⭐Top Shelf Pour

Open Mic Night Revamped at RiffRiff

Presented along with LitArtsRI, this monthly open mic night is sure to welcome you with open arms, tasty drinks, and poetry galore! & for the first time, signups will work a little differently in order to make the opportunity to share more fair for all attendees: they’ll be picking names from a hat! So be there by 6:30 to put your name in for a chance to have your name drawn at 6:45 & show ‘em what you got!

riffraffevents.eventcalendarapp.com/open-mic-night-new-signup-process

Add it to your calendar now

🏠 Brew-It at Home

The Warm Hum of Human Writing by Robin Mo

I’m always so pleased when something from Robin Mo’s Authenticity, Art & Advertising lands in my inbox & as I was organizing emails this week (unsubscribing from the stuff I never open as new & interesting things continue to flood my inbox), I came across a starred email from May — this is the web post version of that. Re-reading it now, it’s exactly what I needed to re-hear, as I battle the fear around sharing my true, full story (as a poet & as a person) & navigate putting myself out there in all new ways (as a creative entrepreneur hoping to grow something big & amazing from the seed that is this newsletter). It gave me the encouragement I so desperately needed; I hope it serves you as well.

open.substack.com/pub/rawbinmo/p/the-warm-hum-of-human-writing?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Read it here

🗳 Spill the Tea

I’m still seeking your poetry book recommendations so I can start preparing for the very first Poetry Pour Book Club meeting in October (date & time TBA).

So whether it’s self-published or traditionally published, written by you or another local author, by your all-time favorite poet or someone a little less well-known, contemporary or classic— I want your poetry book recommendations! With your input, we’ll choose the first 3 books to put on The Poetry Pour Book Club’s TBR list as a community.

Recommend a book for The Poetry Pour Book Club

📤 Pour Your Heart Out

Submit Poems, Book Reviews, Interviews, & Essays On Poetry and the Poet's Life

Submit your best, weird, and wild poetry to ONLY POEMS! They accept free submissions for Poet of the Week and Poem of the Month, and pitches for essays, interviews, and book reviews. They also offer paid fast responses and editorial feedback. All submissions are considered for payment and nomination!

www.onlypoems.net/submit

🏘 Pour-trait of a Neighbor

Check out Art & Poetree

If you happen to be near Hope Street, I highly recommend stopping between 11th & 12th to see this unique community structure. It’s a medicine cabinet turned community creative sharing spot where you can take a piece or share a piece of art and/or poetry. With a new prompt every week, this nook of creativity on the street is sure to brighten your day or spark some inspiration. What a genius idea to make art & poetry as accessible as it can be!

ko-fi.com/artandpoetree?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAae8cr0nhM6U0hGtwlCMFuYQwSlXeVlUe8huTFAqZuzubyOObFsHcQUon5PN_Q_aem_2bX_jSFJ2CTlwrxLlcQtew#shareGoalModal