You can’t unspin What’s already woven But I zee you choke On word left unspoken You’ve left me nothing And I’ve had my fill Nothing’s still nothing Despite what you thrill Come inside my Heaven See what it’s about Come inside my wonder Let there…

6:00 A.M., Mountain Standard Time, West Salton Street, Larimer County, Colorado The crows aren’t even up yet. But I am. With flits and drips and drops of poetry chasing each other around me brain pan, I’m up. The kettle is on, there’s Bvumbwe treasure tea…

Anticipation minutes tick by seems like hours I can see the starting line but I cannot reach it feel the energy from everyone around the world so powerful.

Every wish before came true The good the bad The awful too And when she wished For what to wish What was the Universe to do

I’m doing a quick dry run for tomorrow’s marathon how many words to write in 30 minutes to an hour how long will I make an excuse to take a break and go to the bathroom how long will my tummy starve for food and…

Practicing my posting and wishing all Marathoners loads of creativity and stamina.  I invite you all to go that extra mile as the reward is great once you recover from the constant experience of words. peace tobett

To prepare for the marathon I went to the Poetry Library on the South Bank. While browsing, choosing books randomly, a title caught my eye – Barbaric Vast and Wild: A Gathering of Outside and Subterranean Poetry from Origins to Present – and it fell…

Just a few hours to go … getting ready

Twas the night before the marathon And as the sun set, I was hunched at the keyboard just starting to sweat The deadline approaching, I done ate all my snacks…. …shit’s wack. But the muses are nourished not on smoked almonds, cheese and crackers The…

A big hello to everyone out there! This is my first marathon, so I am nervous and excited all at once! I just finished up a poetry course in the spring, so I’m hoping to put that knowledge to good use. I’ve been doing mostly…