Our latest Chapbook has arrived: “The Art of Work” Poems by: Mike Meraz

Last year, we at take-it-to-the-street-poetry had the honor & pleasure of publishing “Writhing & Alive” by Mike Meraz. Mike writes with such honesty, beauty, darkness and wit it’s hard not to enjoy his… Continue reading

News from the press-Mike Meraz is visiting again

In October of 2011, we published a Chapbook of Mike Meraz’s poetry called “Writhing and Alive“. His words resonated with many people across the globe, so we invited Mike back to put together… Continue reading

Free Kindle Book- Anti-requiem: New Orleans stories

New Orleans resident Louis Maistros is not only a writer but a photographer as well. In his newly revised book, Anti-requiem: New Orleans Stories (and Photography), Fiction & Nonfiction, 1994-2012,he has revised the… Continue reading

Freshly Published-The Nexxuss, Volume 21

  Take-it-to-the-street-poetry would like to thank all of the people that submitted their work for this issue. We have published & non-published writers and we are pleased they want to be a part… Continue reading

Submissions are open for The Nexxuss, Volume 21

Summer is winding down and it’s almost time for us to fire up the presses at take-it-to-the-street-poetry. We are currently accepting submissions for The Nexxuss, Vol 21 which we plan to have published… Continue reading

Doing GOOD in the neighborhood

Many of you know about my non-monetary paying but oh so rewarding other job, founder/editor/word slinger of  http://takeittothestreetpoetry.com/ . A few months ago we celebrated our 1st year anniversary and it shows no… Continue reading

Actual Tigers By: William Crawford

Will Crawford is an alumni of many volumes of “The Nexxuss” and we could not be prouder of his upcoming new book of poetry…

Summertime and the living is easy.

Summertime and the living is easy. I just wanted to write a quick post to wish you all a fun and relaxing summer. I hope your days are productive and nights full of… Continue reading

The Nexxuss Volumes 19 & 20 have arrived

Each time we here at take-it-to-the-street-poetry publish another volume of words & art  the world gets a wonderful surprise. Our volumes are always free to download and distribute to those we pass on… Continue reading

Submissions are open for The Nexxuss, Vol 19

  Submissions are now open for inclusion in The Nexxuss, Vol 19. I’m headed back to New Orleans end of June and will be making poetry drops. If you would like your words… Continue reading