Andrea Gibson

spoken word artist.

THIS WEEK’S SHOWS

4/15 Wooster, OH       College of Wooster
4/16 East Lansing, MI  Michigan State Universtiy
4/17 Chicago, IL          DePaul University
4/18 Chicago, IL          The University of Chicago
4/19 Granville, OH       Denison University

UP

when i was little

i was so scared

i time-capsuled

my voice box, 

said when i’m big enough

im gonna dig it out 

and open it all the way

all the way

all the way up.

Oh Florida.

Oh Florida.

Humans hold on so tight to the leash of life/but you will roll in anything dead and wear it like perfume.

Humans hold on so tight to the leash of life/but you will roll in anything dead and wear it like perfume.

Look at tonight’s venue!!!! Dobbs ferry, ny.

Look at tonight’s venue!!!! Dobbs ferry, ny.

I finally wrote a love poem for Squash. Sadly, she has no interest in hearing it.

I finally wrote a love poem for Squash. Sadly, she has no interest in hearing it.

Two or three things I know for sure, and one of them is that if we are not beautiful to each other, we cannot know beauty in any form.

—Dorothy Allison

The vet gave squash two options: cone on her head, or newborn onesie. Of course, she always errs on the side of high fashion.

The vet gave squash two options: cone on her head, or newborn onesie. Of course, she always errs on the side of high fashion.