You look so pretty, even unconscious. Your life has been been complicated by choices your own and others you depended upon. I am hoping heaven’s gate looks as welcoming as this image. leading you home with a well lit, clearly marked path. Some of your…
Category: Official Marathon Announcement
The Poetry Marathon 2023: Hour 1
Early Morning Thoughts: Hour 1 6am September 2, 2023 Waking up, coffee in hand, the sun still isn’t here, rain clouds coat the sky in layers of silver linings and potential. I am exactly where I need to be, even if I cannot name this…
Hour #1
fingers weave yours and mine you press hard demanding punishing hurtful are these my fingers is this love
“Paths to Victory “
Ekphrastic Response to photo by Birk Enwald I self-imposed this block from you. A “V” for Victory for me. It’s about perspective. This is the path you do not cross because alien space can view my “V” for victory. This is a landing path, my…
Hour One- The Journey
In life, we travel many trails In shoes In boots In our bare feet We run and walk and sashay our way To find the things that mean the most With every step we take We find ourselves ever closer To the place that fills…
Rachnoc Haiku 1 Hour 1
Rachnoc’s sins hiding, Monuments to human guilt, Enslaved beneath waves.
The Void – Hour 1
It’s greater still, Swifter in the coming void, Within a greater hell.
Unwaiting (testing the waters)
It is with joy I have waited for the breaking of the day. The day this day will stroll in and stroke my soul. It is with joy I have waited for the breaking of the day. The day this day will walk in and…
about me
Hello, fellow poets. I am so happy to be here again. I am a veteran marathoner; I believe this is my 8th year or so and look forward to this all year. I teach leadership at the university and work full-time as a volunteer recruiter…
Introduction
My name is Leslie Simon. I’ve been writing poetry since I was a young girl. Whenever I felt deep emotions, I had to write it down in a poem. It was cathartic for me, as it is for most writers. It wasn’t until I was…