When I started my community back in March, I optimistically thought the people would just roll in there like nothing - no sweat. It didn't turn out that way... 🙈 I slowly began to learn the techniques of community growth and changed my perspective. 🐌 I learned the importance of showing up every day - even if you're only showing up for yourself in the beginning (don't ask me how many coffee chats I had with myself 🥰🤣) Started the blitz on May 5 with 56 members and woke up this morning to 101. 🥳 And I'm so excited!! We all know the excitement we get from every new member request (@Jason Scott - don't say anything 👀🤣) What is your membership at today - let's celebate it!!!

@Jason Scott it's happening !!

How's everyone doing? If you're blitzing, drop your team deets and give us an update fam!!!

I can't believe I started this community in December on my birthday the 13th how fast it has grown is amazing Well somebody call the poetry police, this little community won’t decrease. We started with a handful, maybe two or three, Now 300 poets are hanging with me. We got rhymers, dreamers, coffee in cups, people posting heartbreak at three in the month Okay, morning but poets don’t sleep, we just write weird feelings and call them “deep.” Some write about love, some write about pain, some rhyme “fire” with “desire” again and again. Some stare at a wall for an hour or two, then post one line saying, “This came out of the blue.” But somehow it worked, and somehow we grew, through every late-night poem and emotional zoo. Now The Art of Poetry Community stands tall, with 300 members and still room for y’all. So thank you for building this wild little place, where poets find family, laughter, and grace. The journey’s still starting, we’re rolling full steam 300 strong, and we’re chasing the dream. Jason Strickland The Art of Poetry Community on

It's going to be down for three months. By some miracle you get a heads up. What are you doing in those last five hours with power? Taking notes.