Poetry
Tweetspeak
Tweetspeak is inspiring readers, writers & poetry lovers. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. A short film can say even more. This video was created by one of our young readers. Though there’s not a mention of Tweetspeak in it, the spirit of it tells you what you can expect from us:…
William Wayne Smith
William Wayne Smith is wanting to have a voice, a unique way to share with others who they are, what is important, how they see the world. For them, poetry is how they can share their voice. Thoughts and ideas that are floating around become concrete and understandable when they turn them into a poem.…
Windy City Wordsmith – Nolan Nicaise
Windy City Wordsmith is Nolan Nicaise, a Chicago-based street poet. He writes poems for passersby at arts fests, private events, and holiday bazaars. Each poem is one-of-a-kind, written on-the-spot on any topic, from ordinary to odd, from the color yellow to kidney stones. On Patreon, he’s expanding the joy of poetry by typewriting unique musings,…
Nineb Lamassu
Nineb Lamassu is an internationally acclaimed poet writing in the ancient language of Assyria. Like most poets, they write to express the creativity within them which is screaming to be made manifest. For them, writing is an existential act, for them to write is for their language to be or not to be. Literature, especially…
Rae White
Rae White is a non-binary poet, writer and zinester living in Meanjin (Brisbane), Australia. They would love you to support them on Patreon, so you can join them on their artistic journey, and help them create weird poetry and rad zines. Find Rae White online: Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/RaeWhite You might also like Amber Samaya Khloe Janel Onyx…
Live Canon
Live Canon is a poetry organisation, that publishes, performs, shares and celebrates poetry, engaging with emerging and established poets globally. They have lots of different wings. The Live Canon Ensemble is their group of professional, poetry-loving actors, who perform poetry old and new at festivals, theatres, museums, on radio and film wherever they can. The…
Ashlee Haze
Ashlee Haze is a poet from Atlanta by way of Chicago. They have created this Patreon to support the launch of their new endeavor, Haze’s Higher Learning. Higher Learning is a space founded focused on making business and personal growth education accessible in non traditional environments. As a poet & Spoken Word artist, they travel…
poetryisnotaluxury
poetryisnotaluxury is Audre Lorde. They predicate their hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action. Poetry is the way they help give name to the nameless so it can be thought. The farthest horizons of their hopes and fears are cobbled by their poems,…
Luke Hankins
Luke Hankins is an experienced editor and poet who offers editorial input on poetry (original or translations into English) from a broad and inclusive range of perspectives. Their guidance as a longtime editor at nationally recognized literary magazines, as the founder and editor of a non-profit literary press, and as a published poet, literary critic,…
Dan Foster
Dan Foster is having a go at making writing more than a hobby. They write poetry and are working on their first full-length novel, which they hope to get published one day. Find Dan Foster online: Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/dandoeswriting You might also like Butar Aron Soul Food Poetry depressing fridge poems