September   I remember September, and those heady days of 1971 – ok, vaguely – before my sister was born and the world was mine alone.   Earth, Wind, and Fire – those horns always those horns brought the sun on my skin, my braids,…

The Gardener   Unprepared and precious, I lift them out with two hands. I find in the dirt of my new garden decrepit plastic whiffle balls, cracked open like an eggshell on one side where nothing has escaped, empty from inception, and chunk pieces of…

Excited to be doing my third full marathon. I made so many friends through the last two years and hope to make a few more. The support offered here has led to my being ready to really put myself out there. Can’t wait to see…

If this is your first marathon or half marathon, you have probably never done anything like this before. Even though this a writing event, you should treat it like you would running a marathon, albeit one you don’t necessarily have to be in great physical…

Thank you for all the helpful feedback we received to the first updates post! Based on that feedback we have a few announcements to make. There will be an anthology this year! It will be similar to last years because we will do our best to…

Every year The Poetry Marathon is a little different. This year we are figuring out how it will be different. Last year, as some of you may know, we had more people start the Marathon than every before, but the completion rate was much lower…