A DECADE+ OF STORYTELLING POWERED BY THE BEST WRITERS ON THE PLANET

BE PART OF THE LEGACY

TAMPA BAY • FEBRUARY 23-24 2026

This FINAL encore experience will be unlike any other. Because like everything we do, it's been "reimagined" from beginning to end. It's not a virtual or hybrid event. It's not a conference. It's not a seminar, a workshop, a meeting, or a symposium. And it's not your typical run-of-the-mill everyday event crammed with stages, keynote speeches, team-building exercises, PowerPoint presentations, and all the other conventional humdrum. Because it's up close & personal by design. Where conversation trumps presentation. And where authentic connection runs deep.

Breath

How do I find my way back into pure breath
long before I entered my mother’s
womb and struggled being birthed  
into this world.

I breathe through moments
of anguish and beauty, of anger and joy.
I meander my way through it all
riding my breath

where there is nothing to find,
only feelings passing through moments.
When I reach out there’s
no past or future,

only breath opening me like petals
of a flower. The loves and hates all holy,
woven through the threads
of many lives.

Jacquelin Smith
Jacquelin Smithhttps://jacquelinsmith.com/
I've loved reading poetry since I was a teen.  It sparked and inspired me.  I began writing poetry when I was seventeen, and  I went to college and received a BA in art.  Writing poetry is central to my life.  It helps me stay in touch with my heart and soul.  I often write about various dimensions of the heart and soul as well as spirituality, consciousness, nature, and about the connection of breath to soul.  I am the author of three books that can be viewed on my website.  I won the Chiron Review Chapbook Contest in 2000 for My G-Rated Life.  It has been great fun teaching classes on creativity and poetry at the Columbus Cultural Arts Center as well as at various bookstores in the community.  Working with people as a Certified Hypnotherapist, Psychic, and Animal Communicator is rewarding.  Of course, all of these areas of my work spill over into the poetry that I create. I hope that people can hear the breath and music in my poetry.  My intention is to open peoples’ hearts and to help them get connected to their souls.

DO YOU HAVE THE "WRITE" STUFF? If you’re ready to share your wisdom of experience, we’re ready to share it with our massive global audience – by giving you the opportunity to become a published Contributor on our award-winning Site with (your own byline). And who knows? – it may be your first step in discovering your “hidden Hemmingway”. LEARN MORE HERE


RECIPIENT OF THE 2024 "MOST COMPREHENSIVE LIFE & CULTURE MULTIMEDIA DIGEST" AWARD

WE ARE NOW FEATURED ON

EXPLORE 360° NATION

ENJOY OUR FREE EVENTS

OUR COMMUNITIES