you were not supposed to find this

LOST
POETS.

and yet, here you are.

A laurelled poet whose head is a cloud spilling stars — FIG. I — THE OWL-FOOTED

The star-haired poet with a wet red paint strip projecting beyond his face and covering his eye and eyebrow — FIG. I — THE OWL-FOOTED

FIG. 2 — THE OTHERS

Lost Poets is a creative studio and community for people who believe art is essential to life.

We all live inside our own heads, but art is one of the most profound ways we let each other in. And yet making art can be lonely work, and finding a way to share it with the world can be lonelier still. We imagined a way where we can do both together.

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Three artists with flower faces reading and painting together

There is no secret.
There is only attention.

The Muse asks one thing: that you pay attention to your own life like it’s the most important poem you will ever read. Everything else follows.

THREE LIFELINES · SPOKEN SOFTLY · KEPT LOUDLY

Be here.
Not in the feed, not in the future. In the room, with the work and the people in front of you. Presence is the first rebellion. The Salon is our live gathering.
join the salon →
Find the others.
They are out there, carrying lanterns of their own. We gather in rooms, deserts, and basements until the lonely work stops being lonely. Find The Othersis how we find you, and how you find collaborators.
find your people →
Keep a small fire.
A notebook, a practice, an hour no one can buy. Carry the Lost Poets Field Guide. Tend it daily. It will keep you when nothing else does.
read the field guide →