Join us for Poetry Club tomorrow!

We're meeting at 7pm EST on Zoom!

Photo by Zoltan Kovacs

Hi Friends,

Really looking forward to gathering with all of you—Poetry Club is tomorrow (Monday) at 7pm EST on Zoom.

Poetry Club is a place to gather together, and connect and share over poetry. The vibe is casual and the feelings are spilly.

Our theme is Poems About Resilience - bring a poem you love or a poem you’ve written that [marginally] fits the theme :)

Don’t want to read anything but still want to come? That’s great! We love enthusiastic listeners.

The Zoom link is below for paid subscribers, or you can register for a drop-in here :)

See you soon!

xo jess.

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