william-stanford - Hello Poetry

william-stanford

william-stanford

American I am a slam poet from Fort Collins, Colorado living in Portland, Oregon. Co-founder of the Sparrow Ghost Collective, sappy-bastard extraordinaire and head of the real-talk distribution committee.

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