Trying on other poetry forms and finding the fit less than comfortable than my usual free-wheelin’ lyric style.  Just dictating the voices has always been so easy.  I saw, on the fb page, that the sestina was a prompt style last year and I gave…

I’ve been getting myself mentally ready for the Marathon. Even though I only signed up for the Half Marathon, I’ll keep going as long as I can. I’ve been thinking of topics to write about as well as poetry genre. I’ll be using genre I…

So I decided to enter this on a lark and what ho, my lark has built a nest!  I am looking forward to giving this a whirl and sharing some of my writing.  I have not done so in quite some time so this is…

In 2012 I suffered a ruptured Achilles’ tendon at work. Two weeks after surgery, I suffered a massive stroke. I was in medically induced coma to save my life. It was a hemorrhagic stroke that also caused swelling of the brain. My prospects for survival…

A little over two weeks to go! I’m looking forward to writing and sharing more haikus.

Hello Fellow Poets, I am watching the Democratic National Convention speeches at this moment and cannot think of another activity that reflects my interests. I am a political writer and believe that “the personal is political.” My writing blurs the personal/political spectrum and dives deeper…

This will be my second marathon. Last year’s marathon experience was phenomenal. By hour 24, I was a zombie poet, but I did it. After reviewing some of my poems from last year, I realized I really like them (at the time, not so much)….

I am a slightly crazy nineteen year old girl from a very loving family in Kerala, India. I am a girl who loves to dream. Dreams may come real …sometimes they may not ..but despite that fact I still keep dreaming. Reading is next in…

Everything is progressing nicely towards the 4th Annual Poetry Marathon! Introductions are now going up on the blog. The Facebook group is active. If you signed up for Marathon and have not yet heard from us, you should have, so please email us at poets@thepoetrymarathon.com…

Hello, I’m Eve. I am a 5th grade teacher from Massachusetts. I love words…reading them, writing them, teaching about them. This is my second marathon. Last year’s was a lot of fun for me. I had not written a lot of poetry in years, but…