Introducing: Poetic offerings

Help me grow my poetry community.

So, I’m introducing something new for my readership — Poetic Offerings.

What is a Poetic Offering?

It’s simple. You send me a message with a “prompt” — a question, topic, request — and I will respond with a personalized poem as an answer.

I’ll turn your prompts, problems, and possibilities into poems.

Going through a challenging time and need support? Send the question that is on your heart.

Want to give a gift? Tell me who the person is and how you want to make them feel.

Giving a speech at a wedding or service? Commission me for a poem.

Message me here or email me directly at deakhaus@gmail with your request <3

Timeline?

Unless you need it by a specific deadline, I’ll deliver your poem within 7-10 business days, depending. I’ll let you know where you are in the queue with an ETA.

Form of payment?

While I’d love for you to become a paying subscriber, my goal is to grow my poetry community this year.

I want your help reaching a broader network to grow my readership.

• Tell your community: Text / email three close friends / family members you think would genuinely enjoy weekly poems.

• Post online: Post one of my poems on social media and tag @deakhauspoetry (IG) or @deakhaus (X/TikTok)

• Go IRL: Share my newsletter with community groups (e.g. yoga, gyms, “church,” third places)

So why am I doing this?

I have a small, yet committed readership following my deakhaus poetry newsletter — first off, thank you.

This newsletter is my commitment to my work as a poet and artist, and perhaps more urgently, the place where I can encapsulate my thinking and give it a place to live.

I’ve always believed poetry is the art of liberation.

Poetry voices the needs and dreams of the unserved.

Poetry positions song as vital, like water and air.

Poetry gives us pause and the course to find truth.

There are few spaces in the world that offer a moment to slow down.

That is the work of poetry, as Poet Dorianne Laux said.

I’ve personally used poetry as meditation, manifestation, and prayer. I’ve used poetry as a source of power, processing, and moving forward.

As Rilke said, “Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.”

When I am lost, I find myself, again, in a poem. Most importantly, I think poetry is the work of the psyche to connect with others across time and emotion.

Poetry is transformative, and I hope to share these palliative and generative benefits with a growing community. Thank you for your help spreading the word!