We have been told since childhood to beware of strangers. Don’t talk to them, don’t get into the car and don’t make too much eye contact....

It was a cold November evening in 2013, I was about to do a spotlight performance at one of my home venues, Be Free Fridays in Baltimore,...

top picture dated 2009 bottom picture 2014 In the Spring of 2009, I venture into a poetry venue called “The Art of Conversation,” in Balt...

Confession: I am a hopeless romantic; I believe there is a perfect mate for everyone and still hold on fast to the hope that one day I wi...

Coworker: “Sherri, who is this playing?” Me: “Poet out of Baltimore called LOVE the poet; I’ve known her for years.” Coworker, amazed: “Y...

Kelilah “Butterfly Free” Washington: Have you ever heard the greatest love song ever written? No, truly! I’m talking about a song that ma...

We met in the summer of 2008 at one of the first Poetry Fest events in Myrtle Beach, SC. His personality is just as warm and open in pers...

Her quiet demeanor and guarded performance style truly disguise the power in the poetry she writes. She writes about the good and bad sid...

For over a decade Leroy Geotzendanner, III poetically known as TwistNWordz, has been a fixture in the Washington, DC poetry community. I w...

David “Native Son” Ross with Simply Sherri. Photo Credit: Images by Comfesta David “Native Son” Ross is considered a living legend within...

If you wish to contact any of the Poets who participated in the Open Mic Portion of the event their contact information follows: Twitter:...