Marie Brown is a “clean” poet who addresses social, political, spiritual, testimonial, and comical issues and spoken-word artistry.  Marie is a mother, nurse, author and active volunteer in her community.  Marie began performance poetry while attending Texas Southern University under the leadership of Dr. Thomas Freeman, as a member of the debate team.

Marie discovered at the tender age of ten, that the stories she was being told and books she was reading had no black Cinderellas or Princes--so she started writing her own poetry, stories and songs.

As a teenager, Marie was told by a black man she admired and respected, that he would never marry a black woman because they had low self esteem and were not motivated.  Five years later when Marie was a fully matured woman, she met the same man and his white female companion.   The man could not keep his eyes off of Marie--so much that eventually, his companion became upset.  A conversation resulted between the two--a conversation that inspired the poem “Queen Bee”  Though "QueenBee" was written over twenty years ago  many African American women can still relate to the sentiment that inspired it. 

Marie feels it is her duty as a poet to motivate, stimulate and educate listeners and readers.  One of her most controversial poem stems from inspiration resulting from viewing a news commentary addressing the epidemic rape rate among young virgin girls in South Africa by men seeink a mythical cure for AIDS, Marie wrote "Idiot Splinter," a poem featured on her "Ruby Do Hair" CD.  Ten percent of all these CD sales benefit the GRIP organization. GRIP is an organization which provides health needs and support to children rape victims of South Africa.

Marie is the first woman to qualify for any slam team in the city of Houston in 2002, she served as a member of Houston's Inaugural team who ranked 9th in the nation and held the highest ranked team among any other slam team in Houston for over 10 years.  

Marie has served as mentor and coach for the N.A.A.C.P. Act-So Poetry and Spoken-Word categories since 2006. Marie continued to open doors for female poets, by being the first woman to win the Blue Bonnet Poetry Slam

in 2007. Marie has utilized her poetry to serve numerous benefits. The University of Houston Scholarship Fund, Houston Chapter of Aids, United Negro College Fund, Maria's Women Shelter of Houston, Houston Community College Domestic Violence Awareness, and Texas Families Against Violence San Antonio, Texas.

Marie has taught creative writing classes to refugee students, and has performed poetry internationally.

Marie was awarded the Y.M.C.A. Achievement Youth Award in 2013 acknowledging her work with the youth.

Marie also qualified as team member for the years 2004 and 2010.  Marie's  most popular CD, "Ruby Do Hair,"  is produced by Taji of Thin Man Productions and Karega of Blacklight Entertainment. Other poets featured include Inertia, CEO of Pop up Poetry, and Keisha McBride, lead vocalist and Blackchylde, independent artist. Marie’s 2004 offering is her CD entitled “Home Grown.‘  "Ready Or Not" in 2009 and "My Cup Runneth Over" in 2018. 

Marie is Coach of the Houston Poetry Slam Team 2018, while attending school and working on her memoir.