In Volume Four: Chapter Fifteen, we welcome Teaching Artist, Poet, Host of the podcast The Word Trap, Writer, and Author fr the poetry collection Rotten Soup, Zulmie Da Poet.  

Zulmie was born in New York and completed her undergraduate degree at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts in History Liberal Arts and completed graduate studies at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia with a Master’s in Practical Theology.

She fell in love with poetry in middle school and started writing poetry in high school.

She is the Author of “Rotten Soup”  and currently resides in Lawrenceville, Georgia. She is an Educator professionally and conducts poetry workshops and is an advocate of self-love. Zulmie also hosts an IG Live biweekly show,  Zulmie’s Poetic Family and Friends in which she interviews fellow poets and creatives.

Connect with Zulmie:
Twitter: @zulmiedapoet
Website: zulmie.com
IG: @zulmiedapoet


Recorded spoken word performances in this Chapter include:

Andra Gibson: For the Days I Stop Wanting to Have a Body
IG: @andrwgibby
Twitter: @andreagibson
Website: andreagibson.org

Dasan Ahanu: Conversation with God
IG: @dasanahanu
Website: dasanahanu.com
Twitter: @dasanahanu

Barbara Fant: Brown Bodies Bending
IG: @bloombarbfant
Website: barbarafant.com
Twitter: @bloombarbfant

Ephraim Nehemiah: 5 Stages of Grief for the Living
Twitter: @ephraimnehemiah
Website: ephraimnehemiah.com
IG: @ephraimnehemiah

Moody Black: 8 Letters
Website: iammoodyblack.com
IG: iammoodyblack
Twitter: @iammoodyblack

Connect with, then listen and subscribe to the following podcasts we recommend:

The Words I Never Said podcast
IG: @gods_ink_spokenword

Life as We Grow It podcast
IG: @lifeaswegrowit
Twitter: @lifeaswegrowit

The Spoken World podcast
Twitter: @spokenpodcast
Website: thespokenwordpodcast
IG: @thespokenworld

Unspoken Words podcast
IG: @unspokenwordspodcast
Twitter: @beckythepoet
YouTube:  Unspoken Words
Website: beckythepoet.com

Journey with Mpho podcast
IG: @journeywithmpho
Website: journeywithmpho.com