Hi everyone,

It’s me again, Ofuma Agali.

I was here last year for the Full Marathon, but I signed off after Half. And that too was pretty rewarding.

I had since gone ahead to plug myself back into the world of poetry. Prior to the 2020 Poetry Marathon, I had a published collection of poems, with the last poem in the collection written around 2008 and one last embellished one around 2014. And then, I had gone almost blank with creative writing, what with the other kinds of professional writing that was taking all of my time. When I came out of that lacuna, fiction came calling; poetry became hard, and the Poetry Half Marathon helped.

This year, I am here again. I wish to do the Full. And to finish it. And I really want to do this, despite several odds.

See you all soon and best wishes to you all.