Hi Marathoners! I’m Ellen from Safety Harbor, Florida. I’m really excited and already a little tired thinking about my first Poetry Half-Marathon!! Can’t wait for it to begin!

Looking forward to participating in my second marathon (and my first full marathon). I’m stocking up on caffeine and snacks, and looking forward to the pressure of working to a new deadline every hour of the marathon. Best of luck to all of us!

Here is my bio: Jackie Douglas BIO: Writing as Jenny Olson started her writing journey only recently, as a means to process years of abuse, sex work, and addiction.  It has become her passion and what feeds her soul with joy.  Her hope is that…

I’ve done it more than once and it’s exhausting, but super rewarding creativity-wise.

Hello, I’m Dr. Debborah.  I’m looking forward to this challenge.  I’m hoping to reset my writing. I’ve been in a slump lately.  Thanks for accepting me.

Hi! I write poems, kidlit, and essays, and I live in Chicago. I’ve signed up for the full marathon, so I’m probably being overconfident, but it sounds like such fun! I’m going to start a list of poem topics and poetic forms so that I’m…

Inside Out.

Excited for another Poetry half Marathon….I’m just not up to 24 hours! Thank you, Caitlin and Jacob and whoever else is assisting you in putting on these wonderful events. I’ve been productive during these events and wonder why I seem unable to create the same…

I am so happy to be participating in the 2023 Poetry Marathon!!! I have participated for 5 or 6 years and I am so thankful for all the friends that I have made (nationally and internationally) through this marathon!!! Plus, the half marathon (in my…

LOL! I mean, seriously… LOL cubed and cubed again. That was “Stoop Id” to quote a fellow poet, assuming it was really him… not the FBI who took my statement so many years ago about the Nazi who called everyone “stoop” for dropping a potato…