Wits End Poetry: 19-Year Anniversary Show featuring Wayne Henry of Texas.

On September 26, 2021 at 7:30, Wits End Poetry will host its19-Year Anniversary Show at the Radio Room in Greenville, SC at 110 Poinsett Hwy with host Moody Black!

HEADLINE FEATURE FROM TEXAS! WAYNE HENRY! Wayne Henry is a poet who is dedicated to bringing awareness to issues such as mental health, oppression, depression, and concepts of spiritual growth. Raised in South Central Los Angeles, he was exposed to a melting pot of different cultures, giving him a broad canvas for his work. Henry moved to Dallas in 2008 and has become a passionate poet who writes each line to watch it come alive through poetry. Apart from poetry, working with youth has been his crowning achievement. The Writer’s Garret, Big Thought, Wordspace, and Dallas Poetry Slam have all served as platforms for his teaching artist career. Henry likes to use visual, culinary, religious, and conceptual art to help express thought and emotion to further drive the creativity of youth.

The hottest spoken word acts from across the region will come together for this socially distanced event! This special event will be celebrating Wits End Poetry 19 years as the longest-running open mic in the South Carolina. You do not want to miss this show. Only 40 tickets will be available!

Radio Room is a large event space with socially-distanced audience seats. FULL RESTAURANT AND FULL BAR AVAILABLE.

Wits End Poetry's mission is to mentor and grow Carolina poetry talent in order to help poets make a living as poets. The poetry slam events do have a short open mic available for those with "audience tickets."

Kimberly Simms

Kimberly's literary voice is rooted in the Southern tradition of storytelling. Her passion for poetry from both the page to the stage has led Kimberly to garner titles such as former Carl Sandburg NHS Writer-in-residence, National Poetry Slam ‘Legend of the South’, TedX speaker, co-founder of CarolinaPoets, former Southern Fried Poetry Slam Champion, and award-winning teaching artist. In her first full-length collection from Finishing Line Press, Lindy Lee: Songs on Mill Hill, Kimberly chronicles the lives of textile workers in the Carolinas with historical accuracy and imaginative insight. Ron Rash, award-winning author of Serena, says about Kimberly: "she writes with eloquence and empathy about an important part of Southern history - too often neglected."

Since Kimberly Simms started the first poetry slam in South Carolina (1994) and became the youngest slammaster in the country at the age of 18, Kimberly has dedicated her life to promoting the art of poetry in the state of South Carolina. She is the proud founder of Wits End Poetry, a non-profit now celebrating 19 years of creating South Carolina poetry events and educational outreach in the Upstate of South Carolina.