Some women find their voice because life gives them no choice but to release what they have been carrying. For Elaina The Poet, heartbreak became the doorway to healing, and healing became the beginning of a gift that would touch stages, churches, colleges, festivals, podcasts, and audiences across South Florida and beyond.

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Known as a Spoken Soul Poet in South Florida, Elaina did not always imagine poetry would become her calling. She grew up surrounded by music, church, and the power of her mother’s voice — a voice so anointed that it could move a room. But it was pain that pushed Elaina to the page, and God that turned those words into purpose.

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Today, through Poetry Is A Gift Inc., her spoken word albums, podcast, stage performances, and annual production Elaina The Poet Bringz the Jazz, Elaina continues to use her gift as ministry, art, and a reminder that what heals you can also help heal someone else.

Her fire is The Comeback — and her story is proof that when God places a gift inside of you, even heartbreak can become holy ground.

 

Tell us your story. What have you overcome, rebuilt, created, survived, or stepped into?

Elaina The Poet: I am Elaina The Poet, a Spoken Soul Poet here in South Florida.

I started off going to open mic events weekly. I would go locally and travel up and down from Palm Beach and Broward to Miami, just trying to make a name for myself — and eventually I did.

 

I started doing poetry professionally in 2015. I would receive calls to do mostly women’s empowerment events, then it expanded to colleges and churches. I always knew I was talented and could do anything. I loved acting, and I grew up singing in the church. My mom used to drag me and my two sisters to every church that she was invited to. My mom was known from Miami to Fort Pierce for being a very anointed praise singer. She has always had a very powerful voice and could make a roof shake with her voice.

 

I never thought I would be doing poetry, but heartbreak had different plans for me.

I started to write as a healing source for the pain, and it really worked. I have three published spoken word albums on all social platforms.

 

One day, God and the Holy Spirit revealed that I should combine my singing with the poems. So I tried it, and when I would perform it for people, they were blown away.​ I started to write more and more. Over the years, I developed a style that is evidence of my own lane in this poetry game.

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I started a podcast called E.A.T With The Poet in 2021 after COVID. It started as a hidden gems of local talent and God-conscious discussions, being filmed inside different local restaurants.

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By year three, I was called to bring the show to Flo Rida’s internet radio station called Strong Arm Radio, with my co-host, South Florida radio legend Teddy T. It developed into all God-led conversations, and people were blessed from it.

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I consistently performed at places such as festivals and city events, and traveled to feature in different states. I also formed a jazz band and created a live theater-style performing arts show called Elaina The Poet Bringz the Jazz in 2022. It has turned into an annual event and is getting better each year

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God has blessed me to perform in numerous local stage plays and to actively perform as a professional Spoken Soul Poet for over a decade. I’m still doing the work of the Most High God until they bury me.

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At your lowest point, what did life feel like for you emotionally and mentally? When did you decide to make a change?

Elaina The Poet: At my lowest point, life felt like every day was uncertain. No real goals or vision — just trapped in pain and heartache, with a deep desire to be wanted and loved by who I loved the most.

 

But that didn’t happen. I started to feel better when I would write poems, and even better when I would go and perform them for others. I felt validated and understood through those poems. I learned that they helped others, and I knew they were helping me.

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I decided to make a change after the last time I was hurt by someone I loved, after giving them chance after chance. That last time was it for me. I just didn’t want to hurt anymore.

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What did rebuilding your life actually look like day to day? What was the hardest part of starting over?

Elaina The Poet: The rebuilding looked like me recognizing that God had given me a gift that worked best when I shared it with others.

 

The hardest part was being able to stay consistent and really pushing myself to see how far I could go if I would just keep going.

 

What is one life lesson you learned that other women need to hear?

Elaina The Poet: God, Jesus, has to be first. You must seek Him and allow Him to lead you. God is the only one who can truly guide you, as He is the Creator.

 

He made you.

 

What quote, mantra, or scripture do you live by?

Elaina The Poet: poetryisagift

Matthew 6:33: “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.”

 

What advice would you give to a woman who feels stuck right now?

Elaina The Poet: The advice I could give any woman who is stuck is this: God loves you and has a purpose for your life.

 

There is something inside of you that has been placed there by God, and it has the properties to heal you if you pray for it to be brought to the surface of your life.

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People will always fail you and let you down because people are imperfect. But God is perfect, and the plans He has for you are perfect if you lean into His perfect will.

 

What is one tip you would give to women building a business or career?

Elaina The Poet: I would say seek God for direction, and then don’t start it unless you plan to see it through — which means you need to love it. Let everything you do have substance.

 

Most importantly, let it be something where you can say, “God helped me,” because you always want to place yourself in a position to share the greatness of God and how He helped you, so you can lead someone else to His love and help.

 

Imagine if we had a world full of people doing what they were meant to do.

 

What are you currently building, working on, or proud of?

Elaina The Poet: Currently, I’m planning for my annual production called Elaina The Poet Bringz the Jazz: The Future Through The Eyes Of Our Youth. It is taking place at the Pompano Cultural Theater on October 24, 2026. Dancing, singing, live music, poems, and theater — it’s going to be amazing.

 

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Elaina’s story is not just about poetry. It is about what happens when a woman allows God to turn her pain into purpose and her voice into a vessel.

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What started as heartbreak became healing. What started as writing became performance. What started as open mics became albums, productions, podcasts, stages, and a lane that only Elaina could walk in.

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Her journey reminds us that a gift is not always discovered in comfort. Sometimes it is revealed in the middle of pain. Sometimes it is born from the very thing we thought would break us.

 

Elaina The Poet did not just find poetry. She found the part of herself that God always intended to use.

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And now, every poem, every song, every stage, and every God-led conversation becomes part of the same message:

 

Poetry is a gift. And so is purpose.