Elliot Darrow is an American
spoken word poet
Spoken word refers to an oral poetic performance art that is based mainly on the poem as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities. It is a late 20th century continuation of an ancient oral artistic tradition that focuses on the aesthetics of ...
.
Darrow is noted for writing and performing the poem "God is Gay." A video of the performance on
YouTube has over 850,000 views.
Darrow attended the
University of North Carolina and majored in drama. He self-identifies as a
heterosexual man and a Christian. Darrow grew up
Presbyterian.
"God is Gay"
The poem "God is Gay" uses biblical passages to support the theory that God is
gay.
Darrow's first recorded performance of "God is Gay" was at the Flyleaf Books bookstore in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Chapel Hill is a town in Orange, Durham and Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Its population was 61,960 in the 2020 census, making Chapel Hill the 17th-largest municipality in the state. Chapel Hill, Durham, and the state ca ...
. A video of the performance was uploaded to the "Sacrificial Poets" YouTube channel on July 13, 2012. Darrow also performed the piece at the 2013
College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational.
Other notable pieces
* "Red Shoes"
References
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American male poets
Slam poets
21st-century American poets
21st-century American male writers