Miksi

Miksi (1988) has been writing poetry since she started writing. Often in chicken scratch and strange metaphors. After studying literature in the Netherlands, she started practicing spoken word in Liverpool when she was 21 and has not stopped writing and performing ever since. But the most important part of her writing career might be the founding of SpeakEasy Spoken Word BXL in 2015, which is now a fixture at GC Pianofabriek.

She also organizes regular literary events, such as poetry walks in cemeteries, storytelling in museums, and performances for the Museum Night Fever. Reaching different audiences, striking a chord with poetry, and being able to name an emotion is what drives her in her daily practice. On open mic stages as well as during her many performances throughout Flanders, the author loves to be in contact with her audience and enjoys talking to people who have been touched by an event or poem.

Her spoken word practice mainly includes the following themes:

• processing trauma and mental health

• equal rights and celebrating rediscovered (female) voices

• music, science, and art in poetry

In 2023, Miksi, together with the SpeakEasy and Slameke collective, also made a bid for the city poet laureate of Brussels. She was then part of the shortlist.