Hello everyone. My name is Ana M. Torres. I was born in New York City on November 2, 1970. I was raised in the projects of East New York Brooklyn with my parents, and two sisters, and four brothers. I have always loved writing. I…
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I’m Jasper and I’m a writer. I’ve been writing since I learned to write and poetry came upon me pretty easily. Of my many goals in life, one of them is to publish a chapbook, so I’m excited to see what comes out of my…
Firestarter. I am.
I was created, born to write, written word my heart, body, soul. I live, breath, eat it. Never perfection, always perfecting. The word will never leave me, it is my destiny.
writing in seattle
I’ve not participated in any sort of marathon, except perhaps sleeping! I am a “sometimes” poet, writing herds of poems for days and then months can go by without a single word. So this will be a true challenge for me. The city of Seattle…
eyes of poetry
one may lost his sight but regains multifocal swelling on blank pages of f r e e d o m one may lost his vision but resurrects with Cyclops’ minstrels racing quills inks d r o p p i n g f r e e…
Newbie from NY
Hi everyone. This is my first marathon and I am so happy to have stumbled across it. I am looking forward to the 12 hours of spilling my words in between my mom duties and work. I cannot wait to see what is on everyone’s…
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Hi, I’m Chitrali from sydney, australia and I’m looking forward to taking part in what looks set to be an awesome event, as a 1st-timer… I’m doing this to try & ‘unblock’ myself as i’ve not written for over a year and i’m hoping that…
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” Arthur Ashe
This is where I am. This 24 hour poetry marathon is a prompt to activate my seriously dormant writing practice and act as a creativity stimulant. I didn’t realize until several days after signing up that I also work at my regular job for the…
Introducing myself
I’ve been writing for more than 50 years, and it hasn’t gotten any easier. But I’m one of those people who can’t not write. I write both prose and poetry, but I was a poet first. A friend challenged me to do the half marathon,…
Kevin Brennan first timer.
Hi My name is Kevin Brennan and this is my first time doing the poetry marathon. I am from Dublin Ireland. I am currently working on my second novel, a science fiction story that starts in the present and goes fifty years into a utopian…