We got our first review 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉

I want to take a moment to talk honestly with all of our contributors. Right now, I’ve been carrying most of the promotion for Where Our Voices Begin on my shoulders, and if we truly want this anthology to grow, reach readers, and continue opening doors for poets around the world, we ALL need to help push it forward together. This anthology is bigger than one person. Every contributor in this book has: - a voice - friends - family - followers - local communities - bookstores - coffee shops - libraries - connections And together, that creates something powerful. Please continue sharing the anthology regularly: ✔ Post it on your social media pages ✔ Share Amazon links ✔ Post photos/videos with your copy ✔ Leave reviews ✔ Recommend it to friends and family ✔ Bring copies to local bookstores, libraries, and events We have poets from different states, countries, and backgrounds all inside one book. That kind of reach is rare and valuable. Let’s build this together. Contributors: @Kimberly Virga @Cynthia Keffer @May D Tolbert @Delleeesa Harris @Nikki J @Danielle Darrington @Faiza Writes @Athena Daniels @Timothy Lenhart @Jasmon Flowe Thank you all again for being part of this journey and helping turn this antholo gy into something special. — Jason Strickland

So I'm just trying to get a head count. This list is everyone that is in Where Our Voices Turn. Do all of you on this list want to be in Where Our Voices Gather as well? Just comment below to let me know. Sorry, I lost a lot of paperwork in the fire. Trying to get organized again @Cynthia Keffer is in for both @May D Tolbert is in for both @Faiza Writes is in for both @C. M. Moore is in for both @Zane Dowling is in for both @Azrael Writes is in for both @Ian Morrison is in for both @Kimberly Virga is in for both @Delleeesa Harris is in for both @Amy Lynn is in for both @Melissa Poetrylpls is in for both @Dena Lopez is in for both @Nikki J is in for both @James Humecky is in both @Matthias Sampson is in for both @Karen Hamilton is infor both @Kaspar Englund is in for both @Michelle Peterson is in for both

🍂🌸☀️❄️ for our next anthology in The Art of Poetry Community on Skool! This month’s theme: SEASONS Each participating poet will receive 📸 4 images 🖋️ and will write 4 poems — one inspired by each image. This anthology is about transformation. The seasons outside us. The seasons within us. The winters we survived. The springs we almost gave up on. 💰 Entry Fee: $20.00 📅 All poems must be submitted by June 11th https://cash.app/$artofpoetry2026 https://buy.stripe.com/9B6cN41CPfTqeIRawO0Jq0b This series has already become something special. Writers from all over the world. Different voices. Different stories. One book filled with moments that refuse to stay silent. If you want to be part of the next anthology, now is the time. Comment below or send me a message to register. 🍁 — Jason Strickland

I have to cancel the live open mic tonight we can still have it just not live Ive been going through the ashes all day looking for anything salvageable and I'm covered in black from head to toe and exhausted emotionally and physically. I will make plans for open mic next Friday night again my apologies