Women Can Be Rock Star Poets, Too

I’m into the 3rd week writing this blog and, until now, I’ve yet to feature a female poet. That’s not because women can’t rock just as well (if not better) than men. It’s just because, well, I honestly don’t know a lot of female poets.

Today, I end the absense of female poets on Rock Star Poet by sharing some videos of a woman I just recently learned about: Madya del Valle.

This woman rocks. According to her bio, she’s done a lot in just a few short years, including:

• Being an original cast member and writer on the Tony award winning production of Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, as well as being featured on 6 episodes of the TV show.
• Winning the Individual National Poetry Slam Championship in Seattle, becoming the first poet from the Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe, the youngest poet ever, and the first Latina person to win the award.

She’s done a hell of a lot more, too, but you’ll have to check out her bio for that.

Since I don’t know too much about del Valle (having only recently discovered her), I’ll end the post here, and let her speak for herself.