Arwen Careaga and Jon Thrower have made their selections for the 2024 anthology! The list below contains your poem sorted alphabetically by first name. Use command/crtl+F to easily find your poem. And don’t forget to support Lexington Poetry Month through Patreon, if you’d like a copy of the anthology!

First NameMiddle NameLast Last NamePoems
A.R.KoehlerI’m sorry, microbes (tanka)
AaronHawkinsFirst Man
AaronRedingThoughts, Arranging
AbbyKaneSummer of Lasts
AbeluciaPonzoLUZ
AdysonReiszInstructions for Mending Pottery
AJKlinePrompt: “When I remember, I remember…”
AKSunshine Girl Anthem
AlissaSammarcoFireworks like cannons
AllenBlairto look Up at our ceilings
AloraJonesSacred
AlveraLisbethHow to Grow a Poem (inspired by Eve Mirriam’s “How to Eat a Poem”)
AmandaCorbinII. The High Priestess
AmandaJattauntitled
AmyFiggsLove language?
AmyLee AnnRichardsonThe Barrel Frog
AndreaLawlerWhiskey & Love
Anesalove described by artists,
AnnHaneySmall Wild Parchments
ArabellaLeeCento
ArianaAlvaradoDoll
Arwenindwelling
AshleyN.RussellCoasting
atmospheriquelifestyles of the Queer and Ignominious
audreyJune 1
AustenReilleyThe Good News is
AustinRathboneTip Jar
AutumnCookrecall (memory)
BeatriceUnderwood-SweetWaitomo Glowworm Caves
BernardDevilleThe Body Politic
BethanyRobinsonSleeping with myself
BillBrymerPalette
BillVerbleImagined Menagerie
Bing11 – i can’t put this nice dress on by myself
bkthe elevator
BradyCornettYour Last Driver
BrentWhitePawpaw
BrianMcCartyHow I Realized I Have Tinnitus
BrigitTruexDetour
BronsonO’QuinnVideo Game Haiku #24: Worms W.M.D.
BUFYOU CAN’T CATCH A FISH IN A TREE
CadencePermanFinding Myself in a Book
CallieBudrick-Goughmy first poem this year is definitely not my favorite but it has meaning
camdeninvestment opportunity
CaroleJohnston12 women conjuring
CarolynPenningtonResilence
CarrieCarlsonGlossing Over an Issue Won’t Fix the Problem
CarrieElamSpillmanHoneymoon phase
carterskaggsmother’s day, 2000
CathyPerkinsAn Old Woman’s Blason
CharlieBillDahlenburgGrandma
ChelsieKreitzmanRecurring Nightmares of a Directional Dyslexic
ChristinaJoyDesire, received:
ChristopherMcCurryThe Farmer’s Wife
CJCompassionate Body Scan
CodyEvansFilling Holes
ColemanDavisStroke
ColetteCrownSummer Fragments
ConundrumLessons from The Garden
CoreyKirbythe astronaut and the alien.
CourtneyMusicThe Unsent Love Letter
D.R.HowardPerfection™
D’RoseHouse Renovation
DanaGrinsteadPoem for Jakob Dylan
DangerfieldYellaMaking the Bed or Easy (for ej)
DeannaLack of Purchase
DebbieCooperOde to My Last Blood
DebraGlenna decent place
DelmarReffettBird in the Mesh
DennisPrestonAbout Me
DonnaIsonWear the Red Dress
DouglasE.SelfWhen I leave you…
DSNConsolidation
dustincecilgrove of man
EDLThis little town
ElizabathBeckToxicodendron Radicans
EllenAustin-LiIn a Perfect World
EmilyBrownType A
EmilyWithenburyBecause Of A Broken Clasp
EricW.WillisBe Heard With Your Wanting
EsmeMorrisode to nail polish
EvynWeaverDid you ever dream you were famous?
FannyH.SalmonRopewalk
FrankieA.untimely unknowing
GabyBedettiBefore the Wedding: Dinner at Feast and Florets
GeoffWhiteClavicle
GillianKingHanami
GoldieThat condensed milk wisdom that gods rubbed the label from
GregoryFreidmanThe gull on the saint’s head
GwynethStewartMary Stafford Anthony
H.A.Lectern
HaileySmallSummer in Danville, KY
HaleyBiddlepeace and quiet
HannahM.Letting go of things
HAROLDSHERMANI Took a Shot
HatBurnout Song
HavenColemanBlue December
HillaryTuckerMill Creek, a Mountain Lake
HunterNelsonAutonomy
huntere.westenhofertoday, i learned
IanBrennereverything has already happened
IEatlantis
j.l.tayormy head is in the sink
JasmineRobinsonWhen an Alien Race Finds What’s Left, With Any Luck
JasonWilliamsUnrelenting
JayMcCoyA Somewhat Sonnet for Mama Cass
JaySt. OrtisLying (Prone) In Winter
JazzyDaylilies
JeffHoaglandOn a Tuesday
JenniferBarricklowMemories of my parents, also birds
JenniferBecketteverything here is cement
JenniferBurchettNursery
JeremyStacyRod’s letter to Kelsey
JerielleEverlasting Gobstopper
JerriLynnBullet
JessBeeNews Brief of the Theater Accident
JessRoatBuddha Calling
JessicaSwafforduntitled
JessicaStumpKentucky Heaven
JimLallyThe Blue Etcetera
JohnC.McCauleyThe Colorful Mimosa
JonThrower
JonelleSalleeI Meant to Come in Peace
JordanQuinnAdult Homework Is Called Shadow Work
JosephNicholsPerennial
JoseyBryantBorn
JosieAngelWaiting Outside the Gate
KJ&
KWListen
K.A.old young bones
K.NicoleWilson6/14 of a Sonnet
K.Ka`imilaniWhat Feeds Us
KarenGeorgeWhen was the last time you sank
KaterinaStoykovaK.S. had an emotional outburst the other day.
KathleenBauerfield notes in experimental poetry (i)
KatieHassallWaiting Again
KatieAfter The Storm
KatrinFloresIn my final hour
KatrinaRolfsenSmall Talk at Checkout
KelProctorYour Word: A Rant
KelseyWoodsnone written
KendallBrookeanswered prayers
KerfootEmbrace it
KevinNanceIndeed
KiitanAdedejishortcomings
KimKayneShaverHe’s on His Third Wife
KrisGillisOn the New Yorker Prompt and Other, Unmentioned Seditions
KristinaJohnsonnone written
Kungfuashleynone written
L.Holbrooknone written
L.JōnzRock Bottom
Laneyi would go back but nobody would be waiting for me
LauraFoleyTrudger
LaurenLaxGleeners
LaurenLax
LaurenMyfeltnone written
Lavummm can we meet at the library
LaverneZabielskiHow to Feel Better
LeahTenneyCompassion
LeeChottinerPresent at a Synagogue’s Execution
LennartLundhThis was going to be a prose poem
LennieHayDear Friend,
LHMartinRETURN
LibbyFalkJonesThe Snow Woman
LillianI.Baynone written
LillianBrambleOvenglassed
LindaAngeloGood Scar
LindaBryantLotus Ascends From Muck
LindaFreudenbergerJim speaks
LisaM.MillerThe Talk Of Trees
LisaWoodsnone written
LittleBirdThe prize worth waiting for
LizPratherThe Law of Just Enough
LoganInstructions for Driving with Friends
LoriTaylorNo Harm, No Foul
LouiseTallenSunday at the Store
LucyJamesThings My Tom Tom Will Never See
LucyJayesHeart Mountain
LukeBrannonuntitled
MGreenfieldCourage
MRHeltzelChild’s Luck
M.A.Mirandanone written
MaddieColemanUnexpected Forecast
MadisonMillerSilencing Grief
Madlovenone written
Madonnanone written
MaggieRuthnone written
MaggieBrewernone written
MagnoliaTopsy Turvy
MairaFaisalRoadmap
MakiaAdkinsAt Least That’s What It Feels Like.
MannyGrimaldiAfter
MargueriteFloydnone written
MariLeetnone written
MarianneTefftUntil Much Later
Marisanone written
MartaDorton16
MaryNicholsnone written
MaryPottsFOUR
MaryAllenRecurring
MayaPemblenone written
MeganWethingtonMotivation
MelpOcean longing
MelvaSuePriddyAs I Drive To Lexington With the Sun’s Heat Blasting the Car’s Windows I Notice To My Right
mtpoetI have not
N.Dfresh start
NancyJentschI am like a hummingbird
NancyGourdeRust Bucket
NatashaLeeThe silence was deafening
nelag
NettieFarrisWHAT MADE THE OFFENDER STOP STRANGLING YOU?
NolliePalmerCombustion
PamCampbellAmerican Sentence LIII
PatOwenAfter Surgery
PatrickJohnsonCan’t Take Them All Home
PatrickMilesSeer
PattiMillernone written
PaulettaHanselJune 13: All I’ve Got
PBSartistin the light that shows us where we are
Peggytressnone written
PhilipCorleyUpgrading From a Tropical Depression to a Fully Fledged Hurricane
qngroman41none written
RKDBuggy
RaynyPalmerrelative physics of free-body objects
ReidGoinsnone written
RenaNuttnone written
RenéeRigdonIt takes a toll
RithikaChopranone written
RiverAlsalihiboys will be boys & so will girls
RobertaSchultzBuggy
RyanEbysummer PE got me down, man
RyanOppegardReturn to Sender
SLaxPeople of My Town
SaikrishKollinone written
SamArthursOpen The Window When Death Comes Knocking
SamanthaR.R.Predator
SamanthaRatcliffeThe Feral Gilt Realizes
SamarJadeDo you get your period during a genocide?
SamuelCollins Hicks30 Pieces of Self Care
SanidaPalavraLandmines
SavNoëlHooverTHE SLAUGHTER HOUSE
SawyerMustopohFrench Revolution: The Women of Wild Ones
ScottWilsonvisitation
SeanL.CorbinSudden words must never be spoken
SeraLnone written
ShaunTurnerAbscess
ShawnJusticeFree Grandparenting Advice
SheenaRollernone written
SheldaHaleTanka Diary for My Unborn Girl
SherryZimmermannone written
SonyaPavonathe FDA
SophieWatsonDr. Hill
SpitFire1111After I Cut You Out My Life
StefanDelipoglouStream of Sloppiness
StefaniHellerthursday night
StephanieMojicaA Life of Feeling Unsafe
SteveCummingsIt’s not a gift
SteveDaughertynone written
StormDrop by drop
SueLeathershow long could I carry
SueNeufarth HowardHaiku
SunnyTell me, Am I a bad person?
SusieSlusherSponge
SylviaAhrensThe Dull Woman Has Been Daydreaming and Not Reading Poems
T.Andrynone written
T.C.PhillipsBird Set Free
T.RobinsonSunny
TabithaDialThe Red Goddess Goes LIVE
TaniaHornThe New Road
TaunjaSummer Solstice, 2024
TedHiggsnone written
TerryGabardinebefore the pitch clock
TomC.HunleyAnother Other (Revision)
ToniMenkBad Attitude Haiku
TonyWhearynone written
VickieMoriartyI Never Wanted to Have a Baby
VictoriaCruz-FalkDon’t Get a Dog
VictoriaGrossDear Baby
VictoriaWoolf BaileyMake a Note
Violetyears past
VirginiaLeeAlcottPink Pom Poms
WayneWillisTwo Kinds of God
WendyJettI Will Grow On You
YvoArcherEarly Morning Walk
Z.ZVan TappanToehold
ZarlosA WATER’S BLESSING
ZoyaAbbasnone written