The Guild is a collage of renowned, Michigan-based artists that have collectively performed throughout the country. Approaching spoken word with an unapologetic style of storytelling, these artists are best known for their honest and original spoken word poetry, which centers around the principles of social consciousness, scholarship, diversity, love, community action, and education.

Incorporated in 2017, The Guild has remained steadfast to its mission of promoting education, empowerment, and unity through poetry. With each poet bringing their unique style and coming from a diversity of backgrounds, The Guild is like no other poetry collective, creating a unifed voice of our own.

Our Mission 

The mission of The Guild Poetry, LLC. is to create and promote an atmosphere that is conducive to the political, cultural, social, spiritual, and educational growth of our audiences internationally through spoken word. We will conceptualize and perform socially conscious events in order to fulfill this mission, and to uphold our three pillars of creating community change: to educate and enlighten, to empower disenfranchised communities, and to inspire unity.

A History of Success

From delivering TEDx Talks to performing Live for the Detroit Pistons, the artists of The Guild have extensive experience publishing as well as performing poetry. Detroit’s “Premier Poetry” collective - a biography of each individual artist can be found here.