The Poetry Marathon

Introduction

Hello poetry marathon community! My name is Tracie aka The Literary Gangster and I am nestled in a small country town in NSW Australia. This is my dog Jawa, she is twelve years old and likes to run up this mountain she is pictured on. She will be my partner in crime during the marathon. I am participating in the half marathon for the first time. Looking forward to the challenge, and of course, the mid night snacks. The only thing I’m worried about is working out the time zones for here….! I hope I can get it right! Good luck everyone! TLG.

Introduction

I am slender wrists; bright eyed.

Scarred knuckles; tan thigh-ed.

Salty hair; air dried.

Alliteration drowned in high tide.

 

Spilling words or wine,

So long as they are both mine.

 

I’m here to give myself a break from the constant

shaking

from containing the avalanches of

stanzas

building up behind my lips

curled inside the places where

I bite them when I feel pressure.

 

This is something challenging and new;

a more satisfying way to

process all that’s happened with you.

 

 

 

Introduction

Looking forward to this marathon! I’ve been writing since I was six and became interested in poetry around age fourteen. I’m extremely passionate about writing and art but can get demotivated when I don’t have deadlines. Doing the 9am to 9pm half marathon (never been an all-nighter kind of gal) and expecting to be exhausted and brain-dead, but feeling really good about the potential I’ll have in these drafts.
I write both in form and free verse; depending on how the day goes you will probably see more free verse. Writing from the Pacific time zone…

Good luck, everyone!

-Alena

Intro

I’m Des and will be participating in the half marathon. Been writing poetry since I was 7. Ex-mormon feminist, nonbinary (she or they), have Selective Mutism, crusader against adultism, and…that’s about all I feel like saying right now.

Is it weird that I am more exicted for this year’s marathon than I ever was for my birthday as a kid?

French Press Coffee for Poetry

Greetings Poetry Peeps! Excited to be returning for my fourth year. I’ll be joining the half-marathon at the 12 hour mark from Sacramento, California. Looking forward to meeting all the new and returning poets over the course of the marathon through this platform and on the FB group page. Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler! – Bia

Back again!

This will be my third half-marathon. The first two were both fun and productive. Looking forward to this international group effort dedicated to increasing the sum total of poetry worldwide.

Hello all!

I am trying this, hopefully I do well with it. I am doing the full marathon, or at least going to attempt it. I am a poet and a author. Currently, I have ten volumes of poetry on amazon and three children’s books. I also write horror and other adult themed stories as Serena Mossgraves.

Hello!

I’ll assume, yeah, yeah, I know, but I’ll still assume that I follow the directions correctly. If not, some kind soul may (?) rescue me. So this is my brief statement on the blog. Happy Trails!

Looking 24 hours square in the eye

I’m a lifetime artist living in a tiny town near the wilderness in Arizona. Besides poetry, I create novels, plays, photographs, videos, essays, martial arts, jewelry, sculpture, gardens, pools, songs, trained dogs, satisfied spirits, insanely good apple pie, intimidated dates, empowered students, entertained family, devoted friendships, and a home environment that always needs more cleaning.

The Poetry Marathon interests me because I’ve regularly done 12 to 36 hour driving, studying, traveling, and martial arts. I’ve been writing poetry all my life. This instant I’m finding ways to make the transition from day-job-dominated artist to full-time artist. This marathon marks that beginning by both doing the writing and publishing it immediately. I love a truly challenging task, and I love to find what I learn about myself when I try. Plus new friends and poetry? Bonus.