OUT NOW! Today, Tomorrow and Forever is a poetry anthology featuring participants of the syringe exchange program at the VOCAL Drop-In Center (Voices Of Community Activists & Leaders) in Brooklyn. Over the past two years, Editor and Drop-In Associate Charlotte Graham has led a poetry group where participants read and discuss published work, and utilize prompts to write their own poems. This anthology collects the work written during their workshops. Charlotte writes: “What binds the poems in this book? There is poetry in all manner of writing and speaking. Poetry in surviving; poetry in how one lives; the way a person walks into a room and asks for what they need. Poetry is movement, grace, rhythm, and poise. To me, living in poetry means that one is held together by the parts of the whole. When I first started this poetry group, one of the first things I noticed was that many participants had poems in their minds already; the same poem they’d been working on for years. A singular song that could be recited at a moment’s notice. Above all, these poems are soul-talk. They converse from the depths of the person who wrote them with clarity, gravity, and integrity.” Featuring poems and illustrations by: Melissa Williams Mr. R Michelle Mundo Enrique Guillen William Idel Castro Cesar Arbarracin Donna Diorio West Sarge Jesus Rivera Hector Castro Porkchop Curtis Turner Amari Ayala Mary Anna Dolan AKA Fanny Every book comes with an info-bookmark and NARCAN. 20% of the proceeds will be donated to VOCAL-NY. Link in bio to purchase! Info about @vocalnewyork in comments ⬇️