This is the first year I am participating in the poetry marathon.  I’ve been writing poetry, or at least what I call poetry, since I was in elementary school.  I post poetry on youtube and facebook, sometimes with music.  I enjoy reading poetry aloud, and reading poetry and listening to other poets recite their own work and the work of others.   Writing poetry for me is a process.  I think about a few lines for a few days until I am comfortable with those lines and then I write them down and write around those lines.  Once I have a first draft,  I edit until I feel comfortable that the effect is what I wanted.   Because the marathon compresses my usual timeline, not giving me the opportunity to edit,  I am a little nervous about the output.   I hope I have internalized enough about what I am attempting to achieve in a poem to write at least a few worthy poem.  Thank you for the opportunity.    I look forward to June 26, 2021.