I’m looking forward to starting in forty minutes. I don’t know what today will bring besides words from all sorts of places in my mind. I hope that everyone is as excited as I am. Ann WJ White

Hi I’m Denisa and I’m currently teaching in China but I’m from Detroit, MI.

I’m Tracy Plath, poet and grandma, and more than happy to be in a good head space to write once more. During the marathon last year I and my family were in the midst of a move across the States from Texas to Indiana. Previously,…

It takes a miracle to endure to come out on top Its the miracle that gives birth to Greatness Its a miracle that gives birth to greatness Its a miracle that gives grace Its a miracle that sets free Its a miracle All rights reserved…

Welcome fellow half-marathoners! I am John from Ocean City, New Jersey. Best wishes to all.

People always ask me why I write poems and I have always answered, “I write poetry when I am bored.” I have been writing poetry since I was ten years old, in long car and bus rides, in long haul flights, in waiting rooms, while…

Storms between 3 and 5 a.m. have led me to begin now. My cats aren’t all that excited.  Neither are my plants. I am. I thought I might spend a whole day making and choosing and snipping and stitching, with less time reading endless articles…

It was so hard for me to sleep. If the Creator had not created in us the ability to fall asleep, the world would have been filled with sleep junkies: Men and women and girls and boys who are permanently high on the severe dose…

Hello! I am S. Rupsha Mitra  a student from  Kolkata, India. This is the first time I am participating in the Poetry Marathon and I am too excited. I wish everyone all the best and hope it will fun .  

Hey everyone! Gah. It is a little more than 5 hours before the marathon starts and I’m wide awake…. And… I’ve only just realized, I have neither created an introduction post or joined the Facebook group. I hope this isn’t a foretelling of how this…