#bendemtiltheybreak

We’re baaaaaaaack!!!! Join us August 7th at @thevenueon35th as we kick off our Verb Benders Slam 2020 season with a very special guest, Michelle Dodd! As always we need poets and spectators!!!! Come check out how the 757 gets down in competition! #brangyoselves #verbbenders #getbent #bendemtiltheybreak #poetryslam #spokenword #poetry #feature #michelledodd #richmond #norfolk #VA #poets #writers #competition #venueon35th #v35 #parkplace #okbye #lol https://www.instagram.com/p/B0RubcbHD6K/?igshid=6jk36ye79qgl

This team you see here has been through so damn much together, y’all. We worked our asses off for months, all while facing personal issues, individually. To say that this has been a journey, an odyssey, and a damn rollercoaster over these last couple of months is not enough lol! We took 2 one’s, and 1 two this week. I watched my teammates DO WORK! We kicked it up from the open mic, the slammaster slam, haiku slam, our bouts, all the way to the underground slam! I’m suuuuuper proud of this team here, no matter what! We didn’t make final stage this year, but there’s always Tampa next year... oh yeah, and to my VA peeps in 2021, @sofriedpoetry is coming to Richmond! Dates soon come! I’m gonna close this out by saying, I love you, Maddie, Gye, Cass and Sed! You guys worked so hard and I couldn’t be prouder! Thank you for giving this year your absolute all! 😘💜🙏🏼 #verbbenders #getbent #bendemtiltheybreak #norfolk #757 #slamteam #slamily #sofriedfaync #sofried #southernfriedpoetryslam #fayettevillenc https://www.instagram.com/p/BycaS9nnzWw/?igshid=eccldxiw27te

Tomorrow night! The Verb Benders Slam Team will be doing one more send off at our home venue @thevenueon35th during their open mic! Come see and show some love before we head off to Southern Fried! #verbbenders #getbent #bendemtiltheybreak #spokenword #thevenueon35thstreet #norfolk #parkplace #sofriedbound #sofriedfaync #southernfriedpoetryslam https://www.instagram.com/p/ByNjneDnteg/?igshid=1by6h2lekn26n

Sending a huge thank you to Remax Central Va Beach and @layaroatropical in Norfolk for sponsoring our poetry showcase last night! Sending love to everyone who made it out to support this event and also to those who were called up to randomly perform lol! We packed the house, the food was BANGIN! Annnnd the poetry was on point! Our last send off is at @thevenueon35th on Monday June 3rd! Come show us some love before we head out to Southern Fried next week! #verbbenders #getbent #bendemtiltheybreak #layaroatropical #remaxcentral #vabeach #norfolk #757 https://www.instagram.com/p/ByFwLvhnpOg/?igshid=1l649kzpuy2qa

Sending a huge thank you to @q5tv for having us at @cipher_tuesdays last night!!!! Tonight we got more for y’all!!!!!! The Verb Benders Slam Team has a special showcase at @layaroatropical, sponsored by Remax Central in Va Beach and La Yaroa! This is a FREE show!!!! FREE99!!! Come out and enjoy some poetry and some great food! Let’s pack the house!!! I hope to see y’all there! #brangyoselves #verbbenders #getbent #bendemtiltheybreak #spokenword #poetry #slamteam #slamily #sofriedbound #ciphertees #norfolk #layaroa #remaxcentralvabeach https://www.instagram.com/p/ByDK-qXHnSd/?igshid=120v125rsrm0l

Saturday Saturday Saturday! *monster truck rally voice* Catch the Verb Benders Slam Team runnin poems at @thevenueon35th - doors open at 6:30 and it’s only $5! We will have merch on deck for sale, such as tshirts, buttons and CD’s! Come check us out to see what we’ve been workin on! Let’s pack the house! #brangyoselves #verbbenders #getbent #bendemtiltheybreak #slamteam #verbbendersslamva #norfolkva #thevenueon35th #757 https://www.instagram.com/p/BwGdXjIH2ta/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16l8ec0ezsy0a

Tonight! @thewritersdenrva own Roscoe Burnems will be featuring at our first ever “Who’s Got the Props?” Slam at @thevenueon35th - doors open at 6:30 $5. In traditional slam, you can’t use props during your performance but tonight, you can bring allllllll the props for your performance! I’m expecting to see some Thanos gauntlets, a juggling act, a stage set up and some more stuff lol. You do not wanna miss this event! As always, we need poets, judges and spectators! See ya tonight! #brangyoselves #verbbenders #getbent #bendemtiltheybreak #verbbenderdslamva #757 #norfolk #richmond #thewritersden #roarbihhh #roscoeburnems #douglaspowell #roscoeisdoug #thegodchysalistour https://www.instagram.com/p/BvzMil7HoiV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=149ew7l6evlj9

More April things! The Verb Benders Slam Team will be featuring Saturday April 13th at our home @thevenueon35th !!! You don’t wanna miss this! Doors open at 6:30 and it’s only $5! Y’all know what to do! #brangyoselves #verbbenders #getbent #bendemtiltheybreak #slamteam #poetry #spokenword #stephlove #cassisfree #maddieg #godchildtheomen #gyenyamesoldier #verbbendersslamva #norfolk #757 #thevenueon35th #feature #performance #nationalpoetrymonth2019 #napomo2019 #okbye https://www.instagram.com/p/BvpCUKLHN-Q/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1urg0ava7ayst