Rosemarie Wilson Byrd a.k.a. One Single Rose®️ is an award-winning poet and playwright, spoken word artist, singer/songwriter, actress, filmmaker, author of four self-published poetry collections, nice and naughty chapbooks. Rosemarie is the first poet to be filmed in Motown’s infamous Studio A and the first Motown Mic Performance Artist of the Year. Debuting in Detroit as an actor, she has performed nationally and internationally in a few amazing productions. Her notable performances include singing the National Anthem at Detroit Pistons, Motor City Cruise and Michigan Raptors games, Motown Museum’s Tiny Porch, 116th NAACP Convention Act-So performance poetry masterclass facilitator, TMZ Live commentary cast member, SoFar Detroit, the Floacist’s Flovertex and Sidewalk Festivals of the Performing Arts in Detroit, MI, Kistrech Poetry Festival in Kisii and Nairobi, Kenya, Piton International Film Festival in St. Lucia, International Videopoetry Festival in Athens, Greece as well as a one-year tour in Europe. Taking the stage as a spoken word artist and singer, she gives her best in both worlds collaborating with musicians where poetry meets jazz in Jazzetry. She is currently poet laureate for the Piton International Film Festival based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Container Season 2 music pillar resident, Detroit Wisdom Institute's Poet in Residence and a featured artist and songwriter dubbed Queen Rose with Defected Records, the United Kingdom’s #1 house music record label. Find her streaming on all platforms as One Single Rose®️ or ft. Queen Rose. She is also the first recipient of the Detroit Black Music Spoken Word Award and the first poet published under the Broadside-Lotus Press merger, two of the oldest African-American presses in the United States. As a poetry host, she has hosted various open mics as well as performed for local and international dignitaries. For more information on One Single Rose®️, visit www.onesinglerose.com to peek into her rose garden.
