comment For the next 48 hours, we’re filling this thread with love—in all its forms. 💘 Romantic 💔 Heartbreak 🌱 Healing 🪞 Self-Love🤝 Friendship Rules: • 5-7-5 syllables • One haiku per comment• Encourage at least one other poet This is about connection. I’ll start us off. 👇

This is a Form of poetry not many of us know about. I know about because my Wife Donna is Deaf. I wanted to share this beautiful form of poetry with you. https://youtube.com/shorts/zcgKri4zJs0?si=oandchiuwymURjUj

I didn’t build this place with brick or flame, I built it with souls who believed the same That words still matter, that hearts still sing, That broken lines can grow new wings. When nights were long and hope felt thin, You leaned right close and pulled me in, With quiet cheers and steady light, You taught my dark how to fight the night. You show up early, you stay up late, You celebrate small wins like they’re fate, You read each line, you clap each try, You lift each voice so it learns to fly. This room breathes love because you exist, Every post a spark, every word a fist Knocking on doors that doubt once closed, Proving art still grows where kindness goes. So here’s my bow, my grateful grin, My loud soft thank you from deep within This isn’t mine, it never was It’s ours because of each one of us. My amazing family hear this true: Every heartbeat here is because of you. By Jason Strickland

Thank you to everyone that donated today. Because of you, the bills are covered this month and the doors stay open. That means everything. Your generosity keeps this space alive, keeps the poems coming, the conversations honest, and the community strong. I see you. I appreciate you. And I don’t take any of it for granted. Let’s keep writing something that lasts. —Jason

Rent is due today and only one person has donated to keep this community going I can only cover so much this month I'm still $40.00 short. Any little bit would help. Running this community takes real-world resources platform fees, tools, time, and yes… rent to keep this space alive month after month. The total for all of this is $265 a month If this room has helped you in any way If you’ve felt seen here… If a poem hit your chest when you needed it… If this place feels like home… I’m asking, humbly and openly: would you help us cover this month’s community rent? No pressure. No obligation. Just an invitation to support something you’re already part of. Even small contributions stack into something powerful when a whole room leans in together. This isn’t my community. It’s ours. And I’m grateful beyond words for every single one of you who walks through these doors. ❤️ Jason https://buy.stripe.com/6oU3cuftF36E6cl5cu0Jq04 https://buy.stripe.com/aFa8wObdpePm0S1bAS0Jq02 https://cash.app/$artofpoetry2026