Poetic Encouragement Podcast Series

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 Get full access to Poetic Encouragement at teripetz.substack.com/subscribe

This is the first of our open mic recordings with four poets, Julian Matthews, Jill Ebsworth, Cat Charissage and myself, Teri Petz. We all share 2-3 poems in the first round and later another set of poems. We are all blogging on Substack and I linked our blogs below in the links.LinksJulian Matthews on SubstackJill Ebsworth on SubstackCat Charissage on SubstackTeri Petz on SubstackCat’s book, Wildflower Seeds: the Beauties of a Reflective Life is available on Amazon worldwide. Her book on Amazon Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/Wildflower-Seeds-Beauties-Reflective-Life/dp/1738003701/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1FWDZGMJ82JP8&keywords=wildflower+seeds+cat+charissage+book&qid=1699488416&sprefix=cat+charissage%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-1Her book on Amazon in the US: https://www.amazon.com/Wildflower-Seeds-Beauties-Reflective-Life/dp/1738003701/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3VQDLZBVFXDLT&keywords=cat+charissage&qid=1699488345&sprefix=%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-1Teri has a book of poetry, A Piece Of Her Heart available to buy at your favourite online bookstore. The link below opens up the major online stores.Universal link to the poetry book, A Piece Of Her Heart: https://books2read.com/u/4XrGo9Teri has a free E-book of poetry, Moments Of Grief available at your favourite online bookstore. The link below opens up the major online stores.Universal link to the free poetry ebook, Moments Of Grief: https://books2read.com/u/47QMkaFollow us on your favourite podcast platform! Follow us on Youtube, where you can watch this podcast and more Poetic Encouragement. With love,Teri Get full access to Poetic Encouragement at teripetz.substack.com/subscribe

“The more you can be all of who you truly are, not only the happier you will be, but the world will be better for it.” Cat CharissageIt has been a real pleasure to talk with my friend, Cat Charissage about her book, hear some of her poems and find out what keeps her on her journey of beautiful poetry and visual arts.You will love her wisdom, her poems and her kind heart!Connect with Cat:Cat’s book, Wildflower Seeds: the Beauties of a Reflective Life is available on Amazon worldwide. Her book on Amazon Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/Wildflower-Seeds-Beauties-Reflective-Life/dp/1738003701/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1FWDZGMJ82JP8&keywords=wildflower+seeds+cat+charissage+book&qid=1699488416&sprefix=cat+charissage%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-1 Her book on Amazon in the US: https://www.amazon.com/Wildflower-Seeds-Beauties-Reflective-Life/dp/1738003701/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3VQDLZBVFXDLT&keywords=cat+charissage&qid=1699488345&sprefix=%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-1 Get full access to Poetic Encouragement at teripetz.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to the Poetic Encouragement Podcast Series!!!I am so excited to do this after trying many times!For this first episode, I was interviewed by my friend, Jessie Fraser in his podcast studio, Social Edge Platinum Podcast Studio.I am hoping to interview artists about their process, their joys and challenges and what they love! Their art. I want to see it, hear it read it and I want them to shine on their true colours!Please let me know in the comments if you would like to be featured in my podcasts in the comments below!👍 ❤️ You can find my work at Poetic Encouragement on Substack: https://teripetz.substack.com Poetic Encouragement on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555702944976 Get full access to Poetic Encouragement at teripetz.substack.com/subscribe