come see the Busboys and Poets Open Mic Host Crew in concert   RSVP online via the Facebook event page.    

Thomas "Vocab" Hill is one of my students on the DC Youth Slam Team. He is also featured as one of the 2014 Young Futurists on TheRoot.com. If you go to his page and share it on either Facebook or Twitter, you help him win TheRoot.com's Young Futurist Award. Please read his post, watch his … Continue reading Celebrated social justice wordsmith has performed poetry on stages from the Kennedy Center to South Africa →

at my Busboys and Poets Wednesday night open mic we like to write a community poem involving everyone in the audience. we pass around the paper starting in the beginning of the show and everyone adds a line, so that by the end of the show we have a poem that we wrote together. this … Continue reading The Blood of Love – Community Poem →

if you know anyone interested there is now a position open for a part-time life coordinator my life is a mess gray hairs from the stress schedules and socials and i must confess it's sometimes too much often a fuss i need organizing put can't pay too much qualifications the ideal candidate will be quick … Continue reading now hiring pt coordinator →

i bet you didn't even know that Sweden has a poetry scene. i wasn't really sure before coming here. i had never heard of it and would be lucky if i didn't mistake Sweden for Norway on a map, let alone know of poets from there. well they have a vibrant arts scene and i … Continue reading Spoken Word in Stockholm, Sweden →

i'm curious what y'all think about this film, and the poetry and ideas in it. http://ow.ly/fbvFx

the Pres candidate i'm voting for just got arrested in TX. Go Dr. JILL STEIN! Leading by example. http://ow.ly/eVbip

peace my friends! apologies for being so absent. no excuses, just apologies. today i'm just here briefly to let you know there is about one more week to submit to the split this rock poetry contest. deadline is nov. 1st and it's open to everybody. submit your poems here. that is, if you believe, as … Continue reading split this rock poetry contest →

peace fam, please buy tix and donate to support Community Water Solutions. i'm performing Sunday at the concert. http://ow.ly/dEPrM

i may have ended my boycott and got a twitter account. 😦 this is what the world has come to. @jonathanbtucker

the journey to Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival in Berkeley, California with 11 talented teenage poets representing DC. the first-ever Louder Than A Bomb - DMV Teen Poetry Slam Festival here in DC with 12 school slam teams coming together in an awesome day of fellowship and spoken word. the National Poetry … Continue reading A summer to remember →

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"Art means nothing if it simply decorates the dinner table of power which holds it hostage." - Adrienne Rich this prolific poet passed away today. we pay our respect, and honor her life and work. learn about her.  

Saturday, Feb. 25th at 8pm at Busboys and Poets 5th & K. RSVP online at http://www.facebook.com/events/136150153168073/

join us Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 at 5pm at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery for the DC Youth Slam Team's 2012 Semi-Finals