About Rudy Francisco
Rudy K. Francisco (born July 27, 1982) is an American spoken word poet and writer. He has won several poetry slams and written six books of poetry: Getting Stitches, Scratch, No Gravity, No Gravity Part II, Helium, and I'll Fly Away. He made an appearance on TV One's Verses and Flow and performed his spoken word poems “Complainers” and “Rifle” on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Francisco wrote his debut poetry book Getting Stitches in 2013, then Scratch in 2014, No Gravity in 2015, and his first full-length book Helium in 2017, which was published by Button Poetry. It took Francisco a year and a half to write the collection of 58 poems. Helium received positive reviews. When asked what Helium means in an interview, Francisco states that “helium allows you to defy gravity” and “in a lot of ways poetry always gave me that temporary escape.” Francisco is the founder and current coach of the San Diego Poetry Slam Team, which won the 2017 National Poetry Slam Championship.Francisco performed his spoken-word poem “Complainers” on his first appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on March 1, 2018. Rudy Francisco is the first to perform a full-length poem on the show. Many of his poems are on YouTube, some of which, like “Scars/To the New Boyfriend” have accumulated over two million views.
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