SLASH Featured Poet No. 1: Zoë Riell

Welcome to the featured poet series at the SLASH spoken word column! In this series, we will interview spoken word artists of any age, any background, from anywhere in the world. We feature established performers alongside students and writers who are just beginning to hone their spoken word skills. Read on to learn about our first featured poet, Zoë Riell! Name: Zoë Riell Age: 17 Location: Poultney, VT, USA 1. How did you first...

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Intro to SLASH!

Welcome to SLASH, a dynamic new feature at HASH magazine. SLASH is a weekly column that will bring spoken word poetry to HASH’s readers. What is spoken word? If poetry is alive, spoken word poetry inhabits a third, vivid, and especially personal dimension. It incorporates dynamics, chord changes, staccatos, throat-clearing, gestures, movement, and breathing. Spoken word is where poetry meets theater, but it’s theater that you write for yourself. Spoken word poets are not actors or intermediaries; they both write and tell stories themselves....

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Aesthetic Necessities

I want to live with my parents forever because my passion does not bring the money for independence while mother chases away the beatniks because my lifestyle does not bring distinguishable satisfaction I want to sleep on the floor of a ramshackle drug house, the rats biting my toes to wake me up and lice tap dancing in the forests of my head – a morning fix to add to the joy of working or living or bleeding as the pen quivers at the sight...

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Night Falls

The enamel moon rises over the darkened land  The stars sparkle like grains of sand  The elusive stars flutter from our grasp  Hanging just out of our begging clasp  We remain grounded, covered in scars  And shake our fists at the laughing stars  We look up at the taunting sky  And stand with an enduring sigh No matter how many times we tumble and fall  We'll always dust off and stand up tall -Sophia...

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