24 Poems ~ 24 Hours
She wakes up with
a bit of whimsy
Because she has a special closet
A closet of dreams
she can go anywhere
she can be anything
She is never ever lonely
Because she has special friends
In her closet of dreams
she can play with them
she can dance with them
She goes to bed with a bit of whimsy
Because she has a closet of dreams
And inside they wait for her
Well, well, well, hour 24.
I hadn’t thought of what
to write. I had no plans
for 24.
I didn’t know if I’d use
any poetic devices.
I didn’t know how I
would form my prose.
I just wanted to
celebrate as I wrote
this poem. But alas
my mothers not feeling
well, as I key in 24.
I’m waiting on the EMS
to take her for a ride
she’ll go to the ER and
they will get her right.
so, celebrate you all
I am proud of you
you made all the way to
hour #24.
God Bless you…
I don’t want to live up to anymore expectations,
I really don’t have the heart,
to pick up any more of your broken pieces,
when I’m the one who fell apart.
I wish you could make this one moment about me,
but the world revolves around you,
you say who I am is a lie,
but that’s further from my truth.
Our loved ones predicted I’d be on your path,
but I’m not and you still live in the past.
I’m projected to go forward,
those times were never meant to last.
Get with the program,
take a better shot,
in the end,
you’re probably the only one you’ve got.
Congratulations full Marathoners! I am so happy that you have completed 24 poems in 24 hours! That is wonderful. Thank you for joining us for this intense events. .
In the past I have personally verified that everyone who applied for a certificate was eligible and then I would make a certificate. Due to how big the marathon has grown, this is no longer possible. Now we operate on the honor system.
If you completed the Poetry Half Marathon please consider the following certificate yours, to update with your name, to print if you choose to do so. If you need any help altering the certificate please email me at poets@thepoetrymarathon.com.
You are welcome to use this tool get get the certificate with your name on it.
Congratulations again on your completion of The Half Marathon.
The visual example of what the certificate will look like is right below this text:
Also this year we will be putting together two anthologies.
The print anthology will be edited by Blessing Omeiza Ojo, a terrific poet (you can read one of his poems here) and a long time participant in the marathon. For the first time ever there will be rejections for the print edition. He will pick between 80-100 poems to publish in the anthology. This is the last time that the co-founders of the poetry marathon, are paying for the print anthology, and the last time we will formally be “in charge” of any anthology. You can learn more about why, here.
That being said the wonderful poetry marathon community is already stepping up, and Erin Lorandos, another long time marathoner and compelling poet (you can read one of her poems here), is putting together an electronic anthology that includes everyone’s work
Submissions for the print anthology will be open from the 18th through the 30th of September. Submissions for the electronic anthology will be open between the 7th and 21st of October. More details about both anthologies will be forthcoming soon.
Digital copies will be made available for free to any contributor. Print copies will be available for a reasonable price and any money that is made from them will go towards covering the cost of the marathon.
Want to know what The 2022 Poetry Marathon Anthology was like? Pick up your copy here.
For Aphrodite
For a long time
I was afraid
to open my heart.
Too long have I kept close
and built up a wall.
You showed me it’s ok
it’s ok to let out your emotions.
That I am in a safe place
to just be me again,
You let me pour out
my every burden to you
and you took those burdens to Ares.
In turn he sliced them
and gave me strength.
You said, “you’re only human.
And that’s ok.”
You were there to wipe the tears
and help me stand back up.
To help me find my inner strength again.
For that Lady Aphrodite I thank you.
Congratulations Half Marathoners! I am so happy that you have completed 12 poems in 12 hours! That is wonderful. Thank you for joining us for this intense events.
In the past I have personally verified that everyone who applied for a certificate was eligible and then I would make a certificate. Due to how big the marathon has grown, this is no longer possible. Now we operate on the honor system.
If you completed the Poetry Half Marathon please consider the following certificate yours, to update with your name, to print if you choose to do so. If you need any help altering the certificate please email me at poets@thepoetrymarathon.com.
You are welcome to use this tool to get the certificate with your name on it.
Congratulations again on your completion of The Half Marathon.
The visual example of what the certificate will look like is right below this text.
Also this year we will be putting together two anthologies.
The print anthology will be edited by Blessing Omeiza Ojo, a terrific poet (you can read one of his poems here) and a long time participant in the marathon. For the first time ever there will be rejections for the print edition. He will pick between 80-100 poems to publish in the anthology. This is the last time that the co-founders of the poetry marathon, are paying for the print anthology, and the last time we will formally be “in charge” of any anthology. You can learn more about why, here.
That being said the wonderful poetry marathon community is already stepping up, and Erin Lorandos, another long time marathoner and compelling poet (you can read one of her poems here), is putting together an electronic anthology that includes everyone’s work
Submissions for the print anthology will be open from the 18th through the 30th of September. Submissions for the electronic anthology should be between the 7th and 21st of October.. More details about both anthologies will be forthcoming soon.
Digital copies will be made available for free to any contributor. Print copies will be available for a reasonable price and any money that is made from them will go towards covering the cost of the marathon.
Want to know what The 2022 Poetry Marathon Anthology was like? Pick up your copy here.
Chapbook of a day
Every hour’s a page
Restless thoughts that take a pause
in the cradle of warbly words
Chapbook of a day
Every hour’s a page
dripping emotions set free
by seeping deep into expressions
Chapbook of a day
Every hour’s a page
Overwhelming some said
challenging some thought
Chapbook of a day
Every hour’s a page
A million tales woven into a few lines
A million lives lived in a day
Chapbook of a day
Every hour’s a page
lost at the fraying edges
found in the inky heart
I want no other
world. If you’re not there with me.
I am happy here.
Maybe
There’s nothing more to be said,
humans sank in the seas of oblivion!
But maybe there is still hope
and empathy will prevail!
Maybe not everything is lost
And we are not doomed yet…
Maybe we will all meet in the heart
of the rainbow after this big storm…
Nope, there ain’t no hope.
We is not teachin’ hope.
Hope is like Saddam’s rope,
The one around his throat.
Hope is for the Judas Goat,
The one that leads to
slaughter houses.
Why Hope
When we can know.
Hope requires trust,
And that is very
hard for US.
To give away
What we don’t get,
Stupid, slept,
I won’t forget.
I don’t have to pay
The rent.
Hope is sum’n
I might regret.
baby, wet my cigarette,
we are celebrating death,
Bring the fentynyl and meth,
Bring the Hope that we have left.
Hope is for
The hopeless
Or the hocus pocus bogus
Smorgasbord of morbid orchids
Just don’t give them much importance.
I have Hope they will not notice
Hope they don’t have any motives
Though I know they have explosives,
I just hope they don’t explode THIS.
Hope is for the hopefool
Not hopeful or helpful,
For hopeless
is helpless.
Hope is for
Hopers.
Smokers with chokers
Pokers with jokers
Dopers with chauffeurs.
Ogres with loafers,
Donors will go first.
Loners will mourn worse
Stoners withhold turns.
All I got to say is NOPE,
We shall NOT depend
On HOPE.