Good evening.  It’s an interesting day for me to be making new acquaintances.  I’ve spent the afternoon bar-tending for the memorial of an old friend.  Cycle-of-life and all that, I guess.  As they leave, so do they enter. The e-mail regarding this endeavor encouraged me…

I was born in a city, its name is Seattle, where rain falls often and beaches are cool. I married at 19, and still love my husband, you just might say that I am a fool. Thirty some years later he still makes me laugh,…

I plan to cut and paste my work from word documents, and I want to see how that might go, make sure I know what I’m doing. So here is a test run with a poem I wrote this weekend. As a bit of introduction,…

Greetings! Just want to be sure I’m on the right page – literally! Best to all, Maggie

Poetry and writing are essential to my wellbeing. I’ve been writing and publishing for almost half a century, so I write almost daily, but the half marathon gives me a day just to celebrate poetry. My schedule is crazy, but I find a way to…

Hi, my name is Tanya and I’m new to this marathon thing. I used to write stories and poems all the time but I lost a fiancee in 1994 to drowning and then in 1998 I lost another one when he was hit while riding…

This is post to familiarize myself with the poetry marathon thematics. Hello friends! I’m very excited to be here. My name is Ruchi and I live in Brecksville city, Ohio. I’m a published poet with a background of broadcasting media and print media, in India….

The silky hot liquid steams in my mug I inhale its frothy fragrance in. It is rich and strong, with a touch of sweet It awakes me so my day can begin. I take just a sip and warmth fills my soul Down my throat…

This is my first Poetry Marathon and I’ll be doing the Half Marathon for starters. I’m in Clearwater Florida and just doing a test post at 4:00 a.m. Sunday morning (what?!) to practice. I’ve been prepping by cancelling all appointment from now until after the…

Preparation for the marathon, Saturday July 29, 2017, also printed on comments in another section. A prompt for myself for the marathon Poetry and facebook have many sides. Two in particular, or should I say peculiar? On one hand there are puppies and cats, and…