Open Mic Voices is about poetic self-expression. Poetry is an inexhaustible energy, derived from experiences, imagination and infinite metaphoric meanings. It is our mission to provide poets, and other talented people, a figurative empty stage, mic, and audience, to share their poems, while moving the diverse art of poetry forward.

We welcome all levels of poets, writers, and talent, with the hopes that the novice can learn from the more expreienced. Moreover, that the experienced will be inspired by the novice. The power of the internet is found in it's wealth of endless information and resources. Contribute what you know how to do. Open Mic Voices is your platform to express yourself. Your site for creative outlet. We are your platform to share your talent and be heard. Add yourself to the resevoir of knowledge that is The World Wide Web.

We encourage you to be though-provoking, daring, inciteful, and passionate. The stage is set. The mic is on... What will you share? You're on!

"A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses." Jean Cocteau