My name is Deanna and I live near Calgary, Alberta in Canada. I spent most of my life in southern Alabama in the US, but moved here almost 4 years ago. At the last Poetry Marathon I was in school, working on a diploma in…

Hi, Everyone, By way of introduction, I have been writing poetry for almost my entire life. I’m 61 and retired from my job as a writer for a pharma company almost two years ago to help care for my husband’s parents, both of whom have…

Hi there! I am so excited to be back, and partaking in another marathon. I will be doing the full marathon, the same as I did in 2015. I am looking forward to seeing my creativity get the boost it is in dire need of….

This is my first marathon and I am so so excited.

The Poetry Marathon itself will be on June 22cd but in order to participate you have to apply for free between the 3rd-12th of June. Applying takes minutes, but we found that it helps in terms of making marathoners more committed and prepared for the…

The goal of the Poetry Marathon is to write one poem every hour, for twenty-four hours, straight. There is also a half marathon option, to write one poem every hour for twelve hours straight. The 2019 Poetry Marathon starts at 9 AM ET on Saturday…

Every word from his lips was conjured from a fantasy he dreamed from behind the gate 

There was something quite different about this time around I missed the others… 

And then she named me Rachel Sun… I will never stop shining.  It’s always bright somewhere even when the shadow is cast.  I promised to stay golden   

I know you didn’t mean to take me Down But I’m still coming back from that last hit  Blindsided…  Did you fashion a bus just so you could drive over me in it?   Or was I simply at the wrong intersection just in time…