Lillian here, delighted to host OLN at dVerse. And most excited to announce that today, we are going LIVE for the first hour at the pub: from 3 to 4 PM EST. We hope you join us by clicking on the link below.
WHAT DOES GOING LIVE ENTAIL? It’s a time for dVersers to meet face to face instead of just seeing poems on your devices. It’s a time to connect names with faces and poems with voices! It’s the next best thing to bricks and mortar.
WHAT TO DO?
FIRST: It’s OLN (Open Link Night) so post ONE poem of your choosing on the Mr. Linky box at the bottom of this post. No required length, form, or topic. Be sure to include a Tag that links back to dVerse, or simply indicate at the end of your post that it’s being shared at https://dversepoets.com
SECOND: CLICK ON THE MEET GOOGLE LINK ABOVE OR CLICK HERE, between 3 and 4:00 PM EST if you want to join us LIVE. I’ll ask folks to read their poems aloud, usually in the order they appear on Mr. Linky. BUT – if you’d rather not read aloud, not to worry. Just come sit in, say “hi”, listen, and give some feedback if the spirit moves you.
The pub itself is open long past 4 PM for you to enter ONE poem of your choosing on Mr. Linky and to read the posts of others.
WE USE GOOGLE MEET for our LIVE sessions which means you should be able to click on the link and run it on your browser. If that doesn’t work, download the Google Meet app and run it on your Smartphone or Tablet. I recommend you use a headset for the best experience. And please do mute your microphone when you are not talking – and most especially, when others are reading.
It’s my first time to host OLN LIVE so we’ll see how it goes. I’m sure I’ll flub up a bit…especially with names but hey! We’re a friendly bunch so I know I’ll be forgiven. It’s just FUN to see and chat with everyone! Come join us!
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Welcome… we are all waiting for you.
What a fun live session! I sent you an email about possible solutions for time restraints. I will be back to read all day Friday!
Tried to join for 15 minutes — guess I am not able to thi s week? 😕
Welcome! We are currently LIVE 🙂
I hope a haibun (my passion) counts as a poem…for all those who make it to this obscure note a couple of apologies—where I live, in a caravan since covid caused my business to go bust, the wifi is exceedingly poor. At times the action of pressing a Like can take 10 minutes. I will find the best time to make sure my comment is saved.
And.
Because I choose to write on Medium, commenting for any reader looks very difficult—as well as for me to reply. I will look for another platform. WordPress is much too complicated, Blogger no comment, and Tumblr tefuses to let me put a title…bear with me, please..
Ain very sorry to hear of your situation generally and your technical snags specifically.
Thanks – apologies again.
You’re welcome.
Oh just very minor things…still getting there!
Ain, I’m so glad to see you here….and very sorry for your situation via your business and Covid. It can be so challenging to find a positive in today’s world….just glad you are here. Not to worry about commenting and replying….I’m just glad to see you joining us.
Thanks so much — apologies again I must say!
That’s so kind! Thanks…
A new link for the next meeting
https://meet.google.com/roi-abms-hyu?hs=122&authuser=0
Bjorn, some of us got to the new group but not sure where everyone else went.
I got lost for a while in cyberspace! Sent you and email Bjorn, about possible solutions for time constraints.
So sorry I missed Open Night at the Bar …. I had planned to read a poem I wrote way back when.
Yesterday was our special needs son’s 60th Birthday!!!
A huge celebration including dinner out with lots of family and friends plus crazy dancing to a live band!!!
The poem I am sharing was an emotional one to write all those years ago.
… forgot to thank you, Ms. Lillian.
MUCH more important to celebrate a son’s birthday. I am a strong proponent of Family First! Glad to see you here…..my first time hosting LIVE. A few snafus….but it was fun!
Cheers and Congrats, Helen. What a wonderful occasion to celebrate! 🎉🥳
Hello Lillian and All. That was a lot of fun. I used my phone this time. Next time I will try to do it with my computer and see what happens.
SO VERY NICE to have you at our LIVE session. And I especially enjoyed chatting before everyone else joined in….just really nice to get to know you a bit more. 🙂
I”ll be back tomorrow to comment on everyone’s posts. The LIVE session tired me out!
🙂 ❤ Same here, Lillian.
Hello All!
Well the dVerse LIVE session was LOTS of fun! Folks from Sweden, Pakistan, Slovenia, Dominican Republic; the states of MIchigan, Washington, Massachusetts, Vermont, Iowa, Kentucky, and I”m sure I’m missing some!
Hosting was fun, but I admit, I was exhausted at the end. SO — I shall return in the morning, strong cup of coffee in hand, and do LOTS and LOTS of reading of all your posts.
Key is under the potted plant to the right of the door. Come on in and help yourselves to libations….only payment I ask for is to post a poem!
See you in the morning!
You did a great job Lillian! I like the idea of sharing where we are from as well.
It was nerve wracking getting ready for it. But I did enjoy doing it. We’ll figure out a solution to the timing issue. Glad you enjoyed!
Hi All, just a note… it would be great if you could say the date of the live meets in your posts. According to WP’s time indicators (which are probably pretty inaccurate) your post was posted 10 hours ago which was 6am in Australia. But when I ask Google what time it should be here compared to 3pm EST it says the meet happened at midnight (Sydney time).
hmmmm…..will try to figure out a solution to that before the next LIVE one. Maybe a timetable of time equivalents as an example would help?
okay. I’m an idiot. Google misunderstood my question and converted 3:00pm Sydney time the other way. 5am is the correct time.
oops….okay….problem solved! 🙂 Thanks for explaining and letting me know. We had folks on LIVE from Pakistan, Sweden, Dominican Republic, every coast in the US, UK, and Slovenia. I may be missing some….so lots of time zones! And some that had to be night owls (or VERY early morning owls)!
A late entry as I am feeling a melancholy blue…
Late is no problem at all…..hoping you feel more sunny soon!
So glad you’re here….no problem with late. Hope you are feeling more sunny soon!
Suggestion: Instead of timetable, give the UTC. Also, on the post, maybe mention the date — that changes for some too. So, “date, UTC”.
hmmmm….just looked up UTC. Do you think it might confuse people? I could say dVerse LIVE will be from 17:00 to 18:00 UTC. Then I could include a link where they’d see what time that equates to where they are? I’d never heard of UTC before…don’t know how familiar folks are with it? Thoughts?
CANNOT GET IN TO THE OLN?