Episode 12: Roscoe Burnems

Rewind and relive Richmond's first poet laureate Roscoe Burnems slamming poetry and comedy together! Douglas Powell, artistically known as Roscoe Burnems, is a Richmond, Virginia native. He is a spoken-word artist, educator, comedic entertainer, former TEDx speaker, multi-poetry slam champion, and Richmond’s first poet laureate. Roscoe has dedicated his career to using spoken-word as a therapeutic process and showing others how to do the same. His one-hour poetry and comedy special Traumedy is currently streaming on Amazon Prime, Tubi, and other platforms. Shockoe Sessions Live! weekly concert showcasing Richmond’s GOLDMINE of music talent! In person and livestream, presented by Shockoe Records and In Your Ear Studios every Tuesday at 7:30pm on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Twitch.