Lacey Roop

Spoken Word Poet

Never lose your sense of empathy or awe, and be proud of your existence; because your existence is a wonder, and something to be in awe of.

About Lacey

Raised in Tupelo, Mississippi and is the first of four living generations to leave Mississippi.
Being gay, she felt disconnected in her hometown, where gayness was made invisible.
Headed toward Seattle, the farthest she could get from home by car; stopped in Austin, never left.
Didn't start writing until Austin: "I didn't know I even had the capacity to do what I do now."
Says: "I was always a writer at heart, but I was never in an environment where that was encouraged."
Though some of her poems come from a dark place, they bloom into something beautiful.
Says: Just like a tomato plant won't grow in the desert, people thrive in different environments.
The beauty of life, she says, is the people you see, the stories you tell, and how they affect us.