Desireé Dallagiacomo - My First Altar

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Desireé Dallagiacomo, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.
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[@joeseg19]

“My first altar was the night sky, wide and mine, and still it belonged to no one at all” damnnn

[@cgwifey08]

I LOVE Desireé Dallagiacomo!! She was the first poet that spiraled me into Button Poetry. oh man all these flood of emotions. Just beautiful

[@judahmares7563]

Here before the thousands of views, this is amazing!!!! I love her poetry

[@BronzeRivet]

Love this whole poem and love love the turn, outward, at the end.

[@maritabray188]

I love Desiree! Her performances are always spot on with her poetry.

[@elle9092]

Wow. This is truly exceptional in its beauty and power.

[@celestegalloway6840]

This one gave me serious chills! I loved every single second

[@emmaf8264]

this is so beautiful and soft. hopeful. pure. i need this.

[@katherinevelasquez6326]

That last line.. Here you stand, pulsing. ❤️ I felt that. Beautiful work Desi.

[@thebigwestchannel]

Beautiful!!!

[@myishenhaines1706]

You're back!

[@tripulet]

I LOVE Desiree!!

[@garystallings3077]

“Before the darkness was my first language”

[@desaulnes2887]

her delivery, gosh, her delivery

[@veditakapoor9698]

I got goosebumps...

[@kirchitup]

So excited to see a new poem. And it is so beautiful, Desi.

[@ophylias2107]

So uplifting.

[@alexiaescassi9519]

fantastic!! So Beautiful

[@davis0730]

powerful stuff

[@ashkirksey1676]

I’ve been the biggest fan of hers for so long and she hasn’t seemed to be okay to me, she seems so haunted/depressed & like she’s letting herself go I hope she’s okay ❤️

[@muzimuzammil4088]

Amazing!!

[@harmonicamikemerrill9633]

Wow, powerful

[@NeishaNineStarz]

Brilliant.

[@MsSexyB23]

Powerful

[@robertbuck4284]

I have loved poetry since, Homer's "Iliad", was read to me as a 3rd Grader in Mrs. Fishers' class. But I never fell in love with Poetry until I ran into the passion of the Diversity of Human beings describing their lives using "Button Poetry" in 2012, and the marvel of UA-cam videos.
Button Poetry is performance poetry known as slam poetry performances, that are sponsored contests that allow the Winning Artist a small $50.00 stipend and a chance at getting their Poetry published in 50 books. It reminds me of the days of the Beatniks in the 1950s performing their works in the New York City clubs. If you feel different than the people in the maddening crowds you walk through, give this medicine a taste. rlb

[@evanymarie]

I loveeee ❣️✨

[@RowanMolloyPlus]

wow

[@randomshitbaby98]

You’re amazing

[@owo6894]

Woah...

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[@DisorderlyVoid]

sounds like a terf but ok

[@wherescaleb8793]

Sebastian Van Way how so?

[@devkergirl2025]

Where'd you get that from?

[@DisorderlyVoid]

its not explicit so i might b wrong, but this definitely gives 'equating vaginas to womanhood' vibes

[@devkergirl2025]

@@DisorderlyVoid She mentioned her vagina, sure. But I think that was more about her personal experience as a woman. Just like how she mentioned her fatness. Not all women are overweight and not all women have vaginas. But she does and she's sharing her own journey through womenhood, sexuality, and her own body. I do see how it could come across otherwise though.