<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Critical Laboratory at Poetry Caviar ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Critical Artist Laboratory partners organizations to design arts-based spiritual care programs.]]></description><link>https://www.poetrycaviar.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:53:32 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.poetrycaviar.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Professional Poet or Care Worker?On Performance, Power, and the Rooms We Create]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Dr. Jamar "Marmi" Turner Introduction (Opening Reflection) I was recently approached by a more senior poet who offered advice on how I might live up to his expectations of a “professional poet.” His suggestion was simple: perform the poems—don’t read them. Now, to be fair, performance has its place in a tradition that stretches back thousands of years. But what followed felt less like guidance and more like a narrowing—as if poetry, and the communities that hold it, were a monolith. And...]]></description><link>https://www.poetrycaviar.com/post/professional-poet-or-care-worker-on-performance-power-and-the-rooms-we-create</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ef8922e72f74b1ddab1cca</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:24:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2fd0c663c1e9459992ac05f4a5afdbd0.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jamar Turner</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black Art Is Not Decoration: Spiritual Labor, Institutional Harm, and the Rise of ArtCare   ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Black art was never meant to decorate institutions. It was meant to transform the conditions that made those institutions necessary. Within the Black Arts Movement, Larry Neal argued that Black art is inseparable from Black liberation. Art, in this framework, is not aesthetic expression alone—it is cultural, political, and spiritual labor. ]]></description><link>https://www.poetrycaviar.com/post/black-art-is-not-decoration-spiritual-labor-institutional-harm-and-the-rise-of-artcare</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ebad6368a38bf40d1136d4</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:51:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_df0bc3ec83d1499abaaf4c9af1f88bea~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jamar Turner</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>