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Vetting that inspires an ambition to answer life's big questions can only be worthwhile when done in community. Our simple goal is to be that motivation.

Happy Labor Day Weekend Everyone!!! Vetted Word had an incredible show on Wednesday night! Thank you to all who came out to support and enjoy local talent. Please visit our FB fan page for videos and pictures of the event.

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"Tom Boyle's Name Dropping with Tom Boyle, by Tom Boyle" My DIY Heroes: Part 1: Planet Chicken

As I have established in the second and third “Tom Boyle’s Name Dropping with Tom Boyle, by Tom Boyle” article “DIY”, the Do It Yourself...

Vetted Word is looking for a storyteller to perform a 5-10 minute set at The Vetted Word Showcase on Wednesday August 4th, 2010 at Viracocha in San Francisco.

Our showcase is unique in that you'll be sharing the stage with poets, actors (reading monologues), musicians, and writers. This...

Joys of knowing water
that runs through fingertips
a crimson bridge suspends
a single prayer
that saves

love solid as an ice cube
love that only vapors
from within
I know a God that quenches
desiccate and lonely people
a perfect...

The Gulf coast, Arizona's Immigration Law, Oscar Grant, Health Care Reform(?), my ex-boyfriend, your ex-girlfriend, Haitian Orphans... orphans, the rich, the poor, etc. etc. Individual issues, maybe, or maybe not. As a poet, I know that I've woven these topics into verse almost as if they were...

Lives lived in overdrive,
running hard into the night,

always moving,
from the light,

we take the time,
whether near nor far

all I am
is all you are.