The Poetry Marathon

About Me

I’m by no means a Shakespeare, Stephen King, or John Grisham. I doubt I have even a quarter of the talent JK Rowling has. It would take me an enormous amount of time, practice and effort to be considered for a Pulitzer Prize. But despite all my shortcomings, I consider myself a prolific student with a deeply entrenched passion for writing. I have a personalized style of writing – capable of putting my emotions, experiences, and opinions into what I write. I like creating works people can connect to, or relate to in some ways by generalizing the thoughts and experiences I write about. I’m also a fan of a lot of artists, movies, and anime series, so you my employer are bound to see many references in my work. As stated earlier, I’m by no means a master writer. Although I have been professionally writing for two years now (and casually, many more), I know I still have a lot of areas to improve upon. This marathon, and many other opportunities I’ve undertaken, is designed to help me achieve that aim.

Introduction

My name is Linda. I’m an active member of “Poetry for the Love of It” (PLOI) in Tallahassee, Florida (USA) – a chapter of the Florida State Poets Association (FSPA). PLOI is also affiliated with our local senior center. All current members are seniors. We currently study a notable poet each month, and share our original poems.

My professional career involved technical writing. I began playing with poetry to entertain family & friends. That is still one of my primary motivations.

I am a cat lover. Meow.

How about my posts?

My poems are creative and specially made for children…It is all about nature imagination and such things…if you are eager to try my poem,wait and look at my profile…

Let’s get this show on the road!

Hello, everyone!

I am a writer, editor and social anthropologist who grew up in four countries. I currently live in Canada, where I’m pursuing a PhD at York University. I’m doing the half-marathon tomorrow. Good luck to one and all!

Hard days coming

Hello Fellow Marathoners,

I’m looking forward to sharing my poems and reading yours!

Good luck tomorrow,

D.

2021 poetry marathon- introduction

I have previously participated in 1 poetry half-marathon  and 1 poetry full marathon. Looking forward to this year’s poetry full marathon 😀

Let’s see how words form their tapestry in the span of a day.

The day before…

[Due to time constraints, this post is raw and unedited. All typos, free. 😀 ]

So, I am a big fan of literary games. From Scrabble to poetry slam, I have enjoyed friendly competition as well as self-challenges for decades and 24-hour writer-thons, 30 poems in 30 days, the challenge of new performance work written collaboratively; all of it gets me wired but always with a purpose.

I am wrapping my 3rd collection of poems but also exploring topics for new projects. The way that I have prepped in the past remains largely the same: with short verse and micropoems every other day for a week or so, but also editing recent work left aside to settle in my brain for a few weeks or months just to get the ideas moving around again.

I have not moved into “cheat-mode”; only in the last day have I began making mental notes of topics and styles to tackle. If anyone needs any encouragement, you are the encouragement. If you get one decent piece out of it, you wrote this weekend and probably went hard at it.

I have completed a half; I have build my own based on haiku and micropoetry and wrote 102 haiku, senryu, tanka and one limerick [happened to be St Pat’s Day]; multiple times have I done 30 poems in 30 days (twice 60 for 60; once 90 for 90) and work from those sessions/sprees went on to be published and/or recorded. Mostly just enjoy the wave and the endorphins or creativity.

Newcomer

Morning  (from this side) all:

I’ve run some marathons with my legs, and some (albeit non-poetic) with my pen but this will be my first poetry-driven marathon.

Any pointers?

See you all on the hot seat.

 

T. Yomi  Obidi

Hour 1: Endings

Why are you dreaming of a return

To normal?

Your normal was never mine.

 

Your normal gave me pain

And heartbreak.

Your normal was my hell,

My misery.

 

Let this mark the end of your normal

And of mine.

Hope’s last cry for breathing space.

 

Let go of memory’s faulty lies

Live today

For tomorrow’s dreams and

 

Let yesterday’s shadows remind us

How useless

It is to dream of normal.

hello there

Dear Fellow Poetry Marathoners,

I am writing to say hello, and to introduce myself. This is my second half poetry marathon, and I am looking forward to 12 hours of writing and reading with you all.

I’ve been writing poetry since middle school, and have been working from prose poems to more lyrical work. That said, my most recent poems are haiku published in chalk paint on the Minuteman Bikeway in Arlington, Massachusetts.

Here’s a link to my site, if you’re curious to check out my work:
adrianagrant.net.

All the best to you, and happy writing,
Adriana Grant