Sheena Roller
Bio:
Often a day late or a dollar short (as she is for this year’s LexPoMo), Sheena nevertheless finds joy in showing up. Poetry has often been cathartic for Sheena - both the writing and the reading. And always joy-filled. A mother, wife, educator, and lifelong learner, as well as lover of words.
Reason for Signing Up:
Because I want to write
J. Acker
Bio:
J is a lover of words and gardens.
Reason for Signing Up:
To bring some inspiration and discipline to my writing!
hfo
Bio:
hfo is a teacher and writer in the bluegrass.
Reason for Signing Up:
To motivate myself to write and share.
rkd
Bio:
professor/english/all_things_writing
Reason for Signing Up:
comeraderie
Connor Reed Bates
Bio:
Connor is a Louisville poet.
Reason for Signing Up:
A friend told me about this. I’m interested because I wanted an external pressure to write.
Geoff White
Bio:
Geoff is a poet from Lexington, KY. He wants to learn and grow as a poet by being in community with other like-minded individuals.
Reason for Signing Up:
To stretch myself and trying new things.
Hunter Nelson
Bio:
Hunter is scared
of writing biography.
Instead it's haiku.
Reason for Signing Up:
Personal morals
oblige me to keep writing
lest I forget how.
EDL
Bio:
EIRILL DELONGE (EDL) IS A MULTIMEDIA ARTIST ORIGINATED FROM RAMBERG, LOFOTEN IN THE ARCTIC REGION NORDLAND IN NORTHERN NORWAY.
DELONGE CREATES ART WITHIN DIFFERENT CREATIVE FIELDS, LET IT BE PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEOGRAPHY, CREATIVE WRITING, CLOTHING DESIGN, FASHION STYLING, MUSIC OR MODELING. THIS BROADNESS STEMS FROM THE ARTISTS EXPERIENCE EXPLORING A BIG VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE CREATIVE FIELDS.
EDL’S STYLE REPRESENTS EDGE, ATTITUDE AND BLUNTNESS. IT’S CLEAR THE ARTIST HAD NO INTENTION WHEN ENTERING THE SCENE, AND THE EXHIBITION ROOMS, TO COMFORT THE AUDIENCE. WITH A PROVOCATIVE NATURE DELONGE CHALLENGES THE AUDIENCE TO BRANCH OUT AND LOOK AT THE RAW BRUTALITY OF LIFE.
Reason for Signing Up:
Manny told me to sign up, and it sounded like fun!
BUF
Bio:
I love to create music, lyrics, lovely rooms, yummy meals, pretty gardens. Anything meaningful, authentic and artful brings me joy.
Reason for Signing Up:
Always wanting to grow and learn from creative souls.
logan
Bio:
logan ward is a nineteen year-old writer, poet, frat bro, budding Christian existentialist philosopher, Taco Bell rewards member, and top 0.5% listener of alex g worldwide.
Reason for Signing Up:
peer pressure
Jeff Hoagland
Bio:
Jeff is currently, momentarily, but not presently the Executive Director of the Lexington Writer's Room. He also makes films, sometimes.
Reason for Signing Up:
To support them arts!
Maira Faisal
Bio:
Maira Faisal is the 2024 Kentucky Youth Poet Laureate and a rising junior at Northern Kentucky University. She enjoys painting, drinks too much chai and coffee, and hopes to be a physician in the future.
Reason for Signing Up:
After the three previous Junes, it's tradition.
Jennifer Gleason
Bio:
Jennifer is a farmer/soapmaker and propietor of Sunflower Sundries. She loves words since little and is lucky to be partner to a poet.
Reason for Signing Up:
to be part of the poet community that LexPoMo has created for the glorious month of June.
camden
Bio:
Camden has been writing poetry for the past decade, primarily as a way to express his emotions, observations of beauty, trials of life, and deep love for Jesus. He enjoys the creative, spiritual, and philosophical journeys a few simple words can explore.
Reason for Signing Up:
I am in a bit of a draught with writing and figured this would be a great way to get back into it.
Aaron Hawkins
Bio:
Aaron isn't a poet despite loving words. The sentence is what drew him to writing and fueled his desire for a Master's in Fiction, which he now uses quite infrequently.
Reason for Signing Up:
Another member invited me to try. I know I've missed a few days.
Sera L.
Bio:
Sera is an avid lover of the arts with a passion for writing. Outside of work, she can be found curled up with her cats, a note pad, and a pen.
Reason for Signing Up:
I love poetry
Jessica Stump
Bio:
Jessica Stump, an Eastern Kentucky native, grew up amid the lore of the Appalachian Mountains. She is a senior editor and writer at Appalachian State University in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, where she lives with her husband, writer Matthew Hatfield, and their goofball tabby, Gus. She holds an MFA in creative writing, and among her most favorite things are Halloween and the em dash.
Reason for Signing Up:
2023 was my first year as a LexPoMo participant, and the experience reminded me that my poetic talents and voice aren't as far removed as I once thought. I joined this year's challenge to tap into the inspiration the event brings and to connect with other KY poets.
Shawn Justice
Bio:
Shawn Justice is a life long learner, writer and change agent. She has spent 34 years as a Ky. educator and believes in the greater good of writing as an exercise in civil discourse.
Reason for Signing Up:
I want to challenge myself to be more intentional with writing daily.
Gillian King
Bio:
Gillian is a journalist and has always been a lover of writing and poetry, which she got from her mother.
Reason for Signing Up:
I was encouraged my close friend and poet, Karrington Aliyah Garland
AJ Kline
Bio:
Anna Johnson Kline is a poet, musician, and songwriter who makes her home in Mt. Sterling.
She grew up in small town Mississippi between the Chickasaw Bluffs of Memphis and the furrowed rows of Delta farmland. She was raised on a steady diet of hymns, three-part harmonies, and Memphis soul. Her writing is directly influenced by the redemptive strains of gospel, the drawling tremolo of rhythm and blues, and the raw twang of the mountain landscape.
She is currently immersed in the Poetry Gauntlet at the Carnegie Center and is working on a collaborative songwriting project called "Thinking Like a Mountain."
Reason for Signing Up:
Poetry Gauntlet—and I am interested in connecting with more Lex-area writers.
