The Poetry Business ecosystem equips poets to build, sustain, and scale thriving poetry businesses—then connects that work to the world.
2026 is the year of the poet.
Poetry Business Institute (PBI) is the institutional home for poet development where poets are actively trained, equipped, and supported to independently and collectively build sustainable poetry businesses.
PBI prepares poets worldwide with the skills, systems, and strategies to operate as creative entrepreneurs, not just performers. We train and certify poets through structured programs that build professional credibility, income streams, and industry connections.
All PBI students have access to the Poetry Business Business Network (PBN), giving them access to our global network, local chapters, partner opportunities, and a built-in creative support system.
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Learn • Build • Execute
Poetry Business Network (PBN) is a global media platform and ecosystem where poetry, creativity, and growth are documented, shared, and connected to audiences, partners, and opportunities worldwide.
PBN exists at the intersection of art, business, media, and community—serving as the place where creativity is not only expressed, but positioned, shared, and connected to opportunity.
While poetry is at the center of what we do, PBN is intentionally built to include everyone connected to the work: poets, creatives, audiences, partners, producers, educators, organizations, and supporters.
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Watch • Engage • Connect
Poets grow in the Institute and show up in the Network.
Supporters, partners, and audiences engage through the Network.
Two spaces. One ecosystem.
Poet Life Unscripted is an ongoing real-life docu-series documenting poets as they actively build poetry businesses. New voices enter the story as they commit to the process.
This Is an Ongoing Real-Life Series
Poet Life Unscripted does not run in traditional seasons.
It is an ongoing real-life docu-series that documents poets as they actively build poetry businesses—at different stages, at different speeds, in real time.
New voices enter the story as they commit to the process.
POET LIFE
UNSCRIPTED
Workbook & Journal
What Our Members Are Saying
POETRY BUSINESS PODCAST
The Poetry Business Retreat, presented by the Poetry Business Network (a subsidiary of The Poet Life) and JAIKU Poetry, fuses the power of poetry with business acumen in an unforgettable experience.
This unique blend of workshops, wellness, and wonder is designed to help you unplug from routine and move from surviving to thriving.
Designed for ambitious poets, creatives and entrepreneurs, this weekend is an artful sanctuary where strategy and soul converge in paradise.
Whether you're looking to launch, grow, or pivot your business, don’t miss an opportunity to join poets from around the world to recharge, reset and reemerge in one of the most breathtaking settings in the world. Space is limited.
Spaces Are Limited!
Poetry Business Tour
Welcome to the Poetry Business World Tour, a global journey with Christoph Jenkins, the visionary founder of The Poet Life and the Poetry Business Network. Join Christoph as he embarks on a transformative experience designed to elevate people and poets, nurture creativity, and empower you to turn your passion into a thriving poetry career.