Our heartfelt thanks to Jennifer Pratt-Walter for sending this poem inspired by her experience at Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic at Art At The Cave. Jennifer Pratt-Walter is a talented poet, musician, and photographer who has been a regular presence at our reading series for many years. Jennifer writes, “Thank you for the opportunity give and receive poetry in a supportive and outrageously amazing gathering.”
Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic
This moment is important—
look at you all out there, so beautiful
in your collective radiance, eager constellations of eyes.
You are visionaries; your creativity is so strong
it generates a sound (I am singing it now).
Such words we drink here together, ingesting
each other’s wisdom. Such a painting we make
in colors that have not even been invented yet,
opening barriers for change.
You are breathtaking just as you are right here.
You are breath-making as you move through your days
like oxygen. Look how you live in service to your conscience,
sewing lost edges together, seam-ripping
the world’s ills to let the healing in,
knitting bandages of words
to keep it there.
J. Pratt-Walter, 2024
As of this writing, there are 21 days left to go to fund our 20th Anniversary anthology of poems from Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic, the anti-racist, anti-fascist, LGBTQ+ friendly, pro-science, all ages and uncensored reading series founded by Christopher Luna in 2004. Please share the following link and consider contributing today!
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