Um aah okay, so anyway. These are the words I heard today. The little bits of verbal glue we use to hold the bricks of conversation together. Together – as we are meant to be.

Hi! Each year I try to do something or learn something new. The marathon is definitely new. I have been writing since junior high, mostly because I won an essay contest and thought writing was fun. One year I worked on writing a book of…

Hi! I am Arundhathi from India. I am currently doing an undergraduate degree in English literature and I love reading and writing poetry. I had completed the half marathon a few year ago and now I’m excited to participate in my first full marathon!

Hi! I am Sara Sumner. I am a writer, editor and teacher, originally from Toronto now living in Israel. This is my first half-marathon. As I am Sabbath observant, I am not able to write on Saturdays, so I will be doing the second half-marathon…

Hi, my fellow marathoners! My name is Julie Christiansen, (pen name Robbie West) I know that pen names can be tricky things. The two things I have published under my pen name have been a poem in the 2021 Poetry Marathon Anthology and and a…

Hi, fellow marathoners! My name is Erin and this will be my second year participating in The Poetry Marathon! I am committed to the half, but we’ll see – maybe I have some extra words in me this year… 😉 I write mostly free verse…

I just had a double breakfast from the same lady. A heavy one to last me for a longtime. Hey! don’t misquote me like I did after listening to her makeup voice note. She said…, okay forget what she said. ‘Breakfast’ is a slang for…

This is my very first time participating in The Poetry Marathon. I’m pumped! I’m psyched! As you can probably tell, I am dutifully training by writing down whatever comes to my mind and stretching my imagination. I wonder if there are any special nutrition bars…

I am the Benita Olika. Most days I’m more of a reader than a writer, on others I write more than I read. You’d most likely find me doing one of the two when I’m not working. This is something I’ve wanted to do for…

Hello fellow poets. Summer is finally here and that means it’s poetry marathon time!! My name is Julianne (MacKenzie) Abend and I reside on Long Island in the state of New York within the country of the United States of America.  My household consists of…