Submissions to the 2020 Poetry Marathon Anthology are open now and will stay open through the 25th of July! We our pleased to announce that our editor this year is Shloka Shankar. Shloka is a freelance writer, poet, editor, publisher, visual artist, and surface pattern…
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Prompt #6 Empty (2014 prompt)
Prompt for Hour Six Use the following image to inspire your next poem. Take me to a place in time where I was a different person. I don’t recognize myself in the mirror it’s been way too long since I have felt comfortable in my…
Prompt #3 Love (My own random prompt)
To Love someone dearer than your life is a beautiful but reckless feeling. To trust your heart in the hands of your lover, you surrender to the eventual consequence of its demise or the birth of something beautiful. Either way, you have to walk on fire…
I Survived the Poetry Marathon.
The following images are part of the Poetry Marathon Tradition. They are for you to do with what you want, but they are often used as a way to celebrate your success. The official list of everyone who completed the half marathon and the full…
Congratulations Poetry Marathoners
You did it! Congratulations! I am very impressed! You wrote 24 poems in 24 hours. This is an achievement that few poets ever accomplish. Although, if you are a returning marathoner, some of you might be accomplishing it for the second or third time or…
Congratulations Second Half Poetry Marathoners
Congratulations Half Marathoners! I am so happy that you have completed 12 poems in 12 hours! That is wonderful. Thank you for joining us in this madness. In the past I have personally verified that everyone who applied for a certificate was eligible and then…
Protected: Praise the Almighty Lord: A Villanelle (Hour Twenty-Four)
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Poem 24 | {The Greatest Gift}
By Ajanta Judd All Rights Reserved – 10 pm 28/06/2020 Australian EST Prompt 24; Hour 24: Write a poem about a gift, real or imagined, fantastical or boring. _______________________________________________________________ {The Greatest Gift} The greatest gift I have been…
Resonate
Faint flickers, Grandmother’s stories, Lead into maternal line, Knowing at once where, The key departed John left, Her friend called her the day, After he died as he had promised he would. Forwards and inert chest flicker, Always felt not seen nor heard, Deciphering all…
Protected: Call to Solve World Hunger: A Deibide Baise Fri Toin (Hour Twenty-One)
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