An unforgettable journey through the Cosmos via poetry and flash fiction: naming stars, inventing new worlds, and exalting the Divine.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
TERRESTRIAL POEMS IS FUNDED, Now What?
5 days ago
– Sun, May 31, 2026 at 06:04:50 PM
So we went past our Kickstarter funding goal Friday with over five days to spare. And now we only need $185 to hit $8500, which is a stretch goal. Basically, I am already working on making lo-fi audiobook recordings, possibly doing short runs on cassette and/or CD, and this would help fund a few items I need to do that. I also, as I figure out the medium, want to share tape recordings via Substack and possibly streaming down the road.
But, as I took a poll through Kickstarter, I had many of you interested in humanmade t-shirts, maybe linocut/woodcut and pressed? At $8500, those cool shirt ideas become doable. And IF, for some crazy reason, this thing cruises towards $9K or over, it will start funding the artwork from @jaminstill for my next space poetry book due out next year. Bonkers!
Anyway, I’m not asking for another red cent, but if you guys wanted to get Terrestrial Poems early and with benefits, this is still the best way to order and line that up. I’m blown away by your love, support, and excitement to keep humanmade art in this crazy world.
HELLO AGAIN from JJ BRINSKI!
10 days ago
– Wed, May 27, 2026 at 05:29:58 AM
Hello again Kickstarter friends!
My newest campaign to fund my nature poetry collection has been moving along and slowed down in the middle, which usually happens. But now we are eight days out and I'd love to get you involved or have you take a look, especially if you enjoy beauty and words of seasons and place.
We are just below $5,000 and have a little bit to go. Any support would be grand, even if you can't help fund the book this minute, maybe share the link or create a post and direct people to me that way.
Here's to bringing beauty into the world in wild times!
JJ Brinski
Terrestrial Poems (NEWEST PROJECT) Update
17 days ago
– Wed, May 20, 2026 at 04:14:42 AM
Hello everyone following along!
Terrestrial Poems is now OFFICIALLY 50% funded here on Kickstarter and I have you all to thank. We are also only six days into a three-week campaign. So this is really cool!
With this, I wanted to ask a favor: could all of you consider sharing the LINK for the campaign, especially if you are local to Marquette, MI or the Upper Peninsula. I have had a new surge of support through my Substack community, but my Facebook and local folks aren't seeing and hearing about this when I post. Regardless, we are doing great!
As soon as we hit 75-80%, I want to rollout a couple fun stretch goals for extra cool stuff to fund for this book...including an audio option!
BRAND NEW Nature Poetry Collection Coming
23 days ago
– Thu, May 14, 2026 at 08:51:42 AM
The Kickstarter campaign for my newest poetry collection just launched and I just thought I should tell my OG Kickstarter friends about it!
Here's a short blurb about the book:
Terrestrial Poems is my forthcoming third poetry book and is centered thematically around the “near” of my Northwoods nook of Earth, compared to the “far” of my galactic verse. Being a mostly self-published poet, I will be launching a crowdfunding campaign through Kickstarter any day now to raise the money for printing, marketing, and some distribution.
What's even cooler is that, because this is a collections of poems about place, I'm collaborating with only local artists for the book cover, interior design, and photography!
Latest Kickstarter Ends in One Day!
over 1 year ago
– Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 05:44:44 AM
Hello all my Kickstarter friends!
Just wanted to give one final update about my "Beasts of Our Burdens" poetry project. The funding has went well and there is still time to jump in if you still want to be part of this project that should arrive in time for Christmas.
Thank you all for your former and current support to get more unique poetry out into this wild world that needs it!
