Joseph LMS Green was at the top of his game hosting our first Garden Open Mic in many many moons. Addressing the dire urgency of climate catastrophe, this piece is entitled, "A Letter To My Sons I Hope I Never Have to Send."
Joseph LMS Green is a performance poet and educator with more than 20 years of professional experience. As a solo artist and member of the Intangible Collective, Joseph has performed at venues and schools throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic United States. For five years, he coached the Hayfield Secondary School Forensic Speech Team. A four-time qualifier and participant in the National Poetry Slam, he has twice represented the Oneonta Slam team as their Grand Slam Champion, as well as Slam Richmond and DC’s Beltway Poetry Slam Team, which ranked 5th in the nation in 2011. After representing the Beltway Poetry Slam at the 2011 Individual World Poetry Slam, Joseph was the 16th ranked poet in the world. Joseph has written and produced several books of poetry spoken word albums, in addition to working to create the first city-wide youth slam in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia under the Louder Than a Bomb banner. josephgreenspeaks.com