Hope at Hand

Our Mission

Hope at Hand brings poetry to Northeast Florida and beyond. Using creativity, language, and therapeutic approaches, we facilitate healing and personal growth for children and teens. We reach a local and global community to celebrate National Poetry Month with JaxPoetryFest.org and monthly, virtual programming for adults through NorthFloridaPoetryHub.org

Free- -written incarcerated teen girl with Hope at Hand, Pretrial Detention Facility. Jacksonville, FL. (*Periods are in place of line breaks.) If I could be free. That's all it would take. I’d roam this Earth. To clear all of my mistakes. If I could be free. I’d flow like the wind. I’d set sail on the water. Go to sleep. Wake up. And start over again. If I could be free. I'd never leave home. But I do realize at this point. The word free is unknown.