Christopher D. Sims

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I've had the honor of traveling to Portland Maine earlier this year. Beautiful part of the country!

A group of us poets came together for Palestine. 🇵🇸 We published a book. 📙 We're having a live reading tomorrow online. 🎤 Please join us and join the movement. Lift your voices for undermined people! ✊🏽 #poetry #poets #spokenword #onlineevent #freepalestine

Christopher D. Sims tapped to host Bookerfest in Rockford Illinois this summer. It is going down! 🎤🎤🎤🎶🎶🎶🎉🎉🎉 #illinois #summerevent #rockfordillinois #eventsthissummer #eventhost #host

Proud to be wearing my Prince shirt straight out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Celebrating Black Music Month. #music #Prince #blackmusicmonth #blackmusic #blackness

A spoken word poem for May Day, and all of the activists, protestors, and freedom fighters out there. All power to the people! ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽🎤🎤🎤 #MayDay #allpowertothepeople #poet #poetry #poem #poema #justice

Pictures from my trip to Portland #Maine as I strolled through the quaint, lovely city visiting as a workshop presenter and as an open mic night host. I thrive in cities like this one! #portlandmaine #portlandme #poet #spokenwordartist #maine #southernmaine

Coming to Portland, Maine #maine #portlandmaine #portlandme #openmicinmaine #maineartists #portlandmemusic #portlandmemusicians #entertainmentinmaine #artistsinmaine #portlandmaineevent #portlandmainepoets #southernmaine

Open Mic Night ft. Christopher Sims | Novel Portland, 643 Congress St, Portland, ME 04101, USA

Yours truly, hosting an open mic on Maine ➡️ www.novelmaine.com/event-detail... #poetry #openmic #maine #portlandme #portlandmaine #eastcoast #novelmaine #artinmaine #artistsinmaine #artinportlandmaine #liveinportlandmaine

Coming to Rockord, Illinois this #nationalpoetrymonth! Comedy, music, and poetry by yours truly! Downtown. Smooth. Drinks. Laughs. Poems. #rockfordillinois #rockfordil #northernillinois #rocktown #northwestillinois #rockfordil #illinoisart #illinoisentertainment

Spoken Word for Social Change Christopher D. Sims

Community. Craft. Creativity. Join us here www.porchtn.org/class/spoken...

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Take my class. Write powerful words. Fight for equity and justice. Register here www.porchtn.org/class/spoken...

#poets #poems #poetry #spokenword #fightback #freedom #allpowertothepeople #injustive #inequity #socialjustice #socialjusticewarrior #politics #sexism #fascism #writers

An expert in writing poetry, let me help you rise to another level. This upcoming workshop class is all about the essence of writing impactful #spokenwordpoetry

On the radio in Freeport, IL yesterday as their special guest. We talked about Black History Month, African American History, my influences and I shared a couple of poems. #poem #poet #poetry #spokenword #blackhistorymonth #poetical #spokenwordpoetry #poems #radio #radiointerview #performer

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep
But I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep
And miles to go before I sleep

~Robert Frost 🌌

#nature #photography #stars #milkyway #astrophotography #forest #nightphotography

Thank you friend! Had a great performance. 🎤🎤🎤

Chicago, here I come again! Special guest performer tomorrow night in the Windy City! Spoken word poetry royalty! A Valentine's Day themed show. My birthday is on Valentine's Day. How fitting! #poetry #chicago #performanceartist #liveperformance

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I'm hosting an #openmic on my birthday which is Valentine's Day. Featuring Chicago soul poet Tia Nauru who will be sharing a full set of love #poetry. Join us in Rockford, IL at Inscape Collective at 201 7th Street. Open Mic starts at 6:00pm. #rockfordil #rockfordarea #rockfordillinois #northernil

Renowned poet Christopher D. Sims styling and enjoying his native Illinois's amazing weather.

The sun is shining here in #Illinois and I'm enjoying being a creative, grounded human being. #artist #artivist #stylish #sophisticated #elevated #artandcreativity #creativeandcalm #creative

For me, art is community, and community is central to art. As a culture bearer and as one who builds community, I'm always happy to host community centric open mics. This is Open Mic Night At Katie's Cup I host monthly. #openmic #openmike #communityart #song #music #poetry

I'll be in Crystal Lake, Illinois this evening as we poets begin the #resistance movement in northern Illinois! All power to the #poets! Our state of #Illinois has the talent to push back at regressive political policies! #poetry #poems #poet #spokenword

Glad to hear that @amp-h.bsky.social! Was good to hear you and have you there! Rockford is rockin'!

Northern Illinois, particularly, Rockord, IL is home to two great open mics that build community and individual artists. The first, Open Mic Night At Inscape Collective, is tomorrow at 6pm at Inscape Collective. See the flyer. #thearts #communityart #illinois #northernillinois #rockfordil #mic

An original #poem called Word Warrior. An abridged version with singing vocals in it. #poet #poetry #poem

Super rare magenta aurora in the sky over Finland ✨

Open Mic Night At Inscape Collective returns on January 10th, 2025 in Rockford, IL. Back for the new year in a few weeks! The number one #openmic in Rockford! #openmike #openmic #northernillinois #rockfordarea #rockfordil #northernillinois

Yes, words matter. Words I gather, write, recite, take flight, storyteller well. Spell. Speller. Spelling the compelling. I dwell in the land of words, syllables, and sounds; sounds profound where the linguists get down! I get down with words, stanza after stanza, chapter after chapter. #wordsmatter