…For a second try, as it is the only way to top such glorious failure.:-) Let the games begin! B

Greetings: This is my first post of 2023. Just making sure I could get here (a year is so long!) and remember how to put a new post up.   All looks good. I think I’m ready for Saturday morning to begin.

Setting up test post

I’m excited to try this out- I’m hoping to put together a new collection!

Checking to see that I can actually post here in advance of Saturday.  My sister and I are both committed to the marathon for the first time, and looking forward (with a bit of apprehension) to it.

Hi everyone, I’m excited to be part of this year’s Poetry Marathon! I’m a poet from Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. I’m doing the half marathon that starts at 9 am Eastern (heaven help me, 6 am my time is early for me to be writing…

old and dyslectic an octogenarian still optomistic.    

This is my first time, so I signed up for the half marathon and am excited to experience the challenge. I also look forward to reading what others write.

Hello!  I’m so excited to start getting ready for the marathon this weekend.  I’m hoping this gives me the jumpstart I need to get back into writing poetry daily.  Good luck fellow poets!

I’m looking forward to the marathon because of its potential to impel me to produce completely new work. Working with prompts on the spur of the moment seems like a great way to start a new chapter. It took me decades to publish my first…