May 2013
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buttsandbooks asked: Hey! Are you guys doing any other performances in Auckland??? Thanks :)
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Free gig today in Auckland, New Zealand!
Auckland Readers and Writers Festival!
4pm TODAY! May 17th!
Limelight Room in the Aotea Center!
Carrie Rudzinski, Ken Arkind, Miles Merrel, and Courtney Meredith!
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See You Tonight Denver!
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New Zealand/Australia Tour Announcement
Hey Tumblr!
I’m so excited to announce I’m going to be touring New Zealand for the months of May and June with the incomparable Ken Arkind!
There are shows currently booked in Auckland, Wellington, Palmerston North, Taupo, Porirua, Hastings, Golden Bay, and Nelson.
Shows TBA in Christchurch, Wanaka, Hokitika, Hamilton, and Melbourne, Australia.
Full tour list coming soon!
If...
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April 2013
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suckstobeshort asked: You've become my idol. I started performing poetry my freshman year, awkwardly, and my drama coach introduced me to your poems via Youtube. I loved them immediately and I began to recite a few at my high school contests. Your pieces took me farther in contest and as a person than anyone predicted, and performance poetry has since then become a major part of my life. I just thought I'd...
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Hey Los Angeles
Surprise! I have two shows coming up!
Tuesday April 16th @ 9pm Feature @ Da Poetry Lounge Slam Finals 544 N Fairfax Ave Los Angeles, CA $5 —» GET IN LINE EARLY
Friday April 26th @ 7pm Feature @ The Definitive Soapbox 539 E Bixby Rd Long Beach, CA
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“What does it mean to love?
What does it mean to survive?
We will not live to...”
– Adrienne Rich
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“If rape were a disease, it would be a pandemic. If it were an economic downturn,...”
– Dr. Rachel Luft discussing gender-based violence, University of New Orleans (via poemsbydes)
bshoover asked: The video of you performimg The Prayer absolutely blew me away. The whole way through the video your passion was evident. I have never seen a video this powerful. You are an absolutely inspiring person. Thank you for being so honest in your art.
March 2013
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Want To See What Rape Culture Looks Like?
Ford’s Figo India Ad. It doesn’t matter that the company now says the ad mock up should never have been released or created: IT WAS CREATED. It went through dozens of creators, designers, marketers, business execs. ALL OF THEM thought the image of three women scantily clad, bound, and gagged in the back seat of a car was okay and would sell.
This image endorses kidnapping, abuse,...
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“If you want to keep teens from being rapists, you can no longer assume that they...”
– - Abby Norman’s blog post “The Day I Taught How Not To Rape.”
Full article:
http://accidentaldevotional.com/2013/03/19/the-day-i-taught-how-not-to-rape/
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thebearded asked: Hi Carrie, I just read your poem In America and it made me well up with tears. That is the power of your words. Your words will change the world. I want to champion you on, to keep producing such provoking and beautiful poetry. I love watching your poems on youtube and I hope to one day see you live. God bless, Corey
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In America
*I wasn’t planning on posting this poem until it was published in the upcoming collection “Best Poems of WOWPS” that it was selected for - but in light of the recent Steubenville verdict and CNN coverage, I could not stay silent.*
The first hitchhiker I ever picked up I dropped off in the wrong place. We were both backpackers – young, dirty, and foreign. I was so excited to...
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Open Letter To The Last Person I Will Ever Love
On the blackened beaches of the island known as Kona, the lanterned hands of Pacific hearts appear in the eyelid of morning – heavy, like a seed in your throat ready to be swallowed, they arrive with pockets of white stones plucked from the tongues of highways and they spell out the names of the people they have lost; like giant love letters of the Earth swirling across the volcanic heart of...
une-pluie asked: Could you please open letter to the last person I will ever love? I can't find it anywhere.
February 2013
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VOTE for April Ranger to be named "Best Poet" in... →
Think of the firefly, beating its bright pulse. Think of the firefly smashed against a child’s arm because someone promised it would make his wrist glow and he wanted to keep the light forever.
Think of the first love you ever destroyed because you’d never known anything like it before, like seeing your own heartbeat outside of yourself, a flickering, luminescent miracle - you wanted to crush it...
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“What are you supposed to do when someone asks you to “prove” that...”
– from the article “Sexism Fatigue: When Seth Macfarlane Is A Complete Ass And You Don’t Even Notice” by Lindy West
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Prayers For The Night And The Morning That...
1. This is the night you are dumpster diving in a new city – it is Autumn and there is a mist rolling in from the ocean so this whole town is a beautiful apocalypse – your jacket’s pockets are full of leaves and tiny glass teacups. The homeless have all eaten their dinners – it’s late and the dumpsters in this alley have been plucked clean – but under a sharp eyed street lamp – there is one last...
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When my boyfriend has to leave but I just want to...
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mad-maudlin asked: i literally just discovered you through a string of coincidental youtube videos, and i'm so incredibly happy that i did. you are amazing, and you touch my soul, and i just wanted to say thank you. x
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Oh Joy! 2 Wisconsin Shows This Weekend!
Friday February 15th @ 6pm Voltage Teen Spoken Word Series Milwaukee Public Library 814 W Wisconsin Ave Milwaukee, WI Saturday February 16th @ 7pm Madison Poetry Slam Genna’s Lounge 105 W Main St Madison, WI
ICAN’TWAIT!
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“I’m sorry that we live in a culture that commodifies sexuality upon...”
– Anne Hathaway
prideloveandvanity asked: Hey there! I'm a really big fan, I love your work and I was just wondering where i could find A history of silence to purchase? :)
January 2013
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New Show! New Poems! Denver!
I am the 2013 Denver Mercury Cafe Women of The World Poetry Slam Representative.
And I am celebrating by featuring at my favorite poetry spot in town:
Minor Disturbance Youth Open Mic Wednesday January 30th 7-8:30pm Hooked on Colfax Coffeeshop 3213 E. Colfax, Denver CO.
TOTALLY FREE complete with fake fireplaces and comfy couches!
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“These days, I recognize the huge difference between sexual desire and...”
– Julia Serano “Whipping Girl”
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“It hurts
when love dies.
When love is deep,
it hurts deeply—
more deeply...”
– “The Spaces Between” - Jack McCarthy
Jack McCarthy: May 23, 1939 - January 17, 2013
thewordsiwriteformikey asked: Hi Carrie! I (finally) got my hands on a copy of your book and wanted to thank you. I've been madly in love with your poetry for well over a year, and cannot even begin to express my gratitude to you for sharing your work with the world. Even outside of the actual poetry, the message your wrote in my copy helped me explain to my family what poetry is to me in a way I've been trying to...
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“I love him
but when the night is over
he’s gone
the river’s just...”
– “On My Own” - Eponine.
December 2012
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For The Woman I Become In My Sleep
My loneliness is an orchard of rosary beads. A little girl dressed all in white. The gorilla of her silence sleeps in my closest. She keeps cutting off my hair.
My loneliness can’t keep her hands to herself: she wants and wants and wants. I have loved her sparrow filled mouth; the way she follows me barefoot around the house turning off all the lights. I find her in the most unexpected places...
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New show! Denver Denver Denverrrr
Sunday, December 16th @ 8pm The Mercury Cafe 2199 California Street Denver, CO 80205
November 2012
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PANTyRAiD - Enter The Machine vs. Carrie Rudzinski... →
This is sick. Mashup. Dear Stranger style.
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Thief of Slumber
When I turn 17 I cannot remember anything of dreams. I allow the strangest wire of a smile to climb into my bed and whisper until I fall asleep, his arms twisting knots. His words fall like a ship blown across my tongue. I call him the Thief Of Slumber. I wake up and I know what it’s like to exist. I am a tumor. I have been discovered. I wake up and I am 19 years old. The strangest rail...
reptars-pimp-cup asked: I'm just going to say that you are amazing and that you inspire me. Okay, that's it sorry.
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