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We're an online safe-haven in which talented artists from all over the globe feel compelled to share their typed words. Our goal is to perfect our craft, but also to facilitate the giving & receiving of poetic love and quality feedback. Our poetry & writing forums hosts a myriad of member-shared writing works:

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Featured Artist: Jake Minick

We're proud to showcase the writing of JPiC Forum member Jake Minick of Cumberland, Maryland. Mr. Minick, a self-described INFP personality type -- Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving -- has been writing poetry for some ten years now. He generously shares a bit of his creative process with us: "Poetry is a natural outlet for me, as I am inept at expressing my inner thoughts and feelings publicly. When I become creatively active, something sparks and my intuition turns up like an ethereal magnet, searching for things to synthesize."

Jake found poetry in his late teens after a few years of weed and L.S.D. had widened his perception to the point of neurosis. "Or maybe it was just the realization of 'grisly reality' from turning eighteen," he says, reflecting on his love of poetry. "Either way, I needed a way to express my angst with the world."

When asked to further expand the reasoning behind why he began writing poetry Mr. Minick answers quickly with, "I fell in love with the way artists and musicians were able to reflect these 'shadowed perceptions' [of life] that are so baffling to express. Poetry seems to be the creative evolution of language. I'm just trying to add a little bit to the pot."

We at JPiC imagine all Poets' subconscious will manifest itself in some meaningful way. "I may as well try to form [my writing] into something that helps people -- or at least entertains us -- by offering a fresh perspective," Jake concludes. A poetic balm indeed; Poetry does indeed have a therapeudic effect on those who admire it most, and even on those who come to it for whatever reason. We thank Mr. Minick for sharing his artistic therapy with us, for his creative expressions have definitely made our medicinal pot-of-poetry so much more thick, gooey & delicious. Find more of Jake's writing in the forums.

 

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JPiC earned its first coveted spot on the prestigious Writers Digest Best Websites for Writers list in 2008. We were chosen again for placement in the 2009, 2010 & 2011 lists for consistently “providing such great services to the writing community.” We share this award with our Members for help in creating what is easily one of the best communites for writers on the web. JPiCans do it in color and we do it well!

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Congratulations are in order. JPiC Forum has won the first vBulletin.org BotM competition for 2011! We are super-excited that our new forum design has met the approval of fellow board Administrators.

The voting was extremely close, and as such, it's an honor in itself for JPiC to have been included in such esteemed company. But we took home the blue ribbon, having edged out the competition by 2 votes. Our new site design -- quite fondly dubbed JPiC 3.0 -- has been sculpted by JPiC Forum Webmistress & graphic designer, Jacquii Cooke.

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