Seattle Poetry Slam - Lauren Zuniga

Lauren Zuniga has been performing poetry for nearly 10 years. She attended her first National Poetry Slam in 2000 and came home sprung. Hungry for more life. She went off and got married. Made beautiful babies. Bought lamps and drapes and wrote poems about doing dishes. Then one day she realized she had forgotten all about a certain part of herself. She wanted to be on stage, display her insides, and let judges assign a numerical value tothem. So, she started going to poetry slams again.

She was on the 2007 and 2008 Oklahoma City slam teams. She is the 2009 Tulsa Living Arts Slam Champion. She was a top twenty finisher at the 2009 Women of the World Poetry Slam. She has performed in churches and schools as well as highly esteemed poetry venues such as The Green Mill Lounge in Chicago, The Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York and The Mercury Cafe in Denver. She has been featured on the Marianne Williamson show on the Oprah and Friends Network (XM radio.) She has recently been published in the Lamplighter Review, The Faulking Truth and the Write Bloody Anthology, The Good Things About America. Her work spans the gritty and splendid, integrating politics, spirituality and humanity through her love for vivid language and imagery.

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• poetry slam
• seattle
• spoken word
• lauren zuniga

[ExpectoMatt]

I could listen to Lauren all day. Wait...I just did.

[caira94]

"Its EXPENSIVE to love somebody when youre not sure if they love you back."

*SNAP

[chronicreptile]

I'm easily impressed, because I'm a poor poet, musician and performer!! But nevertheless, this really did blow me away.

[ruby0042]

As a poet, writer, performer, and comedian it takes a lot to impress me. I am moved beyond words. I am reduced to tears and chills. An absolutely breathtaking punch to my soul.

[mynameiselijaht]

Wonderful poetry!