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We are back this Friday and we are looking for more sharpeners. You as the audience. Come and help us sharpen our poets this Friday at @greenroomsocialclub

$300 in cash prizes available for the performers and audience members who show up and show out.

Doors open @6 and show begins @8.

Dm is to sign the list early and reserve your slot

#DetroitPoet #HealingThroughArt #BuildingWithCommunity #Overcomingyourfears #DetroitArtist

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🧩ESE NETWORK ACTIVATION | OCTOBER 24🧩

This gathering is an introduction to the ESE Network, Everybody Support Everybody, and what it looks like when we intentionally connect our individual pieces to create a bigger picture.

Come discover how you can become part of the network, share what you bring to the table, identify what you need, and explore how we can work together. We’ll be breaking down how the network operates, highlighting the ways we’re already supporting one another, and identifying actionable ways to move forward together.

WHAT TO EXPECT

🧩ESE Network Info and Website Presentations
🧩Networking with individuals, businesses, and community partners
🧩Local vendors
🧩Food and refreshments
🧩Community resources and collaboration opportunities
🧩 A prize for the best network pitch!

Whether you have a business, a skill, a service, a resource, an idea, or simply a desire to contribute, there’s a place for you in the bigger picture.

📍 @greenroomsocialclub
65 Oak Boulevard

📆Saturday, October 24, 2026

🎟️ Donation Based

Come ready to introduce yourself, share your piece, and discover what we can build together.

Everybody Support Everybody. Let’s put the pieces together.

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I don’t think we ever talk about how scary it is to be be a poet. Getting on stage sharing your most intimate feelings with the world, or even for the audience. Having to leave the house not knowing if the poet is going to be good or not, scary thoughts.

Even as a platform, pressure from the poets, wanting to please the audience and satisfy the venue. We be scared to post the flyers sometimes because we don’t know if the event will be a success or not.

But the subject of out last class was remember why you started. And in us doing so. We came to one conclusion we have to keep going.

So October 30th. We are back at @greenroomsocialclub for another @slightwork.events experience.

The life you want may be on the other side of your worst fear. Come overcome those fears with us.

You can sign the list at the door for an open mic slot or Dm us in advance for showcase tickets.

#HealingThroughArt #buildingwithcommunity

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REMEMBER WHY WE STARTED. ✍🏾

Three years ago, Sharpen My Pen started with a simple idea: create a space where artists could get on stage, share their work, and get better.

From constructive feedback on stage, to making sure artists are compensated. From creating experiences the audience can enjoy, to making sure every person involved in the process feels valued.

The host.
The person at the door.
The stage hand.
The setup and breakdown crew.
The designers.
The artists.
The venue owners who open their doors.
The drink vendors who serve with a smile.
The vendors who bring their own art and products.

Everybody is a piece of the process.

And that’s what the building blocks have always been about.

@ese.network x Everybody Support Everybody.

This is an ESE activation, and I’m truly grateful that we’ve reached three years on this journey.

So today, we celebrate.

Come out tonight, share the space with us, support the artists, enjoy yourself, and help us celebrate three years of Sharpen My Pen.

🎟️ $15 at the door

And as always, if you need help getting in, reach out to us before the show. We’ll do our best to help..

We’ll see you tonight at the @greenroomsocialclub

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God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change. The courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. All praises.

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Never take your ideas for granted

This platform started with an idea to record poets while they were on stage.

The event started with an idea to give poets feedback on stage they can take with them to refine their craft.

What has happened between then and now is unimaginable, especially for those who have not been able to witness.

But that’s the beautiful thing, you may not always know what your doing until you look back and see what you’ve done. We’ve not only had a front row seat in our development but been apart of watching others grow as well.

Continuing the journey can get hard many times along the way, a message from us to those going through that phase right now.

We ask you to remember why you started.

Come celebrate Sharpen My Pen 3 year anniversary with us this Friday @greenroomsocialclub

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If you like me. You tired but still want to be outside. Call off and pull up on us tonight @greenroomsocialclub
It’s go be some good vibes and good people to kick it with.

A few performances and who knows what else. See yah in a minute.

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It’s Saturday and you ain’t got nothing to do. Might as well meet us at @greenroomsocialclub tonight and catch a vibe.

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I don’t know about yall but some of us been working to much and we need a lil break. So in the name of slight work events. Come clock out with us.

We go be at @greenroomsocialclub sitting back tomorrow with some good music and good people. Pull up on us and enjoy the vibes.

Members of the @ese.network are free so if your connected we’ll love to see you there

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Aye fellas, they lied to us. We been out chasing bags and security, whole time they just want to see our face.

I’ve been looking at life different and what I’m chasing has become a lot more obtainable. Walking my daughter into school, seeing my nieces in the process. Swinging by my brother in law job to politic before dropping my Fiance off for her appointment.

In a world that turns people over faster than who knows what. It just feels good to be able to be here.

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I made it out the house, ran into @jeromeinthehouse313, woke up late but still managed to catch another word at the lords house.

The @melanierutherford1 experience was phenomenal and I’m so happy I was able to be apart.

@greenroomsocialclub and @slightwork.events put together 🔥🔥 experience.

I’m outside again. Let’s get it.

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How do you tell your story when you can barely find the words. Why is death so normal but so weird in the same breath. Maybe because we don’t experience life enough together. All parts of it is to be experienced. The good the bad the hurt the joy, the pain the tears, and the blessings. It’s all to be experienced and shared.

Condolences to all the ones have are watching loved ones transition, and happy birthday to those who is using these moments to start a new life.

#healingthroughart #grief #AVeryTrueStory #detroitpoets #allpraises

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