetry Club~ UH's first and only poetry community and slam team 🔥🎤 Message us a one-liner or short poem to be featured!

[The Legendary CoogSlam @uhcoogslam]

We always say H-Town Hold It Down.

Now we ask our community to hold it down and help fight gentrification in the 4th ward.

The Houston Freedmans Town Conservancy is attempting to preserve Houston’s first black neighborhood.

#forthecity

https://t.co/zCxavQuETE

[The Legendary CoogSlam @uhcoogslam]

Hi Coogs don’t forget to go vote today!

[Tintero Projects @TinteroProject]

#BreakingNews - WE GOT A READING FOR YOU.
ALL CAPS. FIRE.
FEA.:
@JoseAraguz, @Robleswrites @jasminnemendez @y_si_rey_quiere @TrochaicPoet @profesoraleon @EstanislaoPoet and #NoelQuiñones

viernes, 21 de agosto - 8 a 10p
#TinteroReadings
See you in two weeks. Dile a tu gente.

[Amanda Lopez (Keill) @Manda_Panda_92]

It was legendary! So glad I got to see @mygemineyes at @uhcoogslam 's Anti-capitalist session! Phenomenal!! ❤🖤❤🐾🐾 (I've been trying so hard to just share the story but my old ass can't figure it out, so here is a… https://t.co/ZEgIEhKpJh

[Brittney Jones @Brittneylynnaj]

If you haven’t pull through to any of @uhcoogslam events, you need to!

[machete de mango. 🍉 @adriphase]

@KingKiyahn @wanpoetry @uhcoogslam Ebony Stewart @EbPoetry I’ve admired her confidence, side eye and work for years and that’ll never stop. an absolute inspiration that is as raw and human as they come.

https://t.co/33ADoUpbcA

[The Legendary CoogSlam @uhcoogslam]

FIRST SOAPBOX SESSION COMING UP. POETRY IS ENCOURAGED, BUT EVERYONE WITH SOMETHING TO SAY, PULL UP ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

[The Huddle at the UH SOTD @TheHuddleatUH]

Here is a quick run down to facilitate safe future communication within the student body. Please scroll through so we can all move forward more mindfully and with respect to our peers’ experiences. (1/2)

[Houston Review of Books @BooksHouston]

Our submissions are always open for your art, poetry, prose, essays, reviews, and more! We hope to uplift and give a platform to activists, organizers, students, and leftists in Houston and the South in order to cultivate a more cohesive political environment. Submit today!

[Poets & Writers in the HOU! @houstonpworg]

#PayAttention - there is brilliance in the city!

Check out @PublicPoetry's next reading - fea. Erik Brown, Billie Duncan, Saba Husain, & Bradley Hoge.

Saturday - 2pm - July 11th

[Houston Review of Books @BooksHouston]

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS:
Everyday this week, our friends at @sjphouston will be making signs and banners in preparation for their upcoming protest caravan this Saturday! Please register to get involved; DM if you have questions!
#FreePalestine
Sign up here: https://t.co/vQL6vMlrxZ

[The Legendary CoogSlam @uhcoogslam]

@adriphase 🔥🔥🔥

[machete de mango. 🍉 @adriphase]

if y’all have apologies we will always hold you HOWEVER THEY ARE NOT NECESSARY. DO YOU KNOW HOW CLOSE I WAS TO NAMING THIS THE BURN IT DOWN OPEN MIC.

[The Legendary CoogSlam @uhcoogslam]

@muhammydawg We will not accept any apologetic poems. In this space we take the colonizers in our minds, and banish them out of our artistry ❣️

[The Legendary CoogSlam @uhcoogslam]

SATURDAY @ 7PM CST WE OPEN OUR DOORS FOR ALL MARGINILZED VOICES TO TAKE UP SPACE!

Open mic sign up below↙️↙️↙️
https://t.co/gq7FlQfMFz

[Lupe Mendez @thepoetmendez]

@pswordwoman @elgallosalvaje @InprintHouston @uhcoogslam @LKTuffaha No, no, Diosa, you honor me with this work- and your birthday Reading was so essential!! Thank you for putting it together!

[Houston Review of Books @BooksHouston]

https://t.co/lEj4KVO2T6 by Brant Roberts (@WarOfManeuver) “Asad Haider’s Mistaken Identity takes the reader down a different path, one bent on collective liberation through what he terms ‘insurgent universality’.” @VersoBooks @generalityiii

[Houston Review of Books @BooksHouston]

https://t.co/TEVIG0IhbC by @WarOfManeuver “The use of cultural symbols in protests is far from new but in an era where one cannot leave any ground open for the far-right to capitalize on anything in the world, the need to utilize them when appropriate is more than it seems.”