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Rod "Kenny" Nelson is a spoken word poet residing in Central Washington.

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Rod "Kenny" Nelson is a spoken word poet residing in Central Washington.

Rod Nelson is a spoken word poet in Central Washington. He was born in Kansas but grew up in Selah, a small town in Central Washington. After completing his education in Seattle, he returned to the Yakima Valley and has lived and worked here since 1979.

Rod was the first- place finisher in the YVCC Black Box Poetry Slam in 2017, and finished second in that contest in 2016 and 2018. He was the first- place finisher in the Litfuse Poetry Slam in 2018 and 2019 and finished second in that contest in 2017. Rod was also a presenting poet at the Ellensburg Poetry Prowl in 2018. His poem “A Note From Mallory’s Progeny” was one of the winners in the Yakima Coffee House Poet’s Poetry Contest in 2017 and was published in its chapbook that year.

Rod Nelson’s work focuses on modern day social issues and addresses the divide between rural and urban America.

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