June 21, 2026 | Page 13 of 13 | Lexington Poetry Month

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Sponsored by Workhorse, Lexington Poetry Month is an easy to use platform for poets to publish and share their work in an attractive way. The community is supportive and diverse, commenting and encouraging one another throughout June. Money we raise goes to maintaining the cost of the website and publishing the yearly anthology. Our goals are to provide every poet (~150) a copy of the anthology, lower printing costs, and expand opportunities offered during Lexington Poetry Month, such as featured readings and poetry workshops.

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what’s meant by breastbone spluttering comely as
what scuffed moodstone’s truant indifference

as the dervishing, search-

light rain scrapes over the

concrete, groping for

cracks and outlets,

some small god among

burn-outs sobs and the

street lamps dawdle and

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pulsing stars snubbed, sparks

shucked out from the rain-

clopped rock, the cold-

cocked concrete, solid

or stolid as sin, be-

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Posts for June 21, 2026 (page 13)

all roads lead to a throttling, cherubic stoplight, tugging at overwrought powerlines even Pinocchio thinks no more than leader some fly-fisher clips with but dollar store nailclippers

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