"Open Letter to the Dissidents of My Generation," by Valence aka Tyler Sirvinskas

Photo courtesy of Tara Graeber 

 Valence

"Open Letter to the Dissidents of My Generation," by Valence aka Tyler Sirvinskas, second round poem in the Sedona Poetry Slam on Saturday, July 30, 2011.

Valence

Tyler Sirvinskas, aka Valence, is a poet among other things.

Valence has been a slam poet since 2010 and new to the format of slam, but not to the art of writing.

After living 14 years in Chicago, he has spent six years and counting in Arizona.