On November 5th, 2025, we recorded our 2nd open mic on Zoom with 5 participants: Jill Ebsworth, Julian Matthews, Cat Charissage, Neil Daswani and Teri Petz. 4 of us blog on Substack. The links below are in the order we read our poems. This is the link to Jill's Blog:https://substack.com/@jillebsworth177813This is the link to Julian's Blog:https://substack.com/@UCO_V81xOvctx5g9AHuKtOWQ This is the link to Cat's Blog:https://substack.com/@catcharissageNeil published the following books: Seen & Felt, Camera & Quill, On the Other Hand, Red Shift, All the Shades of Truth and Why Now?This is the link to Teri's Blog:https://substack.com/@poeticencouragementJoin us on Zoom for future episodes every first Wednesday of the month at 6PM. Mountain Time. Read more about the open mic and register here. It is best to preregister!https://teripetz.substack.com/p/poetic-encouragement-monthly-openSpecial thanks to the participating poets, Colin Christenson for the music, Madeline Woods Painter, Jolene Draper and Steve Martin Musicians and Cat Charissage in front of her painting for their appearance in the intro of this video.Editing done by Teri Petz, recording on Zoom by Teri as well.Send us some love in the comments, give us a like, follow our work! With love,Teri Petz,Poet, HostAt Poetic Encouragement

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