Hi friends,
I’m trying out the Substack platform. It will allow me to develop writing community, which WordPress, where my blog has been for sixteen years, does not. I don’t ever intend to have a “paywall,” I want my poetry available to everyone, but I may decide put a subscribe button so people could support me if they wanted.
I also want to “get rid of” my skyeblaine.com website, and combine both on Substack. The website is expensive, and I want out from under that financial commitment.
Please let me know if there is a downside for you! And thank you for allowing me to use you as a guinea pig without asking. If I determine that this will work for me, I’ll eventually stop posting on WordPress.
refuge
I persisted,
searching, seeking
I needed refuge
like a newborn giraffe
scrambling to stand—
stillness, my air
mother silence
my milk
with love,
Amrita