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For the past decade, i have dedicated my life to performance poetry. Chillingly beautiful, and such an interesting take on a horrible event. Ive performed in almost all 50 states as well as internationally, published four manuscripts on accredited presses, and won two national poetry slam championships. About poetry services patreon classes editing contact. Sierra demulder is an internationally touring performance poet and educator, a twotime national poetry slam champion, and a thricepublished author of the bones below, new shoes on a dead horse 2010, 2012, write bloody publishing, and we slept here button poetry, 2015.
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New shoes on a dead horse by sierra demulder nook book. Sierra demulder is a twotime national poetry slam champion, 2009 college union poetry slam. Sierra demulder is an internationally touring performance poet, a twotime national poetry slam champion, one of the founders of button poetry, and a published author whose work has been featured on npr, huffington post, and more. Demulder is curriculum director of the gustavus adolphus college institute of spoken word and poetry slam, an annual writing. Demulder is curriculum director of the gustavus adolphus college institute of spoken word and poetry slam, an annual writing summer camp for high school students, and a cofounder of button poetry, the largest youtube channel for poetry in the world.
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