❤️‍ Love Chakra: A Love-Themed Poetry Slam! ❤️‍

📍 Busboys and Poets – Anacostia
🗓 Saturday, February 14, 2026
⏰ 7:00 PM EST
🎤 Hosted by Black Chakra

🔥 Love takes the mic. 🔥
This Valentine’s Day, step into the Love Chakra — the energetic center of connection, vulnerability, passion, and healing. Hosted by Black Chakra, this slam invites poets and audiences alike to experience love in all its forms: romantic, platonic, self-love, ancestral, communal, and everything in between.

Whether it’s bold storytelling, tender confessions, heartbreak, joy, or radical vulnerability, this is a night where poets speak straight from the heart.

The 4th Saturday Slam Series (special Valentine’s Day edition!) brings an electrifying night of competitive spoken word infused with emotion, rhythm, and truth. Expect raw performances, powerful storytelling, and the kind of energy that only poetry can hold.

Prepare for two rounds of dynamic poetry as amateurs and professionals go head-to-head for the audience’s favor.
💰 $100 CASH PRIZE — winner takes all!

🍽️ Full food and bar service available throughout the night
🎤 Love-centered poetry that explores intimacy, grief, joy, healing, and connection
🔥 A night of vulnerability, rhythm, and soul-level storytelling

• Each poem must be the poet’s original work
• Poets have 3 minutes 30 seconds (plus a 10-second grace period)
• Time starts as soon as the poet speaks or interacts with the audience
• Points deducted for exceeding the time limit
• No props, costumes, or musical instruments (this includes removing clothing)
• Poems must be performed solo
• Reading from paper or electronic devices is allowed (not as props)
• 6 competitors eliminated after Round 1, finalists battle it out in the final round

Black Chakra is a powerhouse in the spoken word world — a National Poetry Slam Champion, Texas Grand Slam Champion, and Southern Fried Slam Champion. Known for raw, passionate performances and magnetic storytelling, he brings heart, heat, and intention to every stage.

Beyond the accolades, Black Chakra is a dedicated youth poetry teacher with Dewmore Baltimore, committed to cultivating spaces where truth, love, and liberation live through poetry.

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Host or Publisher Busboys and Poets and Embassy of Haiti