Whit the Poet - Spoken Word Poetry Series

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“Whit the poet” is a FL native being born in Bradenton Fl, she began her poetry journey at just 10 years old when she wrote her first poem and it won first place on the radio station in south Fl on “99 jamz”. She then started taking her craft of poetry and SpokenWord very serious, since then she’s been writing visual performance poems where she combines theatre with poetry. Making her a choreo-poem writer. She now is a self published author of 3 books and One visual stage play through poetry. She has been televised on national tv on an “AFROTV” network through xfinity and comcast television networks. And BET on the BET EXPERIENCE. 

She serves as a writing coordinator for a poets meet mental health organization entitled “As she speaks” a platform for women to express mental healing through writing. She has been apart of the poetry world for more than a decade, and she has won multiple poetry slam competitions & multiple grand slam poetry competitions on a national ranking level. She is ranked 14th in the nation by the “Women of the world poetry slam” organization, and 13th in the nation with Southern Fried Poetry Slam. Outside of writing, she holds a BA In early childhood education working as a teacher, she also is a Doula encouraging and helping women with natural resources and guiding them emotionally through their pregnancy journeys. Although she is a teacher primarily, her passion is writing and being a story teller through the art of poetry. She uses her platform of spoken-word to express how writing heals the soul through the field of arts and entertainment.