Tonight I received an e-mail from my friend, and Cloudy Day Art interviewee (here and here), Marcus Amaker. He was letting all of us know about his new book of poetry and art and about the redesign of his website.

I couldn’t help but think about how easy simple it is for niche markets and interests to come together and build a community. Being a poet and a poetry podcaster these last two years I discovered how tight our community is. Those of you who have no interest in poetry are oblivious to this…and that’s ok.

Social media is about discovering and getting involved with what interests you and your group of friends, artists, etc. Its about building your niche community online and offline and connecting with others who have yet to join, but are looking for that connection.

Thank you, Marcus, for reminding me of this. Check out this video of Marcus performing his poem “Jazz”, and…oh…buy his book!

marcus amaker - “jazz” (spoken word poem) from marcus on Vimeo.