Out of the Ashes

Poets, readers, appreciators...we are here, because of community! We are here because we have crossed oceans and borders to share our words. Wasn't it fantastic when you discovered you were not alone in your word addiction? Wasn't it awesome to know that there are others out there, with bleeding pens, compelled to share their stories?  We are those people!  For some of us, we are also here to say goodbye, and for all, we are here to say hello.
My addiction came as the result of discovering Onestop Poetry.  Here I was introduced to fantastic poets, artists, appreciators! Thank you so much, Brian, Leslie, Adam, Pete, Claudia,Chris and the people you brought together with your efforts.  I will always credit you with helping me find the confidence to let my pen go.  It's a 21 gun salute from me, and I'm sure every other poet who ever bled on your pages! But...when one doors closes, we can't turn our eyes from the one standing open in welcome.
This is dVersePoets...Brian and Claudia have worked their butts off to get us ready for this most exciting evening.  This evening where that sense of community continues, and grows with the power of poetry.  I am honored to be helping them with this endeavor, as they have both helped me so much in my own writing, through support, direction and more.  We want to do the same for you!  Common sense dictates there is safety in numbers.  We are those numbers!  The world has never been more desperate for our words.  Our hearts have never been more compelled to share, to honor our stories, our histories.  Our eyes have never been more worried as we turn them to the future...we share hope, dreams, fears and failures, but together...we can celebrate, or overcome.
I want to personally welcome you to dVersePoets.  I want to know you, share with you, write with you, and maybe even...change the world with you.  The door is open, no invitation needed. Let's continue this poetic journey...together. Power to the Poets!

Out of the Ashes

We are hearts that bleed in unison

We are secrets shared in shadows

We are the unheard voices

collected

To sing for once

Outloud

Where once the ashes floated by

A legacy to be shared

But still a loose flame danced

To the sound of voices raised

In harmony and vision

And the life of the voices

Breathed life for the flame

And out of the ashes

Community has risen

We will  not go gentle

Into archived pages

We will grow, we will share

We will help, we will care

We will write and we will ralley

We are the ashes

We are the flames

We are the poetry

We are the names.

The world has lived far too long

Without our song.

And tonight,

we start to sing.

Thank you everyone...for all the good that was, and all the good that is to come!