These are just some of this weekend’s open mic poets at our 3rd online @womenwritebloom Poetry Salon + Open Mic! Everyone who participated was fiyah! 🔥 73 participants joined our Salon and we were all mesmerized by the open mic poets. Thank you to everyone who shared your powerful voice with community! #WeBloom #GratefulCurator https://www.instagram.com/p/CA4Du5_BrieSX-jiP1Xd5jcmkPz_LU6t-ot0h40/?igshid=2syhkiqq5901

I have just received belated but wonderful news that for the seventh consecutive year in a row I have been awarded a @bkartscouncil (BAC) Grant from BAC’s 2020 Brooklyn Arts Fund Program on behalf of the Brooklyn-based portion of my @womenwritebloom Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon & Open Mic Series!!!! I am ecstatic and so grateful for this BAC grant!!! #BACGrantee #GratefulCurator #WeBloom #poetsofinstagram #poetsandwriters (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Sb746hAASKtg-8MeLnB6AMPGmPP25bLZkbqA0/?igshid=15c3hi1svq6ax

Today @womenwritebloom kicked off our first potluck salon & open mic of 2020 with our fabulous feature writer & very own Salon member, @nicoleshawanjunior! Everyone produced powerful new first drafts of work thanks to Nicole. It was an inspiring afternoon with community. Thank you Nicole for sharing your brilliance with us! 🙌🏾 🙌🏾 #GratefulCurator #WeBloom #poetsandwriters #poetsofinstagram #womenwritersbloompoetrysalon (at Downtown Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/B87yIgqhp0WW31LxcjRQuLOGOP23UGV20p80g00/?igshid=yk9m7lvgjm0o

Curator joy at the end of yesterday’s @bryantparknyc winter reading featuring @womenwritebloom poets at @kinokuniyausa bookstore! Grateful for the amazing poets who shared their work and the wonderful audience that came out to celebrate our Salon poets! #WeBloom #GratefulCurator (at Kinokuniya New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8v4hCuBtSN3ugStKeMyxqDRPAzokbb0a8CuJY0/?igshid=1mo80jt7g4img

Thanks for all the @womenwritebloom Poetry Salon & Open Mic love!! Ending the year creating vision boards & exchanging resources with each other & our RSVP’s are officially full! Looking forward to being with community this Sunday. #GratefulCurator #HappyPoet 🌺 💜 🌸 https://www.facebook.com/events/978718169155687/?ti=icl (at Downtown Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6ClnHEh3NKNpqKc_O5bevc-_STUrOWm2AZooE0/?igshid=g2m41op577c2

#WeBloom at today’s phenomenal @womenwritebloom with feature poet/workshop facilitator @mettas & poetry of Louise K Waakaa’igan! Amazing collaboration possible today thanks to @bkartscouncil, @penamerica & @poetry_project! Seated: curator @jphoward_poet with fabulous feature poet @mettas! #GratefulCurator #poetsofinstagram #poetsandwriters #womenwritersbloompoetrysalon 💕🌸🌺🌻💜 (at Downtown Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2dLXTqhrlJJLrL-SpbkbEp3UbN0COUhV-aBPc0/?igshid=urhd3qclf88w

Back home in a Sugar Hill, Harlem garden curating @womenwritebloom Salon was definitely a highlight of my weekend. Huge thanks to Nick, my 12-year, old for documenting it with this and so many other photos. #GratefulCurator #WeBloom (at Sugar Hill Historic District)

This weekend's @womenwritebloom Salon featuring @cheryl.arrivalpoems & Open Mic tribute to Jayne A. Pierce was so amazing. Thank you @cherylboycetaylor for an exquisite workshop, reading & generous Q & A session. Thank you to Jayne's family & friends who came out to honor and celebrate Jayne. Thank you community for being present, for your powerful words & delicious BBQ & food donations. Heart full right now y'all. #GratefulCurator 💜 Photo credit: Nicholas H-J (at Sugar Hill Historic District)