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National Spoken Word Awards
Winner · Best Spiritual Poet · 2024 · Chicago
Named the 2024 Best Spiritual Poet at the awards billed as the Grammys of spoken word — and chosen to open the ceremony.
WatchWrite About Now
Featured poet · Host · 2025–2026 · Chicago & Houston
Featured in Chicago and at AvantGarden in Houston, and hosted the Chicago open mic — for the platform the National Spoken Word Awards named the best open mic in the country.
WatchBlack & Bronze
Main Stage headliner · Aug 2026 · Bronzeville
One of four spoken-word headliners at Black & Bronze: A Bronzeville Music Fest, bringing the neighborhood’s history to the Main Stage.
One Acre Fund
Gala opener · Sep 2026 · Rockwell on the River
Opened the 20th-anniversary celebration with a poem written for the night — on the women farmers across Africa the organization equips.
NSWA Victory Tour
Featured · Sep 2024 · Daley Plaza
Performed on the National Spoken Word Awards Victory Tour, live at Chicago's Daley Plaza.
So…I Speak
Debut album · Aug 2026 · Secret Sound Records
Ten tracks of poetry and music on grief, healing, faith and the courage to speak, with Aaron Sledge, Daina Lenee', K Love The Poet and Kuumba Soul.
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Please welcome to the stage the 2024 National Spoken Word Awards Best Spiritual Poet — a Chicago voice who has featured with Write About Now, headlined the Black & Bronze main stage in Bronzeville, and opened One Acre Fund’s 20th-anniversary gala. Her debut album, So…I Speak, is out now on Secret Sound Records. Give it up for T’Aura the Poet!
“I write for those who are weighed down with nothing physically touching them.”T’Aura the Poet
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