D.E.E.P. @ Dallas Poetry Slam
Where: Heroes Lounge, Greenville Avenue, 7402 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX 75231
When: Friday, January 15, 8 pm
Hosted by: GNO, Candy and RockBaby for Dallas Poetry Slam
2015 Houston Poet Laureate Finalist, D.E.E.P. has established herself as a notable nationally-known poet and author. Ranked the #2 Best female poet in the world in 2008 and Finalist for the 2015 Individual World Poetry Slam, she has been a force of power in the poetry community for over a decade. She published her first collection of poetry, “Heartstrings and Lamentations,” at the tender age of 19. She went on to compete in her first national poetry slam in her senior year of college as a member of the 2004 Collegiate Poetry Slam Team for the University of Michigan.
After falling in love with the National poetry slam team she moved to Houston and became a member of the 2007 Houston Poetry Slam and 2008 H-Town National Poetry Slam Teams. She served as the Slammaster and seven-time member of the Houston VIP Slam Team. Currently, she is the three-time Grand Slam Champion of the Houston VIP team. In 2011, she coached the National Team to Group Piece Finals where they were ranked 6th in the nation. In 2012, under her coaching, the VIP team was ranked 4th in the Southwest at the Southwest Shootout Regional Slam. Her team then found its way to 11th place overall and the Best ranked team in the state of Texas in 2014.
She has had the honor of being chosen as one of the Juried Poets for the 2012 Houston Poetry Fest She has been a finalist at the 2013 Southern Fried Poetry Slam and the Champion of the 2014 Counter Current Ekphrastic Poetry Slam. She holds the title of Last Chance Slam Champion at the 2014 Women of the World Slam. Most recently she was a finalist for the Individual World Poet Slam in Washington D.C.
Her work can be seen in the 2012 Houston Poetry Fest Anthology, the 2014 Survival Issue published by Wicked Banshee Press, And the Alight Collection of women’s poetry.
