24/08/2025
Slam Judge number 3!
✨Leandro Reyes — The Basyang Kid!✨
Leandro Reyes, also known as The Basyang Kid, is a spoken word artist, community builder, and event producer continuing the storytelling legacy of his great-grandfather, Severino “Lola Basyang” Reyes. With training in theater arts, his performances are marked by elaborative gestures and emotional depth—often described as “poetry with a surprise center.”
He is the producer of the Likhaan Creative Writing Foundation Poetry Slam and host of Third Thursdays, a long-running monthly spoken word show co-presented by Globe Telecom. In 2025, he was named DTI CITEM Artist of the Month. His poems have appeared in Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine and Postscript Magazine, and are available on Spotify and TikTok.
Leandro represented the Philippines in the Lit Up Asia Poetry Slam in Singapore and was a finalist at the Performatura Slam at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. He was also a fellow of the Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio Writers Workshop and EXIT11: The Virtual Collaborative Program for Emerging Artists, with his work exhibited in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
In 2024, he co-produced Dancing to Music You Hate: The Philippine Remix with British poet Jasmine Gardosi, supported by the British Council. His debut poetry collection, An Abundance of Such and Such, is currently being crowdfunded.
See him on the judges’ panel at Salitaan: Slam Poetry Competition!
📅 September 13, 2025
📍 Curious Coffee Co.
🕕 6 PM
🎟️ Tickets & Slots:
Performers: ₱250 (5 slots left!)
Audience: ₱350
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