Longtime readers may remember the 2016 Throwdown.

Well, this April, it’s time for a bigger, badder Throwdown:

http://www.spartanpresskc.com/throwdown/

https://m.facebook.com/Kansas-City-Poetry-Throwdown-1125871560862468/

Writers from: KY, CO, NC, TX, PA, CA, OH, NY, NJ coming to Kansas City, pencils in hand, ready to rumble with KS and MO’s own stanzic superstars. I encourage you to come witness the word-shed.