Picture courtesy: A table topped with plates of dessert by Esra Afsar, Unsplash.

Hello all,

Sanaa here (aka adashofsunny) delighted to host Open Link LIVE today and again on Saturday. Please see the links shared below in order to join us!

You can link up your one poem down below just like any other Open Link Night, but if you decide to join the live event, we are open for you to meet with us either at 3PM EST Thursday or on Saturday at 10 AM CET. The two images below from http://www.inyourowntime.zone show us the time when the event starts, hope it helps you.

Join for Thursday event: https://meet.google.com/ted-uqon-oqn

Join for Saturday event: https://meet.google.com/jgj-gfwo-hkv

So, exactly WHAT IS OLN and OLN LIVE?

OLN is Open Link Night: an opportunity to post any one poem of your choosing on Mr. Linky below. There is no required form, length, or topic. So even if you choose not to join us in the live session, I do hope you’ll share a poem of your choice so we can read it at our leisure over the next few days.

OLN LIVE is Open Link Night LIVE which involves the same process EXCEPT we invite you to meet poets from around the globe by signing into a LIVE session, complete with video and audio. Folks can read aloud one poem of their choosing to the group tuned in. You can read the poem you posted to Mr. Linky below or a different one OR you can just come to sit in and listen.

Because of popular demand, we now offer OLN LIVE once a month on Saturday as well as Thursday which means we can be more inclusive of the many time zones around the globe. Join us at one session or both. The more the merrier! Read the same poem at both sessions; read at one and listen at the other; or read one poem on Thursday and a different poem on Saturday. Please note however, you may still post only one poem at Mr. Linky below. And of course, if, for whatever reason, you choose not to join us live, as I mentioned above, you may still share a poem on Mr. Linky below.

I am hosting from a high rise building near the sea in the heart of the city of Karachi, it’s mid-October here with crisp, cold winds and season of custard apples to beguile the senses.

I look forward to welcoming you all on Google Meet!