# @myvpm on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C6WsirFOMLG
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16977121-myvpm-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/633f8922d8.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-04-29T18:00:46.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** VPM (@myVPM) — https://gondola.cc/myVPM

## Caption

What does it mean to be a spoken word artist?
How does one create content from past and present experiences, using metaphors to paint a picture for the audience? How can spoken word  be an outlet for expression?

Host, author, spoken word artist and Richmond, Virginia’s first poet laureate Roscoe Burnems follows several local spoken-word artists as they explore Richmond’s history of Slam poetry, creating powerful content and addressing difficult topics through writing, youth poetry activism and how to get started in spoken-word. In the Pen with Roscoe Burnems is co-produced with 19Red and The Writers Den.

In the Pen with Roscoe Burnems premieres on Tuesday, April 30 on VPM Culture YouTube Channel
#spokenword #poetry #poem #poems #poetsofinstagram #poet #virginia #richmond #slampoetry #youth #activism #vpm #myvpm

## Stats

- **Views:** 894
- **Likes:** 108
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 9

## Tags

activism, youth, virginia, poet, poems, myvpm, spokenword, slampoetry, poetsofinstagram, poetry, vpm, richmond, poem

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