Eye N Eye LLC.

09/11/2026

🌹 brought the to Mack & Bewick, her hometown, her stomping grounds. For me, it was the intersection of two streets I grew up hearing not to go down. And somehow, being there, creating alongside community, felt like a breath of fresh air.

It reminded me that our people exist far beyond the spaces we’ve decided art belongs. There’s a whole population of Detroit that may never enter the gallery, the theater, the museum, or the curated room to hear what we’ve been saying. So maybe it’s time to get back to unconventional stages. Guerrilla creating. Meeting people where they are. Returning home.

Because what else is the purpose of art if it doesn’t eventually feed back into the places and people that raised us?

Rose tasked me with live painting a rose coming through concrete over the course of three acts: concrete, stem, then rose. 🌹

By the end, I think the painting meant a little more to me than when I started it.

08/28/2026

👋🏾 🎥 ROLLLLLLING, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1….Every interview has been a breadcrumb. One name leads to another, one story opens the door to another.

The Detroit Poetry Archive is a labor of love, but preservation requires participation. Say their names. The ancestors and the living. Tell me about the poets, organizers, venues, photographs, flyers, recordings and stories that need to be held.

If you want to be interviewed, contribute to the archive, or simply have something to say, fill out the link in my bio.

This is the work of 10 people, and so far, it’s just me. Give me grace as I build something meant to outlive all of us. Detroit Poetry gave me space to w**d, bloom and blossom. This is my gift back.

The Detroit Poetry Archive is all of ours. I just chose to create the container.

📍The Next Pop Up:
LOVE@NITE: The LOVE Building Three Year Anniversary!
Thursday, September 3, 2026
5-9pm

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08/26/2026

✨Black Bottom Archives’ Black Legacy Fellowship has held my Saturday mornings hostage for months now 😂 but never was there a meeting I didn’t enjoy.

They were proactive, communicative, transparent, and intentional in their approach. Black Bottom Archives pushed me deeper into the role of what it means to be a storyteller. From story to archive. From telling to preserving. From documenting what is happening now to thinking about what we are leaving behind.

Thank you , , and 🖤 Y’all kept the assembly moving and were so gentle with us throughout this process. Thank you for your dedication to this work and your willingness to keep pushing it forward in the most authentic way you could muster up. Y’all the bee’s knees. 🐝

Special S/O to .deangelus for being that extra help whenever I felt stuck or overwhelmed in process.

📍LEARN MORE about my project “Detroit Poetry Archive” 🔗

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08/26/2026

😮‍💨🥹 Seems like just yesterday we were preparing for our presentations at the Black Bottom Legacy Festival.

I’ve put so much care, time, and work into building the Detroit Poetry Archive, and I’m excited for all that it will continue to become as time goes on.

Here are a few photos from that day. I’m especially grateful for the feedback I received throughout this process. It ultimately helped me think deeper, dig further, and make the presentation that much fuller. 🖤

The archive is still growing.

If you want to be interviewed, contribute materials to the archive, share a memory, or simply have something to say, fill out the form at the link in my bio.

📍 NEXT POP-UP: LOVE@NITE: The LOVE Building Three Year Anniversary | Thursday, September 3, 2026 | 5–9 PM |

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08/25/2026

👋🏾 🎥 ROLLLLLLING, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1….Every interview has been a breadcrumb. One name leads to another, one story opens the door to another.

The Detroit Poetry Archive is a labor of love, but preservation requires participation. Say their names. The ancestors and the living. Tell me about the poets, organizers, venues, photographs, flyers, recordings and stories that need to be held.

If you want to be interviewed, contribute to the archive, or simply have something to say, fill out the link in my bio.

This is the work of 10 people, and so far, it’s just me. Give me grace as I build something meant to outlive all of us. Detroit Poetry gave me space to w**d, bloom and blossom. This is my gift back.

The Detroit Poetry Archive is all of ours. I just chose to create the container (no pun intended) lol

📍The Next Pop Up:
LOVE@NITE: The LOVE Building Three Year Anniversary!
Thursday, September 3, 2026
5-9pm

08/25/2026

👋🏾 🎥 ROLLLLLLING, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1….Every interview has been a breadcrumb. One name leads to another, one story opens the door to another.

The Detroit Poetry Archive is a labor of love, but preservation requires participation. Say their names. The ancestors and the living. Tell me about the poets, organizers, venues, photographs, flyers, recordings and stories that need to be held.

If you want to be interviewed, contribute to the archive, or simply have something to say, fill out the link in my bio.

This is the work of 10 people, and so far, it’s just me. Give me grace as I build something meant to outlive all of us. Detroit Poetry gave me space to w**d, bloom and blossom. This is my gift back.

The Detroit Poetry Archive is all of ours. I just chose to create the container (no pun intended) lol

📍The Next Pop Up:
LOVE@NITE: The LOVE Building Three Year Anniversary!
Thursday, September 3, 2026
5-9pm

RSVP Link: https://tr.ee/2XRhO6ayUL

08/15/2026

👋🏾 🎥 ROLLLLLLING, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1….Every interview has been a breadcrumb. One name leads to another, one story opens the door to another.

The Detroit Poetry Archive is a labor of love, but preservation requires participation. Say their names. The ancestors and the living. Tell me about the poets, organizers, venues, photographs, flyers, recordings and stories that need to be held.

If you want to be interviewed, contribute to the archive, or simply have something to say, fill out the this link: https://tr.ee/JRTnCe81Du

This is the work of 10 people, and so far, it’s just me. Give me grace as I build something meant to outlive all of us. Detroit Poetry gave me space to w**d, bloom and blossom. This is my gift back.

The Detroit Poetry Archive is all of ours. I just chose to create the container.

📍 Witness the official launch of the Detroit Poetry Archive at the Black Legacy Festival.

8/15 & 8/16 ( I’ll be presenting on 8/16)
11-5pm
Charles H Wright Museum

RSVP HERE: https://tr.ee/AIdNAHkUjq

08/13/2026

🗣️ 👋🏾 Introducing the first public launch of The Detroit Poetry Archive™, a living multimedia archive preserving and celebrating the people, places, stories, and cultural legacy of Detroit’s spoken word and poetry community, presented as part of Black Bottom Archives’ Black Legacy Festival.

Organized by Brittini Ward (Eye N Eye the Storyteller )

When is the Black Legacy Festival?
📅 August 15th and August 16th (I’ll be presenting Sunday)
⏰ 11-5pm
📍 The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
315 E. Warren Ave., Detroit, MI 48201

RSVP. Free to attend 😊

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-bottom-black-legacy-festival-tickets-1990504768345

Thank you to everyone that made time to speak with me so far, the archive will only continue to grow.

08/13/2026

🗣️ 👋🏾 Introducing the first public launch of The Detroit Poetry Archive™, a living multimedia archive preserving and celebrating the people, places, stories, and cultural legacy of Detroit’s spoken word and poetry community, presented as part of Black Bottom Archives’ Black Legacy Festival.

Organized by Brittini Ward (Eye N Eye the Storyteller )

When is the Black Legacy Festival?
📅 August 15th and August 16th (I’ll be presenting Sunday)
⏰ 11-5pm
📍 The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
315 E. Warren Ave., Detroit, MI 48201

Link in bio to RSVP. Free to attend 😊

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-bottom-black-legacy-festival-tickets-1990504768345

Thank you to everyone that made time to speak with me so far, the archive will only continue to grow.

An intergenerational celebration of Black Detroit storytelling, paying homage to historic Black Detroit neighborhoods.