Muscular punk icon Henry Rollins hosts this presentation of spoken-word poetry performances. The performances by the poets range from straight readings to recitations accompanied by histrionics and stylized video effects. Performances include the following: Matthew Courtney performs "Honey, I'm Home"; Sharon Mesmer flirts with existentialist philosopher Sartre in "Jean-Paul Sartre"; Carl Watson deals with time and physics in "Heart Attack"; Don Bajema explains male violence in "I Know What You Women Want"; and Rollins discusses the word "kill." Then Maggie Estep offers her comic meditation on loyalty, which is called "I Swear"; Bob Holman performs his hip-hop piece, "The United States of Poetry"; Nicole Breedlove condemns the frivolousness of the media in "Front Page or Bust"; Deacon Lunchbox performs "Lewis Grizzard, I'm Callin' You Out"; John Leguizamo performs "Latinisms," which is accompanied by the music of Rene DeJesus, Roland Ramos, and Federico Vasquez; and Heather B. raps a capella in "A Positive Piece." In addition, Sekou Sundiata reads from "Blink Your Eyes," which is about police harassment; Willie Perdomo recites "Nigger-Reecan Blues" with help from Paul Beatty and Tito Lespier; Suzi-Lori Parks reads from "Blacks and Jews in New York"; Rollins offers thoughts about censorship; Mutabaruka performs "The Prisoner"; Peter Cook pantomines a poem called "I Am Ordered Now to Talk"; KRS-1 explains the need for cross-cultural education in "You Must Learn"; Todd Colby shouts about the reason why he is nearly "freaking out," in a piece from "Lemon Brown"; Jessica Hagedorn reads "Lullaby" with Paloma Hagedorn Woo; Thomas Pinnock tells "An Immigrant Folk Tale"; and Rollins states that others should express their views through poetry.