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Aaron Reding
Friday, June 25, 2021 @ 1:03am
Reason for signing up:
I find it easier to write when surrounded by others doing the same thing.
Kathryn R. Gillespie
Sunday, June 6, 2021 @ 9:08pm
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Bio:
Kathryn is a poet and library worker originally from Carrollton, Kentucky.
Reason for signing up:
I need motivation to write more often, and I would love to be part of a writing community.
Faith De Young
Sunday, June 6, 2021 @ 6:46pm
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Bio:
Faith, a wanderer, a beacon of light. A rushing river, a lazy tongue. Someone that curves and blares like the sun. Believe in her like she has already won.
Reason for signing up:
Because I have something to say, my chest is heavy from holding all of my thoughts at bay.
Michelle Knickerbocker
Sunday, June 6, 2021 @ 1:59pm
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Bio:
Michelle is a quirky, honest, loyal, direct, kind, wife, friend, cook, writer, traveller, dragon, rainbow, iridescent jeweled ocean.
Reason for signing up:
It's what we do! #Brewbockers
Melissa Helton
Sunday, June 6, 2021 @ 8:10am
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Bio:
Melissa Helton lives, teaches, and writes in southeast Kentucky. Her work has been published, or is forthcoming, in Shenandoah, Still: The Journal, Anthology of Appalachian Writers, and more. Her chapbooks include Inertia: A Study (2016) and Hewn (Dec. 2021).
Reason for signing up:
I like to write.
teja
Sunday, June 6, 2021 @ 7:25am
Website:
bit.ly/44Zsjob
Katherine Paisley
Saturday, June 5, 2021 @ 10:58am
Bio:
Katherine is a poet living a lawyer life.
Shelby B
Friday, June 4, 2021 @ 8:31pm
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Bio:
Shelby is a creative maximalist with a vivacious love for all things nostalgic, old, and story-filled. She has spent the last year absorbing and documenting other’s stories- it’s time for her to tell her own.
Michael Olson
Friday, June 4, 2021 @ 6:03pm
Bio:
Mike Olson is a retired businessman from Cincinnati Ohio. He has been published in multiple anthologies and holds an MFA from the University of Arizona.
Annie Griggs
Friday, June 4, 2021 @ 2:46pm
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Annie is a born and bred Lexingtonian with a deep love for nature. She is an ecologist and bird lover who has studied sparrows, hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies and trained raptors across the midwest.
Carrie Carlson
Friday, June 4, 2021 @ 2:21pm
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Bio:
Carrie has been writing for enjoyment and expression, since she could string together sentences.
She is a Catholic, a life-long Kentuckian, a wife to an "enginerd," and a mother to three beautiful girls.
Reason for signing up:
At last, her little "vessel for verse" is ready to be set "out to sea." She has realized the words are not meant to be locked away, so she is setting them free.
Website:
instagram.com/avesselforverse
Robin Rahija
Friday, June 4, 2021 @ 8:22am
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Bio:
Robin LaMer Rahija has poems in FENCE, Guernica, Diagram, and elsewhere. She is the managing editor of Rabbit Catastrophe Press.
Reason for signing up:
McCurry!
Website:
robinlamerrahija.com
Haley Biddle
Thursday, June 3, 2021 @ 8:55pm
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Bio:
Haley is a creative with expertise in media and marketing. Most of all, she is a dreamer, a humble dreamer with a lust for the present. Without an ethereal mix of soul, r&b, and alternative music, her head would be uninspired. Haley has been pen pals with Juliet in Verona, written love notes in Lexington, and buried letters in Nicholasville. For it is the ceremony of pen and paper that sends her into a honeymooned bliss.
Reason for signing up:
I believe a lot of people like to hide behind their writing. Sometimes so much so that the fire meets it first. Sometimes I see that fire dance on my walls in the candlelight. Where fragrance meets fear, cement meets roadblock, and heat meets headache. This act of choosing is a waterfall. I have a voice, and I want to be heard.
jane
Thursday, June 3, 2021 @ 7:27pm
Abigail J. Miller
Thursday, June 3, 2021 @ 5:26pm
Bio:
Abigail J. Miller is a visual artist, writer, and teacher from Lexington, KY. In her free time she makes up song parodies about her dog, cat, rabbit, and turtle.
Reason for signing up:
The community!
Website:
Instagram:%20ajmillerarts
Noel Cagney
Thursday, June 3, 2021 @ 11:22am
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Dylan Coleman-Blount is a filmmaker, comic book illustrator, and inspiring poet.
Reason for signing up:
"Every poem is a love poem."~R.C.
Website:
vimeo.com/hyenasilver
Linda Angelo
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 @ 9:53pm
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Bio:
Busy as a psychologist, a mother, an arts activist, Linda came late to poetry writing, and is attempting to make up for lost time. Your indulgence, as she finds her voice, is appreciated.
Reason for signing up:
LexPoMo keeps writing in the forefront.
Kel
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 @ 9:11pm
Bio:
Kelly is a poet and she does know it....
Reason for signing up:
I love to write
Website:
Kelly%20Jo%20Wright%20facebook
upfromsumdirt
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 @ 5:31pm
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Bio:
i write hymns in a wrong rhythm....
Reason for signing up:
to haunt jude mcpherson
Website:
upfromsumdirt.com
Patrick Miles
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 @ 3:27pm
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Bio:
Patrick has been focusing on music the past few years but wants to write more non-rhyming poems like he used to . He also enjoys the camaraderie of lexpomo.
Reason for signing up:
To write more
Website:
instagram.com/bodybaghdad
Bonita Skaggs-Parsons
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 @ 12:27pm
Bio:
I'm a buckabilly artist/poet who lives to sling paint and words.Born in Ohio to Eastern Kentuckyparents who got married and crossed the bridge to Ohio all in the same Day in search of employment.We came home to the hills and hollars of Kentucky my definition of vacation was Mamaws and Papaws house on the end of a dirt road in Elliott County . Then I finally moved back here at twelve and embrace the BlackBerry briar lined country roads till this day.
Reason for signing up:
Thought I'd give it a try.
Chelsea Jordan
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 @ 9:12am
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Bio:
former hairdresser, fat positive activist, philosophy nerd, bleeding heart liberal social worker.
Reason for signing up:
i want to become a better writer!
Arwen
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 @ 3:31am
Bio:
She writes about the stories she feels
KD
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 @ 12:34am
Bio:
KD is a professional and creative writer who learned the importance and beauty of reading and writing from her brilliant parents.
She loves to explore empathy and the mindsets of others through the written word.
Reason for signing up:
A friend encouraged me to!
Shelda Hale
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 11:48pm
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DSN
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 11:14pm
Jennifer Burchett
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 11:10pm
Beverley Byers-Pevitts
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 11:00pm
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Bio:
Beverley Byers-Pevitts is a retired University President and has been writing poetry since she was in elementary school. Also, she is a professionally produced and published playwright and autor of articles in scholarly books and journals.
Reason for signing up:
Because this will encourage me to write more poetry and to edit and rewrite past work. I look forward to feedback from fellow participating poets.
Austin Rathbone
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 10:55pm
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Bio:
Austin is a NC native who has lived in KY for over a decade. He doesn't necessarily love to write, but he still kind of does at the same time. You probably know he means. He thinks writing in the third person is kinda funny.
Reason for signing up:
To complete his goal of writing one more than last year.
Rachel Bollman
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 10:04pm
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Rachel Bollman reads to kids by day at Storytime in a Kentucky public library then whisks across the river to write and paint and think about children’s books.
Reason for signing up:
I signed up to coerce myself into this practice, to push words out there and see how they land.
Website:
rachelbollman.blogspot.com
Lark
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 8:54pm
Reason for signing up:
I want to give it a go!
Amy Figgs
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 8:12pm
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Bio:
Amy is a housing advocate for homless youth by day and a poet in her free time. She turned to poetry during tragedy in her life and used it as a way to express and expel her emotions.
She is in the process of publishing her first chapbook, Sum Of My Parts and is learning to write poetry through the good times now.
Reason for signing up:
To challenge myself and keep writing!
Lucy James
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 7:25pm
Bio:
Lucy is a poet from a hilltop in Eastern Kentucky. She writes to, hopefully, bring a little sunshine into an often cloudy world.
Reason for signing up:
I signed up a couple of years ago and then got intimidated and backed out. I really want to break out of my own shell and go for it. Good, bad, or ugly.
Violet
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 4:58pm
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Kia Rayburn is a Kentucky native who resides in Troy, North Carolina and currently studies at Spalding University School of Creative a Professional Writing.
Reason for signing up:
To generate work for a chapbook.
Elaine
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 4:42pm
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Bio:
Elaine Olund is a writer, designer, artist and yoga teacher living in Cincinnati, Ohio. She loves to hike in Red River Gorge.
Reason for signing up:
I heard about this from Pauletta Hansel and loved the idea of some writing motivation, as life is feeling busy right now.
Website:
elaineolund.com
Marilynn Bell
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 3:01pm
Bio:
Marilynn writes fiction and occasionally a poew.
Reason for signing up:
Friend encouraged to do it.
t. andry
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 2:29pm
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Bio:
i still don’t know who i am.
Reason for signing up:
i usually always do.
Beatrice Underwood-Sweet
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 1:19pm
Bio:
Currently wrapped up in novel writing, Beatrice's first love is poetry. She's a wandering Kentuckian, having also lived in California, Oklahoma, and now in Missouri. At 42, the age of the life, the universe, and everything, she believes that you get better as you age. She loves traveling, learning new languages, the vagaries of the English language, teaching, hearing people's stories, reading, and having new experiences.
Reason for signing up:
I think I've missed only one year writing with the LexPo community so far. I look forward to it every year. I have a writing community that I connect with in my area, but they don't feel like home the way the Lexington Poets do. I always feel like a part of something when I participate in Lexington Poetry Month, and it's an integral part of my writing practice at this point in my life.
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Hannah Bertram
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 1:18pm
Mani
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 10:34am
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Bio:
Mani mysteriously appeared in Lexington eight years ago. No one knows where he came came from and no one is brave enough to ask. If you see him around town, tie his shoes for him.
Reason for signing up:
I just wanna hurt my own feelings with my own feelings.
Website:
instagram.com/ciggywet
dustin cecil
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 10:33am
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Bio:
dustin lives in Olive Hill, KY mr.dustincecil@gmail.com
Reason for signing up:
to push more work through the revision phase..
to share, and have a look around.
Website:
flickr.com/photos/dustincecil
Kim Kayne Shaver
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 10:32am
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Bio:
Kim lives in Louisville near her two grand babies that showed up in her adult children’s cabbage patch last year! Making the covid year more bearable and lovable.. She is a poet and a Mimi! The babble of life inspires her poetry!
Reason for signing up:
Sometimes I forget to write! Lexington poetry month warms me up and my legal pads get dusted off and my magic wand starts to scribblin’that poetry and then I light sparklers!****!
Maggie Brewer
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 10:24am
Bio:
Maggie is a social studies teacher in Lexington, KY. She lives with her wife and a menagerie of pets.
Reason for signing up:
It's what I do in June.
Madeleine Hamilton
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 9:58am
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Bio:
maddy had a tremendously bad year and fully intends to make it your problem
Jay McCoy
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 9:42am
Bio:
an Appalachian artist at play with words, and phrases, and clauses...and seeing what, if any, visual clarity he may collage or crazy quilt from the chaos of images that surround us
Reason for signing up:
Like my car needs a regular maintenance or my computer needs updates, my poetry soul needs this annual cleansing and rejuvenation of LexPoMo.
Louise Tallen
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 9:12am
Bio:
Louise is an author, seeker, recovering academic, lover of wild things, and an eternal skeptic.
Reason for signing up:
Because writing poetry scares me!
Website:
louisetallen.com
Emily Nugent
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 12:45am
Bio:
Emily hasn’t written a poem since middle school and aspires to write one damn poem this year.
Christina Joy
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 @ 12:06am
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Bio:
Christina is a tree-hugging, dirt-worshiping, take-no-$**t hippie; really from Woodstock, NY but has lived in KY almost as long now as there. She reads Runes, blends herbal teas, and posts poems on her FB page occasionally (aka 'shouts into the void').
Reason for signing up:
Third time's the charm, or so they say?
Website:
facebook.com/RaidhosJourney
Gwyneth Stewart
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 11:53pm
Bio:
Gwyneth is a retired lawyer and practicing poet who loves cooking, walking, and being out in nature.
Reason for signing up:
Heard about this through friends on Facebook, and decided to take on the challenge.
Pam Campbell
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 11:20pm
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Bio:
Pam Campbell is a daughter of the Appalachian Mountains. Her work as a clinical social worker, community organizer, and teacher informs her writing. She favors the song-like qualities of poetic form and how form serves to contain human suffering and joy. Her poems have appeared in Ó Bhéal Five Words Vol XIV Anthology.
Reason for signing up:
To jumpstart a daily poem writing practice.
Marianne Peel
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 11:15pm
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Bio:
After having taught middle and high school English for 32 years, Marianne is now nurturing her own creative spirit. She has spent three summers in Guizhou Province, teaching best practices to teachers in China. She received Fulbright-Hays Awards to Nepal (2003) and Turkey (2009). Marianne participated in Marge Piercy’s Juried Intensive Poetry Workshop (2016). Marianne’s poetry appears in Muddy River Poetry Review, Naugatuk River Review, Belle Reve Literary Journal, Jelly Bucket Journal, Gyroscope Review, among others. She has a collection of poetry forthcoming in 2021 from Shadelandhouse Modern Press.
Reason for signing up:
So many poets I know from working with Carnegie Center said it was a wonderful experience... and I like to live life with a big spoon!
Susan M. Stephens
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 10:55pm
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Bio:
Susan is a mother and lover of adventure, compassion, and silliness.
Reason for signing up:
Needing to connect words with experiences and emotions of the past year.
Ashley Taylor
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 10:26pm
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Bio:
Ashley is a teacher, reader, napper, writer, and wannabe guitar-player from Eastern Kentucky.
Reason for signing up:
Ashley is lazy and needs external motivation. Also, fueled by feedback.
Erica Manto Paulson
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 9:18pm
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Bio:
Erica Manto Paulson’s poems have appeared, or are forthcoming, in Thimble Literary Magazine, Sheila-Na-Gig, the Northern Appalachia Review and elsewhere, and her work has also been featured on NPR's "Conrad’s Corner" (WYSO).
Her chapbook, "Hunger," is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press in the fall of 2021.
Reason for signing up:
I have heard about LexPoMo from writing friends, but never signed up to participate until now. I was inspired to join the poetry challenge by my friend and mentor, Pauletta Hansel, and I can't wait to get started!
Website:
ericamantopaulson.com
mari leet
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 9:08pm
Bio:
mari is a member of Old Washington Wordsmith
Reason for signing up:
mari signed up to be in the know of what inspires the Old Washington Wordsmith members.
Michael Burnham
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 8:56pm
Bio:
Michael is an old man who, back when they still let him drive, made yearly visits to the grave of Robert Frost to apologize for not having written more poems.
Reason for signing up:
I’m going through an unexpected life change and need to process the new me. Making poems helps.
K. Nicole Wilson
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 8:49pm
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Bio:
K. Nicole writes love poems and paints strange things and couldn’t quit if she tried.
Reason for signing up:
gotta be part of the lexpomo phenomenon.
Website:
bit.ly/3N2pFDN
the bluegrass warbler
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 8:06pm
Bio:
The bluegrass warbler believes a poets true aim is to ponder the spectacle of life with appropriate emotion.
Devyn Fleming
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 6:32pm
Bio:
Devyn Fleming is a poet fresh out of high school. She has a passion for stories and unique vocabulary.
KW
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 4:43pm
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Bio:
Kelly is the mother of four daughters, teacher for 32 years and a life long writer, artist, lover of nature and advocate for children. She lives in Lexington, KY where she cares for her live-in parents, maintains close connections to her daughters and continues writing, creating and teaching at SCAPA Bluegrass.
Reason for signing up:
As a writing teacher and life long writer myself, I want to always be participating in the work I am asking my students to produce. Additionally, I want to continue challenging myself to improve and grow as a writer and thinker myself.
Rena Nutt
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 4:19pm
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Bio:
Some days, you feel like a Nutt.
Some days, ya don't.
Reason for signing up:
Love reading and writing poems in June
Website:
google.com
Chance Gardener
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 3:40pm
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Bio:
Chance abides and toils near the Ohio on the east edge of Cincinnati. He's been spending his 77th year moving tons of dirt and heavy stone to rebuild his large, eccentric garden, taking notes.
Reason for signing up:
I received a link from Pauletta Hansel and saw it as an opportunity to force feed poetry to my starving soul.
Samuel Dent
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 3:19pm
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Bio:
Sam goes to Berea Elementary School. He has two dogs, Hercules and Apollo. He also has five more dogs he loves but who have died—Belle, Lilly, Ginny, Petal, and Essie. He also wants a snake.
Reason for signing up:
Because I want to do poetry!
Rayny Palmer
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 2:05pm
Bio:
Rayny Palmer is alive.
Reason for signing up:
It's June, and during June you write poetry!
Libby Falk Jones
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 1:48pm
Bio:
Libby Falk Jones is the author or co-author of two books of poems, with a new chapbook coming out from Workhorse in Fall 2021. Winner of the 2021 Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize from The Heartland Review (https://www.theheartlandreview.com/page3), she is a member of Bluegrass Writers Studio and the Women of Appalachia Project. She taught writing, including creative writing, at Berea College for 29 years and currently co-leads “Coming of Age,” a project for Kentucky women writers over 60.
Reason for signing up:
Glad to be a part of this lively poetry community!
Website:
libbyfalkjones.com
Terri Alekzander
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 12:19pm
Bio:
Terri is a poet and artist. She captures images with both words and lens.
Reason for signing up:
I am signing up for the inspiration of being a part of a community of poets and for the motivation t o write.
Jay St. Orts
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 10:45am
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Bio:
Jay St. Orts is based on a true story.
Reason for signing up:
Time to climb back out of the ditch and get on the road.
Website:
thebrowntweedsociety.com/author/jaystorts
meadow dawn
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 10:37am
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Bio:
meadow is an eighties baby that vividly recalls the scene in "The Mask" movie (the one with Cher not Jim Carrey) where the lead character creatively described colors to his blind girlfriend, and since that cinematic seed, has wanted to use her words to reveal things that others can not see.
Reason for signing up:
signing up is an immediate reminder to look at everything more poetically
Tina Parker
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 10:13am
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Bio:
Tina Parker is the author of three books of poetry, most recently Lock Her Up published by Accents Publishing in 2021. Tina grew up in Bristol, VA. She is a long-time Kentucky resident and Workhorse poet. Her work has received support from the Kentucky Foundation for Women and has been featured at regional and national events. To learn more about her work, visit www.tina-parker.org or follow her on Instagram @tetched_poet.
Reason for signing up:
Because. . . poetry!
Website:
tina-parker.com
Bill Verble
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 10:08am
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Bio:
Bill walks well-traveled paths in Lexington looking for tiny revelations.
Reason for signing up:
Because this is a poetry potluck and I want to sample your slant rhyme casserole.
Website:
instagram.com/b.verble
Eric Scott Sutherland
Monday, May 31, 2021 @ 7:58am
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Bio:
Eric is an arborist and poet living in Lexington, KY. His latest book of poems is Earth Is My Church.
Reason for signing up:
I desperately need the motivation to write!
Website:
ericscottsutherland.com
Teresa Miller
Sunday, May 30, 2021 @ 7:58pm
Bio:
I am a teacher that is experimenting with being a poet!
Erin Mathews
Sunday, May 30, 2021 @ 5:32pm
Bio:
Erin Mathews is a Kentucky native and Cincinnati transplant. A surefire storyteller, poet, and librarian in-progress, she writes for herself, family and friends.
Reason for signing up:
I think my Junes would feel empty without it.
Katrin Flores
Sunday, May 30, 2021 @ 4:36pm
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Bio:
University of Kentucky kid studying social work and psychology. Always sitting on the front porch taking the evening sun in!
Reason for signing up:
It’s as automatic as eating lunch come June! And also this community is unbeatable.
Amy Cunningham
Sunday, May 30, 2021 @ 7:58am
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Bio:
Love is like a shirt. It can be well-chosen, discovered on a whim, well-made, churned out cheaply, luxurious, thin, tailored, ill-fitting, personalized or nondescript and it comes in many colors.
Reason for signing up:
sorting some shirts
Jamin Waite
Saturday, May 29, 2021 @ 11:42pm
Bio:
Jamin is a recent graduate of Wittenberg University with degrees in English and Spanish. After writing her senior thesis, she is eager to reconvene with poetry over prose.
Reason for signing up:
Words aren't sick of me yet.
Alvera Lisabeth
Saturday, May 29, 2021 @ 9:21pm
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Bio:
Alvera is a mother and a teacher who treasures stolen moments to engage in pert near any form of creativity, shared stories, or reflection. She calls Berea, Kentucky home.
Reason for signing up:
I thoroughly enjoyed participating last year and look forward to being part of this community again.
Gerry Grubbs
Saturday, May 29, 2021 @ 11:45am
Bio:
Gerry lives in Cincinnati where he works as a lawyer and writes poetry. His most recent book is Chrysanthemum Moon from Dos Madres Press.
Reason for signing up:
received notice from Pauletta Hansel
Katie Hassall
Saturday, May 29, 2021 @ 10:13am
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Bio:
Katie writes poetry as she is inspired by everyday life.
Reason for signing up:
I participated last year and it was a bright spot in a dark year.
Lis Trana
Saturday, May 29, 2021 @ 9:41am
Bio:
Lis is a mother and a poet, attempting to teach the two how to co-exist. She enjoys heavily buttered toast, crisp, Fall weather, and listening to music loudly.
Reason for signing up:
I signed up because I’m tired of just thinking about writing and want to actually do it, no matter how it turns out.
Jennifer Gleason
Saturday, May 29, 2021 @ 9:37am
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Bio:
Jenny wanted to be an etymologist or entomologist when she grew up. She got all she wanted in life as a farmer with a partner poet.
Reason for signing up:
So I could plant more poems in the Community garden of Lexington.
Website:
sunflowersundries.com
Jennifer Beckett
Friday, May 28, 2021 @ 7:33pm
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Bio:
Jennifer Beckett is a teacher and writer. She graduated with a B.A. from Georgetown College and an M.A. from the University of Kentucky. She enjoys spending time with family.
Reason for signing up:
I am signing up because this is one of my favorite communities.
KT
Friday, May 28, 2021 @ 3:45pm
Bio:
KT is a writer who has been passionate about her work since childhood. Her work often reflects the innermost parts of her that sometimes are overlooked in her day-to-day life.
Reason for signing up:
i love writing, i always have. the opportunity to show my work, grow, and even be published is priceless to me
Website:
aswego.mystrikingly.com
vickie cimprich
Friday, May 28, 2021 @ 3:16pm
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Bio:
Vickie Cimprich's poetry collections are Contrary-wise (Broadstone Books, 2018) and Pretty Mother's Home - A Shakeress Daybook (Broadstone Books, 2007). She lives in Ft. Mitchell, KY with historian John Cimprich.
Reason for signing up:
To chime in with the cicadas.
CMarie
Friday, May 28, 2021 @ 2:50pm
Bio:
C. Marie has recently completed her Masters in Library Science. When she isn't at the library, you can find her reading, writing, and playing games!
Reason for signing up:
I want to be a part of a writing group.
Irisinthebluegrass
Friday, May 28, 2021 @ 1:54pm
Bio:
Iris is a poet located in the bluegrass of KY. She loves all things Nature despite the occasional catastrophic allergy attack. She likes to write poems and connect to images she has taken. You can find her on Instagram as irisinthebluegrass
Reason for signing up:
Connect with other writers and learn a bit about publishing
Website:
irisinthebluegrass%20on%20IG
J.A. Gross
Friday, May 28, 2021 @ 8:57am
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Bio:
J.A. Gross is a teacher, born and raised in Lexington. His interests are varied, skills are limited, but efforts are maximized.
Reason for signing up:
The best kind of peer pressure, that of friends and colleagues.
Cadence Perman
Thursday, May 27, 2021 @ 5:39pm
Bio:
Cadence is a queer, trans, 14-year old who uses they/them pronouns. They read and write a lot and cuddle their 2-year-old corgi mix, Rylie.
Reason for signing up:
My mom suggested it to me because I write poetry a lot.
Alissa Sammarco
Thursday, May 27, 2021 @ 1:49pm
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Bio:
Alyse Sammarco writes poetry, short stories and plays. Her writing tells stories in a uniquely introspective way, touching the reader with the emotion of a moment captured on the page. She is strongly influenced by the forests and streams of the Ohio River Valley were she grew up. She studied at the University of Rochester in New York, and at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio where she earned a JD. "Lawyers are wordsmiths, crafting stories through images and recording what would otherwise be forgotten." She has 3 sons and practices law in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Reason for signing up:
Sing baby sing! Even if it’s off key. Painting by Ricci Michaels.
Website:
AlissaSammarco.com
Scott Wilson
Thursday, May 27, 2021 @ 11:35am
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Bio:
Scott is a carpenter, student and tutor, hiker, dreamer, blues harp player.
He is contrary and obstinate, moody and left handed, with a big goofy laugh.
Still he hasn’t given up on equal rights, and won’t.
Reason for signing up:
I participate to share and learn, and find comfort in the company.
L.M.H.
Thursday, May 27, 2021 @ 10:41am
Bio:
Lisa Miller Henry lives in Lexington. When she’s not in the classroom, she can be found hiking trails, cheering for her son at hockey games, or plotting the next stamp in her passport.
Bonnie Proudfoot
Thursday, May 27, 2021 @ 10:09am
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Bio:
Bonnie Proudfoot lives on a country road outside of Athens, Ohio. She received an MA in English from West Virginia University, and an MA in Creative Writing from Hollins University. She is a recipient of a Fellowship for the Arts in Creative Writing from the West Virginia Department of Culture and History, and has had fiction and poetry published in the Gettysburg Review, Kestrel, Quarter After Eight, Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel, Northern Appalachia Review, and other journals. Her short story “Old Spirits” placed first in the 2020 Sand Hills Journal Short fiction competition. Goshen Road, her first novel, was published by Swallow Press in January of 2020, and it was selected by the Women’s National Book Association as one of their Great Group Reads for 2020. The novel was also longlisted for the 2021 PEN/Hemingway award.
Reason for signing up:
I've never attempted this kind of daily poem challenge, but I am eager to see where it leads me. Also I enjoy reading the work of other poets.
Website:
bonnieproudfootblog.wordpress.com
Cathy Cultice Lentes
Thursday, May 27, 2021 @ 8:30am
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Bio:
Cathy is a poet, essayist, and children's writer living in southeast Ohio with loving ties to Kentucky.
Reason for signing up:
Pauletta Hansel invited me to! Also, I need some small daily reminder that I am a writer this June as I work to settle my father in Assisted Living and clear out my childhood home.
Website:
cathyculticelentes.com
carrotman
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 @ 9:03pm
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Bio:
leahna is finally becoming the person they’re comfortable being.
Reason for signing up:
i <3 writing
Maira Faisal
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 @ 3:40pm
Bio:
Riddled with unfortunately erratic motivation, Maira is a high school senior trying to make the most of her summer. She hopes to be an OB/GYN and published author in the future.
Reason for signing up:
One of my teachers encouraged a few of us interested in poetry to give it a shot. That, and this is a good opportunity to try to write more regularly.
Greg Friedman
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 @ 3:19pm
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Bio:
Greg Friedman is a Franciscan priest, writer, editor and media producer living in New Mexico.
Reason for signing up:
Heard about it from Pauletta Hansel!
wendyjett
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 @ 3:04pm
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Bio:
Wendy teaches fitness. Wendy attempts Improv. Wendy pursues writing words. Sometimes she succeeds at these and sometimes, not so much.
Reason for signing up:
Honestly, I am concerned I just don't have it in me this year to write every day, but hey, it's worth a try!
Kathleen Gregg
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 @ 8:54am
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Bio:
Kathleen Gregg is the author of her first chapbook, Underground River of Want. She is current treasurer for Kentucky State Poetry Society and on the Carnegie Center Author Academy board of directors. She loves living in the country with her husband and one cat, and hanging out with her kids and grandkids as often as she can.
Reason for signing up:
It's a month-long poetry feast I don't want to miss!
s.l.
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 @ 8:56pm
Bio:
Sam is a KY native , previous lex local, turned Hoosier. KY and poetry still - and always will - live in her heart.
Reason for signing up:
Writing makes the world go round
Jasmine Robinson
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 @ 1:55pm
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Bio:
Jasmine is a lover of all things music and language. She teaches English as a Second Language by day and studies foreign languages by night. During the pandemic, she discovered Lexington Poetry Month and took her first two poetry classes.
Reason for signing up:
To enjoy again the unique sense of community in writing that I experienced here last year. And to challenge myself to write more.
Donna Ison
Monday, May 24, 2021 @ 8:08pm
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Bio:
Donna Ison is a published author and poet with two novels under her garter belt and a third due to be finished three years ago. She is also winning slam poet and occasional actress. As her day job, she serves as associate editor at CovalentCreative.
Reason for signing up:
FOMO.
Website:
donnaisonwrites.com
l. jōnz
Monday, May 24, 2021 @ 7:06pm
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Bio:
LeTonia Jones is a witness. Her job is to see, name, hold and say. Her first full length poetry collection, Black Girl at the Intersection is forthcoming from Accents Publishing.
Reason for signing up:
To keep birthing poems.
Website:
facebook.com/letonia.jones
Riley
Monday, May 24, 2021 @ 7:02pm
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Bio:
Riley is a poet. She loves to play softball and other sports. This is her first time doing Lexington Poetry Month! She is so exited and ready to show what she’s got!
Reason for signing up:
I signed up because Bianca Bargo (Our counselor at school) told us it might be fun!
Carole Johnston
Monday, May 24, 2021 @ 6:22pm
Bio:
Carole Johnston has published three books of poetry, Journeys:Getting Lost (Finishing Line Press,) Manic Dawn (wildflower Poetry Press,) Purple Ink(Finishing Line Press.)
She created the creative writing program, now literary arts, at SCAPA at Lafayette and taught in that program for eighteen years. Currently, she adores teaching poetry to kids at the Carnegie Center.
Reason for signing up:
I signed up because it has become a tradition and it’s fun.
Website:
Face%20Herzog-Johnston
Andrea Lawler
Sunday, May 23, 2021 @ 11:21pm
Bio:
Andrea is a teacher by day & event stylist by night and a mother & wife always. If she had free time, she definitely would spend a large part of it writing and creating. This is why she loves June so much!
Reason for signing up:
Creative therapy.
Abra McCurry
Sunday, May 23, 2021 @ 5:53pm
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Bio:
Abra is a writer at SCAPA Bluegrass and plays the Trumpet. She has many pets such as her four dogs Ivy, Wicket, Merry, and Pippin who she loves dearly.
Reason for signing up:
I signed up because my dad forced me to and I like writing poetry.
Gaby Bedetti
Sunday, May 23, 2021 @ 11:24am
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Bio:
During Lexington Poetry Month, Gaby Bedetti likes to wake up with the robins to read and write poems.
Reason for signing up:
I love waking up to a day of new LexPoMo poems but turn restless until I can worry out a poem of my own.
Website:
gabriellabedetti.wordpress.com
j.l taylor
Sunday, May 23, 2021 @ 8:44am
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Bio:
Jessica Taylor is an arts administrator by day and a struggling poet by night.
Reason for signing up:
Being in the Poetry Gauntlet this year, I have to write 100 poems...and I am behind on my homework!!
Tania Horne
Saturday, May 22, 2021 @ 7:21pm
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Bio:
Tania is a Virginian trying to fake it in Ohio.
Reason for signing up:
I would like to dedicate my contributions to this year's LexPoMo to the memory of my grandmother Violet Dair Martin. I have participated for several years and feel it is a wonderful opportunity.
Philip Corley
Friday, May 21, 2021 @ 12:06am
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Bio:
Philip Corley is a Lexington native and avid poet regularly battling the exhaustion of full-time work to make the most of this life-giving hobby.
Reason for signing up:
Every year brings new challenges and this is the time to dive in and explore the ways I have grown.
Corey Kirby
Thursday, May 20, 2021 @ 10:10am
Bio:
cl kirby is a school social worker. She lives in Cincinnati, OH.
Reason for signing up:
It's a tradition.
Melva Sue Priddy
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 @ 9:24pm
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Bio:
Melva Sue Priddy is a poet, gardener, and mammaw who lives outside Lexington. Her book of poetry, The Tillable Land, is forthcoming from Shadelandhouse Modern Press in April 2022.
Reason for signing up:
I look forward to LexPoMo every year. The challenge. The poets. The words.
Jim Lally
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 @ 8:06pm
Bio:
Jim Lally is a member of Old Washington Wordsmiths, a writers group in Maysville
Reason for signing up:
To write as many poems as I can during the Jumping month of June
K. Rose Frost
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 @ 10:53am
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Bio:
K. Rose Frost has written poetry and short stories as a hobby since she was a teenager. Just more than twenty years later, life's experiences have slowly incorporated into her writing. These examples reflect how's she has grown over the years, creating a dynamic collection of both private and published works.
Reason for signing up:
I want to share my work with others!
Website:
facebook.com/Roze.Innovations
Chaiya Miller
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 @ 12:11am
Echo Joy
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 @ 11:10pm
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Bio:
Echo is a young hopeful at writing. Their writing style is an amalgamation of any writer they have ever found cool. Currently they attend a small art college in Cincinnati, and hope to graduate with a major in Photography.
Susa
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 @ 2:01pm
Bio:
Sudiksha is an aspiring poet and author. She is currently studying medicine in India. Her poems have been published in 2 anthologies and multiple zines.
Reason for signing up:
I've been in a writing rut as of late, and I hoped that this could be an opportunity to push me to write more and learn in the process.
Elizabeth Beck
Monday, May 17, 2021 @ 4:00pm
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Bio:
Elizabeth is a writer, artist, and teacher who lives in Lexington, Kentucky.
Reason for signing up:
I look forward to writing with my local community every year. It inspires me and I enjoy everyone's words. Hello, Lexington! Let's get our write on!
Website:
elizbeck.com
Arianna McCurry
Monday, May 17, 2021 @ 2:56pm
Laurel Fox
Sunday, May 16, 2021 @ 10:32pm
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Bio:
Constant aspirant, occasional poet
Reason for signing up:
To continue writing
dogtrax
Sunday, May 16, 2021 @ 5:40am
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Bio:
I am a teacher, writer, poet, musician
Reason for signing up:
A friend recommended it
Website:
write.as/dogtrax
Pat Owen
Saturday, May 15, 2021 @ 3:48pm
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Bio:
Pat Owen divides her time between Louisville and Sarasota. She has published 2 poetry collections, Crossing the Sky Bridge by Larkspur Press and Orion's Belt at the End of the Drive by Accents Publishing. A third collection is on the horizon
Reason for signing up:
It's fun writing everyday and sharing and getting feedback. Yea, LexPoMo!
Teryl
Saturday, May 15, 2021 @ 1:32pm
Bio:
Teryl is a poet, an artist, woodcarver, farmer and goat wrangler--great combinations for a rich, full life.
Reason for signing up:
I was encouraged by a member of my Writing Group.
Website:
none
Nollie Palmer
Friday, May 14, 2021 @ 11:39pm
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Bio:
Nollie Palmer is a Lexington based visual artist and sometimes poet
Reason for signing up:
I signed up for LexPomo because it has never failed to be an enriching experience.
LittleBird
Friday, May 14, 2021 @ 11:52am
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Bio:
On the surface, Jen is a regular person, living a regular life: work, kids, home, dogs. Dive beneath the surface and you will find buried treasure.
Reason for signing up:
I need to write and I like having a place to spread my wings.
S.B. Pearce
Thursday, May 13, 2021 @ 6:22pm
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Bio:
S.B. is a Kentucky based horror author. Her debut novel, Intrusive, was released in October 2020. Her next novel is set to be released this summer. She is also the host of the Strange Bluegrass podcast, a show that explores the unique and quirky facets of Kentucky. You may catch her performing as a belly dancer from time to time, or doing live story telling with The Horse's Mouth.
Reason for signing up:
I decided to sign up for the LexPoMo challenge for an opportunity to engage myself in the community, meet the talented folks who also participate, and improve my poetry skills.
Website:
sbpearce.com
Callie Budrick-Gough
Thursday, May 13, 2021 @ 3:10pm
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Bio:
Writer, server, bar wench.
Reason for signing up:
I have a reason to write again.
Website:
instagram.com/callie_budrick
C. Taylor
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 @ 9:45am
Bio:
Creed is a writing major at SCAPA and has been for 6 years.
Reason for signing up:
I signed up by recommendation from my teacher and I hope to stick with something for a whole month.
Katie Cross Gibson
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 @ 9:29am
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Bio:
Katie Cross Gibson is a grad student, office worker, and Lexington expat who could always write more poetry, read more graphic novels, and play more video games. She lives with two cool cats (her spouse and an actual feline) in a town that could be described as Kentucky's answer to Stars Hollow.
Website:
twitter.com/KRC_Gee
Virginia Parfitt
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 @ 8:45am
Bio:
Virginia Parfitt (Ginny) grew up in Northern Appalachia and the pull of the hills and hollows is strong, but the pull could not overcome the sheer economic reality of the area. Funny how even the not-so-good memories and hardships can seem lit from within, when the light hits from a just-so slant. She writes when the sun slants in just that way. She currently makes her home in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Reason for signing up:
Love the concept of a poem a day! I feel like I could use the motivation of haveing this as a goal!
Judith Ramsey Southard
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 @ 6:48am
Bio:
Judy is a grannie, a good friend, a world traveler, a bird lover, and a poet wannabe,
Reason for signing up:
I want to feel it is my responsibility to write a poem every day.
Maggie Ruth
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 @ 7:49pm
Bio:
Maggie Ruth is a high school student, occasional gardener, avid reader, and an experimental cook. She spends way too much time listening to Broadway musical soundtracks and true crime podcasts.
Reason for signing up:
Because even if my room remains an utter mess and I haven't even started brainstorming for that college essay that I wanted to get a head start on and the world is falling to pieces at least I can say I wrote some poetry in June.
Allen Blair
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 @ 1:32pm
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Bio:
Allen Blair's a writer, poet, journalist, and dad from eastern Kentucky. His family make their home in Mt. Sterling, where they support the arts and struggle to make the world a better place. Follow him @TheTinpoet.
Reason for signing up:
Joined LexPoMo to find my voice and learn from the voices of others.
Website:
ello.co/tinpoet
Ladetra Morgan
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 @ 11:30am
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Bio:
Mountain Mama, English teacher, homesick all the time for a place I'm not sure is there.
Reason for signing up:
At this point I am writing for my emotional and mental health.
Website:
appalachianwrites.blogspot.com
Hat
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 @ 10:28am
Bio:
HAT is a writer by accident artist by choice
Reason for signing up:
GENERATION
Sarah
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 @ 10:19am
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Bio:
therapy costs money but poetry is free! i published a poetry book too yay
Reason for signing up:
liz prather lol
Ginna Wilkerson
Monday, May 10, 2021 @ 10:43pm
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Bio:
Ginna Wilkerson has a Ph.D. in English from the University of Aberdeen. She has published two poetry collections and a YA novel.
Reason for signing up:
Poetry is my happy place!
Madison Miller
Monday, May 10, 2021 @ 9:23am
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Bio:
Madison is a student, survivor's advocate, and dog parent in Lexington, KY. They enjoy vyvanse, therapy, and long walks on the beach. She spends way too much time reviving her plants from near death and watching true crime. She guesses she also does this poetry thing.
Reason for signing up:
It's that time of the year.
Knoble Liberty Blaizes
Monday, May 10, 2021 @ 8:22am
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Bio:
I write, therefore, I am.
Reason for signing up:
Freedom of Speech.
a.k.a.
Sunday, May 9, 2021 @ 5:46pm
Bio:
a.k.a. spends most of her time writing, and the rest with her chickens and dogs.
Reason for signing up:
It’s June again :)
atmospherique
Saturday, May 8, 2021 @ 11:32pm
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Bio:
ugh.
Reason for signing up:
much needed motivation to engage with my own art
Website:
instagram.com/atmo_spherique
Leslie Workman
Saturday, May 8, 2021 @ 10:51pm
Bio:
Elementary School Principal and part time poet. Lover of the written word.
Reason for signing up:
Did it last year and enjoyed it.
Paula Dixon
Saturday, May 8, 2021 @ 5:00pm
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Bio:
Paula is a teacher who enjoys writing poetry in her spare time. She would love to one day be organized enough to put together a book.
Reason for signing up:
I did this last year and really enjoyed it.
Website:
Instagram.com/music_poetry_pics
Eric W. Willis
Saturday, May 8, 2021 @ 4:44pm
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Bio:
Eric is a student of the Bluegrass Writers Studio MFA program at Eastern Kentucky University. He is a writer, artist, pharmacist, and avid amateur pickle ball player. He lives and works in Lexington, Kentucky with one dog, one cat, one fish, and one amazing fellow human being.
Reason for signing up:
I heard about this program during the 2020 EKU MFA summer residency and immediately wanted to be a part of this great opportunity.
Steve Meadows
Saturday, May 8, 2021 @ 4:10pm
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Bio:
Steve Meadows lives in Lexington, KY. He has worked in the wordlands of speech, theatre, English, and teaching for over three decades.
Reason for signing up:
I like to write and needed a nudge.
The Philosophical Physicist
Saturday, May 8, 2021 @ 2:06pm
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Bio:
Maiden,Mother & Crone: Architect of the arts and soil, life long friend of misery.
Reason for signing up:
Per aspera ad astra
Website:
ryankeinathphotography.com
Helen Feibes
Saturday, May 8, 2021 @ 1:56pm
Bio:
Helen Feibes is a current poet and future neuroscientist dividing her time between her home in Lexington and a dorm room in Massachusetts.
Sue Leathers
Friday, May 7, 2021 @ 8:50am
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Bio:
Sue is an English teacher, dog walker, disc golfer, and widow strong.
Reason for signing up:
I save up strings of words all year to play with in June.
Angela Rowe
Thursday, May 6, 2021 @ 5:44pm
Bio:
Angela Rowe is originally from Middlesboro, KY, but considers herself a West Liberty, KY native since she spent the majority of her childhood and teen years there. She and her children moved to Morehead, KY where she attended Morehead State University, graduating in December of 2006 with a Bachelor of Art in Elementary Education and in December of 2020 with a Master of Art in Education Teacher Leader- Counseling. She has three wonderful children: Tyler, 22, Taylia, 18, and Tanner, 12.
Angela has experience in the public school system as both a full-time and substitute teacher. She currently is positioned as the Educational Program Coordinator/Manager with the secondary teacher preparation program, MSUTeach, at Morehead State University. She has been employed at the university since 2013.
In her free time, Angela enjoys spending time exploring the world with her children, advocating for matters dear to her heart, and being involved in her community.
Reason for signing up:
I signed up because the writing group that I am in suggested that this was a good event to participate in.
A. J. Knight
Thursday, May 6, 2021 @ 11:26am
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Bio:
My writing career started in 1st grade with a series of books about a purple wish-granting hippo who appeared in a little girl's bedroom. I have written for NaNoWriMo since 2004 and self-published a few of these books.
Reason for signing up:
A National Writing Project colleague recommended this.
Sarah Stoltzfus Allen
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 @ 4:22pm
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Bio:
Sarah has been writing poems since she learned how to hold a pencil. When she's not writing like her life depends on it, she's over caffeinating, mothering two boys, baking up a storm, and working a full time job.
(Items listed above are in no particular order.)
Reason for signing up:
Why did I sign up? Well, I'm coming off another 30 poems in 30 days writing challenge and apparently I feel the need to do it again. I might be a bit of a masochist.
Delmar Reffett
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 @ 2:36pm
Bio:
Delmar Reffett is a writer interested in dreams, deja vu, nostalgia and premonitions. He lives in Lexington and currently teaches at Kentucky State in Frankfort.
Reason for signing up:
I think it will be helpful to get back to writing poetry again
Deanna
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 @ 12:30pm
Bio:
Deanna is a writer and a teacher of writers and a teacher of writing teachers. She teaches at Morehead State University and directs the Morehead Writing Project.
Reason for signing up:
Still need to work on my poetry chops and the ability to say "I am a poet" with giggling.
Website:
deannamascle.com
Kelli Hansel Haywood
Tuesday, May 4, 2021 @ 7:39pm
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Bio:
Kelli Hansel Haywood is an author, public speaker/teacher, and mother of three daughters in the mountains of southeastern, Kentucky.
Kelli’s most recent published works can be found in Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy from West Virginia University Press (2019), in various editions of Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, Women Speak Vol. 5 from the Women of Appalachia Project, as well as among other online journals and magazines, including long form journalism, radio journalism, creative nonfiction, fiction, and blogs. Her book Sacred Catharsis is forthcoming Summer 2021.
Reason for signing up:
I am working on a poetry and flash essay collection and thought this could be helpful accountability. I also enjoy connecting with other writers.
Geri
Tuesday, May 4, 2021 @ 11:20am
Bio:
A writer once, perhaps again.
Cody Evans
Monday, May 3, 2021 @ 8:38pm
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Bio:
Cody is a middle-school teacher and action figure collector. He also writes poems from time-to-time. He lives in Bracken County with is wonderful wife, Morgan, and their fantastic dog.
Reason for signing up:
To spark creativity. I would like to use this project as a jumping-off point for a new self-published chapbook of poetry. It should keep me busy this summer.
Morgan Evans
Monday, May 3, 2021 @ 8:38pm
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Bio:
Morgan is a full-time artist and vintage clothing reseller. She has also published three collections of Appalachian poetry that focus on her upbringing in an abusive Eastern Kentucky household. Morgan lives in Germantonwn, Ky. with her husband, Cody. They also have an amazing senior dog named Wien.
Reason for signing up:
To get my creative juices flowing! I am currently working on a new collection of poetry, and I hope to generate some interesting ideas.
Website:
linktr.ee/SparedSplinters
Debbie Cooper
Sunday, May 2, 2021 @ 1:48pm
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Bio:
Debbie Adams Cooper is a native Appalachian. She lives, reads and writes amid the blue grasses of central Kentucky.
Reason for signing up:
Because it is June!!!
Sylvia Ahrens
Saturday, May 1, 2021 @ 11:19am
Bio:
New book out from Broadstone Books - Reckless Pilgrims, but she still misses the Phoebe bird.
Website:
allisonthorpe.com
Malinda O’Quinn
Friday, April 30, 2021 @ 10:26pm
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Bio:
Malinda is a wife, mother and wants to pet every cat.
Reason for signing up:
Bronson
Leslie Davis
Friday, April 30, 2021 @ 2:21pm
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Bio:
Leslie Davis is a teacher of some things and a student of many more.
Reason for signing up:
Writing is like distance running: it takes patience and persistence in equal measure, as well as a supportive community to get you through the hardest training patches. This is my way of furthering my own "training" and that of my friends and neighbors.
Jordan Quinn
Friday, April 30, 2021 @ 10:45am
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Bio:
Jordan is a working poet residing in scenic Bourbon County, Kentucky, where she was raised. Her passions include mental health awareness, literature, poetry and promotion of the arts, Spanish language and Latino culture, and supporting Lexington Poetry Month.
Reason for signing up:
It's been such a tough past year and a half. We've managed to survive 2020 and come out on the other side of a global crisis. Here's to healing, new poems and hope for the future.
Amanda Holt
Thursday, April 29, 2021 @ 6:26pm
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Bio:
Amanda Holt is a high school English teacher whose poetry is influenced by her experiences in the woods, the garden, the classroom, and the depths of emotions she can't otherwise express. Poetry has been her healing and her teacher for many years, and she is grateful for the Lexington literary community for inspiring her practice each year.
Reason for signing up:
I love the Lexington poetry community, and I love to see its growth each LexPoMo.
Kevin Nance
Thursday, April 29, 2021 @ 10:29am
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Bio:
Kevin Nance is a poet, freelance photographer, and arts journalist in Lexington. He's the author of "Even if: Photographs and Haiku" (University of Kentucky Arts in Healthcare, 2020).
Reason for signing up:
I look forward to reading everyone's work!
Website:
kevinnance.tumblr.com
sam
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 @ 9:07pm
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Bio:
Sam is a non-binary lesbian living with 4 of her closest friends in college. They are studying chemistry and spends
their free time snuggled up to their cat reading.
Reason for signing up:
friends invited me :)
Michayla Gatsos
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 @ 9:06pm
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Bio:
Michayla is a college student/ice cream scooper/microbiologist. She also lives in a yellow house with four of her best friends.
Reason for signing up:
It’s sort of an on-and-off family tradition.
laney
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 @ 6:16pm
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Bio:
an astrology enthusiast exploiting their gemini rising
Reason for signing up:
i love to see the artistry of the people in my community
bk
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 @ 4:04pm
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Bio:
rebecca is a lesbian barista in college for sustainability, living in a yellow house with three friends, four cats and the love of her life.
Reason for signing up:
the first year i entered i wrote one poem, last year i wrote two, so maybe this year i’ll write three :)
nrd
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 @ 8:52am
Bio:
nrd is a musician, songwriter, artist, and creator from Maysville, Kentucky.
Reason for signing up:
This encourages me to write more and helps develop ideas for songs.
Steve Cummings
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 @ 6:58pm
Bio:
I'm not sure, can I review my previous entries?
Reason for signing up:
compulsion
Morghan Fuller
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 @ 6:14pm
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Bio:
Morghan is an educator in Lexington Kentucky. They’ve been attempting Lexington Poetry Month for many years, but this will be the year they complete it!
Reason for signing up:
I miss learning about myself when I write.
Austen Reilley
Monday, April 26, 2021 @ 9:06pm
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Bio:
Austen is a teacher, poet, and word enthusiast.
Reason for signing up:
I love reading everyone’s uploaded poems and I need accountability.
j. hope
Monday, April 26, 2021 @ 6:17am
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HB Elam
Monday, April 26, 2021 @ 12:33am
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Bio:
HB Elam is a loose association of experiences ordered through time that constitutes a person. Terms and conditions may apply. The State of California indicates this product may cause ennui, disassociation, or other sundry maladies. Safety not guaranteed.
Reason for signing up:
West birds, west border. Or, to lance the boil that is my psyche.
Website:
hbelam.com
Jessica Swafford
Sunday, April 25, 2021 @ 2:28pm
M. Wells
Sunday, April 25, 2021 @ 2:04pm
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Reason for signing up:
To write more, with support from a community.
Misty Skaggs
Sunday, April 25, 2021 @ 11:52am
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Bio:
backwoods radical, barefooted poet, big-hearted and cantankerous.
Website:
ohioswallow.com/book/Planted+by+the+Signs
Sabne Raznik
Sunday, April 25, 2021 @ 11:48am
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Sabne Raznik is an internationally published poet, a former community theatre actress, and an award-winning artist with three poetry collections - Following Hope, Linger to Look, and Rabbit Hole. Her latest book is a collection of artworks titled Renaissance: Visual Art 2005 - 2019. She founded and co-edits AvantAppal(achia) ezine and co-edits North/South Appalachia. She also helps curate at Gallery 6. Raznik believes herself to be a supranational poet, in that she feels the arts transcend manmade boundaries. In view of that, her effort as part of the Appalachian Renaissance is to break stereotypes and showcase Appalachian poetry as a living part of the world-wide literary scene, as well as to encourage the underrepresented but thriving Appalachian avant-garde in the global context.
Reason for signing up:
For the exercise.
Website:
sabneraznik.com
K. Ka`imilani
Saturday, April 24, 2021 @ 2:12am
Bio:
Ka'imilani is a teacher and a writer. BA University of Hawai'i and Masters in Creative writing from Eastern Kentucky University. Presently she lives in North Kohala, on the Big Island of Hawai'i, but hopes to move to Volcano soon where she has a small piece of land, will be closer to children and grandchildren.
Reason for signing up:
Because I miss the great community of Kentucky poets!
stefani heller
Friday, April 23, 2021 @ 5:27pm
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Liz Prather
Friday, April 23, 2021 @ 9:50am
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Bio:
Liz teaches writing at Lafayette High School.
Reason for signing up:
It's June!
A. Mills
Thursday, April 22, 2021 @ 8:38pm
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Bio:
A. Mills is a native of Kentucky
Reason for signing up:
Peer pressure
Matt Spencer
Thursday, April 22, 2021 @ 7:06pm
Bio:
Matt runs, rides bikes, feels existential dread.
Linda Freudenberger
Thursday, April 22, 2021 @ 4:16pm
Bio:
Linda writes poetry, fiction and nonfiction. She lives in Lexington with her Westie Clancy, a pet therapy dog. 2nd time with LexPoMo!
Reason for signing up:
To challenge myself to write and to learn from others and enjoy their poems.
Website:
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Joseph Nichols
Thursday, April 22, 2021 @ 4:05pm
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Bio:
Originally from Frankfort, KY, Joseph Allen Nichols lives in Lexington with his two sons, a submissive yorkie, a veritable grey panther, and a tiny, ragdoll kitten. His poetry and short stories attempt to find the intersection between magick, science, and human connection. His work has been published and staged both locally and in L.A, and his first chapbook, “The Two Body Problem,” was published by Workhorse Writers last year.
Reason for signing up:
This is truly my favorite group of people. What started as “something fun to do” has become a ritual and a gateway to the “good stuff.” Wouldn’t miss it!
Kate Fadick
Thursday, April 22, 2021 @ 3:14pm
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JK Elias
Thursday, April 22, 2021 @ 3:12pm
Bio:
JK Elias lives in Kentucky.
Kimi Hardesty
Thursday, April 22, 2021 @ 2:33pm
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Bio:
Kimi Hardesty enjoys words in general. She lives in Lexington, Ky.
Reason for signing up:
The challenge.
M L Stephens
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 @ 8:31pm
Bio:
Mary Lou is a mother, grandmother, a hospital chaplain. She finds poetry to be the perfect way to put emotions and experiences in written form.
Reason for signing up:
I like the challenge of putting life experiences into poetry.
Elizabeth
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 @ 11:17am
Bio:
Elizabeth is largely a visual artist, but enjoys playing with words as well.
Reason for signing up:
My friend asked me to!
Teagan Miller
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 @ 11:17am
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Bio:
Teagan is returning to writing poetry after a long hiatus. She's currently working on her second chapbook, having self-printed 1 copy of the first one in the College of Creative Studies lab at UCSB, which totally counts. She moved to Lexington from Los Angeles 9 years ago.
B
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 @ 11:11am
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Bio:
B loves God, people, and adventure.
Reason for signing up:
To work through grief, magnify joy, and reach for hope.
Dick Westheimer
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 @ 6:53pm
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Bio:
For over 40 years, Dick Westheimer has - in the company of his wife Debbie - lived, gardened and raised five children, on their plot of land in Clermont County, Ohio. He recently has taken up with poets and the writing of poetry to make sense of the world. His poems have appeared in Rattle, Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel, Riparian Anthology, and The New Verse News, among others.
Reason for signing up:
My friend Pauletta Hansel asked her poetry friends to be part of this. How could I refuse such a request?
Jamie Mann
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 @ 1:28pm
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Bio:
Jamie Mann is a Junction City, KY girl who has degrees in English and Philosophy from Berea College, but somehow finds herself spending her days as an IT and Interactive Media director for a medical company. She doesn't know how this happened either. For as long as she can remember she has loved two things - getting lost and words.
Reason for signing up:
I love all words and I want to read yours.
Lori Taylor
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 @ 6:57am
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Bio:
Lori is a two-time NaNo WriMo winner and enjoys writing from her heart anything from fiction to narrative non-fiction to poetry and has participated in LexPoMo for the last five years. She lives in Georgetown with her husband, daughters, a Sheltie and a diva tortoiseshell cat. Lori is originally from McCreary County, Kentucky, is proud to be Appalachian, has no formal education or training in the craft of writing but lives and breathes art and creativity.
Reason for signing up:
This is LexPoMo number six! It's a great community of poets who share the love of words and expression. It's also a great accountability tool!
Nettie Farris
Monday, April 19, 2021 @ 9:59pm
Bio:
Nettie Farris, founder of abby n press, is the author of three chapbooks of poetry. Her fourth chapbook, The Alice Poems, is forthcoming fall 2021 from dancing girl press. She has published several reviews of small presses through the Blue Lyra Spotlight on a Small Press feature. In addition, her reviews and interviews have been published in Pank, Heavy Feathers, and North American Review.
Reason for signing up:
I think I might be on the verge of creating something new.
Website:
abbyn.press
Abby Kane
Monday, April 19, 2021 @ 5:45pm
Bio:
Abby is a student, entering her senior year of high school. She has been writing nearly all her life and hopes to publish a novel in the future.
Reason for signing up:
One of the hardest things for me as a writer is actually sitting down and making myself write, so I am hoping this will help me improve my habits.
a.blank
Monday, April 19, 2021 @ 5:29pm
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Axel is an creative writing major based in Omaha, NE. Identifying as a queer trans man. A minority in all senses. Whom hopes to bring a different and emotional voice to the community. Based on mental health and his personal experiences.
Reason for signing up:
I’ve always been too scared to put myself out there. Now it’s time to get serious about myself and where I hope to be. I also have a wonderful friend whom encouraged me too.
Website:
bedofsunsets.blogspot.com
Patrick Johnson
Monday, April 19, 2021 @ 12:47pm
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Reason for signing up:
Because I love this.
Website:
wayfinderthreads.com
Renmeleon
Monday, April 19, 2021 @ 12:20pm
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Bio:
Under the name Renmeleon, illustrator, author, and designer Ana Maria Selvaggio has been a working creative for 35 years. Living a very eclectic, digitally-analog life, Selvaggio has a passion for writing and has worked in and around the publishing industry since the mid 90s as a book designer and editor.
Selvaggio founded and ran global art collaboratives as well as several creative writing groups out of her home for more than 20 years. Selvaggio teaches K-12 and adult workshops online. She is also the Editor-in-Chief of Kraft Paper Muse magazine.
Selvaggio lives with her husband and daughter in Berea, KY. All three are writers.
Reason for signing up:
My earliest writings were poetry so it has been nice to get back to it.
Website:
renmeleon.com
Janelle M.
Monday, April 19, 2021 @ 11:16am
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Bio:
Originally from the Chicagoland area, Janelle has lived in central Kentucky for over fifteen years. She enjoys time with family, homeschooling, woodworking, and much more.
Reason for signing up:
I signed up to support my brother and practice my written expression.
Website:
lamp-lighters.com
Debra Glenn
Sunday, April 18, 2021 @ 10:10pm
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Bio:
Debra Glenn wrote what she referred to as “other writing” for years, before finally admitting it actually is poetry. Debra enjoys the challenge of reading at an occasional open mic night and her paying gig, working with middle school students.
Reason for signing up:
I like the challenge of writing 30 poems.
Teneice Durrant
Sunday, April 18, 2021 @ 5:30pm
Bio:
Teneice is a writer, poet, mama, and professor taking one day at a time
Reason for signing up:
Leigh Anne asked me to do it with her.
Website:
argushousepress.com
Regan Strehl
Sunday, April 18, 2021 @ 3:39pm
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Bio:
Blaze is a casual writer and college student who loves to think deeply in the months where the air is heaviest.
Reason for signing up:
Participating has become partly tradition and partly a way to connect with the community on an unconventional level.
Sheena Roller
Saturday, April 17, 2021 @ 12:37pm
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K. Bruce Florence
Saturday, April 17, 2021 @ 12:06pm
Bio:
Bruce is a retired college administrator and teacher.
Grew up in Appalachia, lives now in Bluegrass country.
Reason for signing up:
Love being a part of the writing community. Keeps me on my toes.
mtpoet
Saturday, April 17, 2021 @ 11:33am
Bio:
Rudy is a poet, novelist, editor and publisher at Old Seventy Creek Press in Albany, Kentucky.
Reason for signing up:
I have not missed a Lexington Poetry Month
since it began.
Website:
oldseventycreekpress.com
Jerielle
Saturday, April 17, 2021 @ 12:38am
Bio:
When Jerielle is most joyful, enraptured, thoughtful or receptive, things seem to emerge from a plane of infinite outer and inner depths, flowing through her as water through a sieve. She is only happy to be there when it does, and tries her best to collect and catalog the leftover detritus.
Reason for signing up:
Because there wasn’t a man there to tell me not to.
Website:
etsy.com/shop/kentuckypopart
Lennart Lundh
Saturday, April 17, 2021 @ 12:08am
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Bio:
Lennart Lundh is a poet, photographer, short-fictionist, and historian. His work has appeared internationally since 1965.
Reason for signing up:
Because there are still visions that need words.
Kari Gunter-Seymour
Friday, April 16, 2021 @ 8:25pm
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Bio:
Kari Gunter-Seymour’s poetry collections include A Place So Deep Inside America It Can’t Be Seen (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions 2020) winner of the 2020 Ohio Poet of the Year Award; and Serving (Crisis Chronicles Press 2018/2020) runner up, Yellow Chair Review Chapbook Contest. Her work was selected by former US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey to be included in the PBS American Portrait crowdsourced poem, Remix: For My People and a poem she wrote in support of families living in poverty in Athens County, OH, went viral and was seen by over 100,000 people, resulting in thousands of dollars donated to her local food pantry. Her poems appear in numerous journals and publications including Verse Daily, Still: The Journal, The NY Times, and on her website: www.karigunterseymourpoet.com. Gunter-Seymour has provided poetry workshops to incarcerated teens and adults and women in recovery as well as teaching virtual monthly generative writing workshops. She hosts a seasonal performance series “Spoken & Heard,” featuring poets, writers and musicians from across the country. A ninth generation Appalachian, she is the founder/executive director of the Women of Appalachia Project (WOAP) (www.womenofappalachia.com) and editor of the WOAP anthology series, Women Speak, volumes 1-6. She is the Poet Laureate of Ohio.
Reason for signing up:
I heard about this at a Zoom poetry reading. It sounds so fun! I have so many wonderful KY poetry friends!
Website:
karigunterseymourpoet.com
Anjali Nelson
Friday, April 16, 2021 @ 7:18pm
Bio:
Anjali Bhapkar Nelson grew up in Lexington, and was honored to study poetry at the University of Kentucky with Nikki Finney and Jim Hall.. She currently lives and writes in Cincinnati, Ohio with her spouse, and large family (human and feline).
Reason for signing up:
Because poetscannot live and thrive without a creative community.
elizza ssullivann
Friday, April 16, 2021 @ 5:44pm
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Bio:
just a high school student who is currently too tired to think of things to put in their bio
Reason for signing up:
I'm looking for a way to motivate myself to write during the summer.
Nancy Jentsch
Friday, April 16, 2021 @ 4:14pm
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Bio:
Nancy survives 11 months a year waiting for LexPoMo. She's only been writing poetry since about 2008 and is still in awe of the way it seasons her life.
Reason for signing up:
Why wouldn't I sign up? (See bio!)
Website:
jentsch8.wixsite.com/my-site
Grace
Friday, April 16, 2021 @ 4:13pm
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Bio:
Grace Curtis’ book, The Shape of a Box, was published in 2014 by Dos Madres Press. Her chapbook, The Surly Bonds of Earth, was selected by Stephen Dunn as the 2010 winner of the Lettre Sauvage chapbook contest and she has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize. Her prose and poetry can be found in such journals as Sou’wester, The Baltimore Review, Waccamaw Literary Journal, and others.
Reason for signing up:
To join with a community of poets to generate new material.
Website:
Grace%20Curtis%20poetry.con
Katelyn Weldon
Friday, April 16, 2021 @ 3:31pm
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Katelyn studies Biology pre-med and Spanish at Thomas More University as well as being an officer of their competitive dance team. In her free time she teaches dance at a local studio and loves to write poetry. Katelyn has pieces published through various websites including those of The October Project, Pauletta Hansel’s, and her school’s literary magazine—which she was able to help produce this past year as a copy editor.
Reason for signing up:
This was a great experience last year and I can't wait to read everyone’s work again!
Leigh Anne Hornfeldt
Friday, April 16, 2021 @ 12:51pm
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Bio:
Leigh Anne Hornfeldt lives and writes in North Carolina.
Odin
Friday, April 16, 2021 @ 12:12pm
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Bio:
Odin is the ruler of the Gods in Valhalla. Odin does not expect things
to "get better eventually," Odin despises whiny ass Republicans and stupid MAGA redneck idiots, Odin believes love should be very painful, to be memorable.
Reason for signing up:
Odin wants to convince the Central Kentucky community that art is a northeastern, urban thing, and that redneck men and women need to take up knitting and hog killing to expand and improve their minds
Cathy Perkins
Friday, April 16, 2021 @ 8:39am
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Bio:
Catherine Perkins is semi-retired from the Thoroughbred racing industry, because she's broken and tired. She's been writing poetry for the better part of 50 years. Catherine seems to have issues with submitting, therefore she is lightly published. She has 10 published poems, by Accents and Workhorse Press, in LexPoMo anthologies, in Accents Literary Review, Journal 1 and 3, as well as one poem in Circe's Lament. She has 1 poem in Act of Power Press' Reliquary. Catherine enjoys writing humor poetry, likes to listen to and perform spoken word poetry as well as being a standup comedian.
Reason for signing up:
LexPoMo is my community. As long as I am able, I will continue to be a part of it!
Evyn Weaver
Friday, April 16, 2021 @ 8:36am
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Bio:
Evelyn Weaver is a high school student from Lexington whose work has previously appeared in The Louisville Review and Élan Literature Magazine. When she isn’t writing, she enjoys playing alto saxophone in a local youth jazz band.
Reason for signing up:
I have a lot of friends who are doing it, and I think it will be a good opportunity to improve my poetry since it's one of my weaker areas.
Bianca Bargo
Friday, April 16, 2021 @ 8:14am
Bio:
Bianca Bargo is an Appalachian woman who writes poetry when she is not counseling elementary students.
Reason for signing up:
To stay motivated and be a role model for young developing poets!
Bernard Deville
Friday, April 16, 2021 @ 6:19am
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Bio:
Bernie Deville : A Poet, Reader, Teacher, and cranky old dude. MFA from EKU, longtime Lexpomo veteran.
Reason for signing up:
Lexpomo provides a great opportunity to refocus on my writing at the end of each school year.
Brigit Truex
Friday, April 16, 2021 @ 12:34am
Bio:
Brigit's ancestry of French Canadian/Abenaki/Cree/
Irish influence her writings as much as the natural world. Widely published, her latest collection, Sierra Silk, is available on Amazon.
Reason for signing up:
The discipline of a "due date" is very helpful, especially during this continuing time of "hermitage," where poetry is our life-line!
Website:
booksandsuchbybrigittruex.wordpress.com
Angela Bari
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 10:41pm
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Bio:
Angela puts on paper what her introverted self cannot say out loud.
She constantly tries to find a balance between having roots and wings.
Reason for signing up:
Being brave enough to show my work.
River Alsalihi
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 9:50pm
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Bio:
River is a student in the literary arts program at LHS. She loves jewelry and sweet things.
Reason for signing up:
Motivation!
Victoria Gross
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 9:06pm
Bio:
Victoria is currently writing her debut novel, but her first love will always be poetry.
Mary Allen
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 8:54pm
Bio:
Mary is a poet who lives in Lexington. She looks forward to LexPoMo every year. Her first chapbook is scheduled for publication this fall, and she's already working on a second.
Reason for signing up:
How could I not participate!
Sonya Pavona
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 8:53pm
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Bio:
Sonya is currently a student at Lafayette High School, where she is in the SCAPA program for Literary Arts. When she isn't writing fiction or poetry, she is reading, painting, or probably listening to Taylor Swift.
Reason for signing up:
motivation and to make good habits!
nel a
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 8:50pm
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Bio:
Nel is a student at Lafayette highschool in the creative writing program. They love to read and write poetry.
Reason for signing up:
looks cool
Website:
instagram.com/nelq10
Sue Neufarth Howard
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 7:39pm
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Bio:
Sue Neufarth Howard: Poet and visual artist, residing in Long Beach, CA. Former Cincinnatian. Past member of Greater Cincinnati Writers League (GCWL) and, Linton Street Writers. See my poetry at Facebook/DanceOf WordsPoetryPage-Poems BySueNeufarth Howard. Participant in Ohio Poetry Day Contests and previously published.
Reason for signing up:
The challenge to keep writing.
Stefan Delipoglou
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 7:06pm
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Bio:
Stefan is a visual love poet drawing creativity from composers, underground rap artists, and everywhere in between. History and philosophy played an equally large role in writing becoming a hobby first in middle school and an obsession a year or so later. He began writing in October of 2009 in hopes to one day complete poem 10,000 and maybe then stop writing forever.
Reason for signing up:
Poetry is my greatest passion and I love the idea of supporting a local network like this in hopes more writers are encouraged to join too.
Laura Caudill
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 6:46pm
Bio:
Laura is a bum poet.
Reason for signing up:
For the challenge!
logan
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 6:26pm
Bio:
Logan is a sixteen year old writer from Lafayette High School, involved in the SCAPA Literary Arts program. He's been writing almost his entire life, and has seldom been let down by it.
Reason for signing up:
I need to start getting my work out there to the world. and this is a great place to start!
Roberta Schultz
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 5:33pm
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Bio:
Roberta Schultz is a singer songwriter and poet originally from Grant's Lick, KY. Three of her chapbooks, Outposts on the Border of Longing (2014), Songs from the Shaper’s Harp (2017), and Touchstones (2020) are published by Finishing Line Press. Her poems have appeared in Panoply, Still: the Journal, Riparian, Kudzu, The Main Street Rag and Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel.
Reason for signing up:
I like the challenge of writing in community.
Website:
robertaschultz.com
Lauren Myfelt
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 5:15pm
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Bio:
Lauren doesn't know what she is. Let's just go with that.
Reason for signing up:
I really like poetry. My brain really doesn't like the act of writing it. This is how I'm going to try to force it to.
hunter e. westenhofer
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 5:06pm
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Bio:
(he/they) hunter e. westenhofer is a poet & writer who lives in central Kentucky, existing for the love of words & the spread of hope.
Reason for signing up:
I signed up in 2019 & since then, this has been one of my favorite times of the year.
Goldie
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 4:43pm
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Bio:
Born among the frond-threshed, stucco-studded marshlands of Broward County Florida, Goldie was re-potted among the goldenrod and indigoed grasses of Kentucky in August of 2006. It spends its time consuming astringent seas of unsweetened and buttery coffee, and discerning coyly querulous eels from snickering rills and scrolls of uncurling cigarettes’ sulfurous and smoldering smirks. For a time, he wished to be Randy Newman’s tarred and ivoried shadow, though some years later, a coppery flue exposed from the shoal-scrubbed throat of Dylan Thomas. Now, more often than not, he simply wishes to be himself.
Reason for signing up:
To share, and, more rather, see what I’ve really to share with anyone willing to hear me out.
Haven
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 4:22pm
Bio:
Haven is a crone poet. She lives with her son and family. COVID was so strange perhaps art saved her.
Reason for signing up:
To write to connect to celebrate to cry.
Dangerfield Yella
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 4:16pm
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Bio:
Rumble
Patti Miller
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 4:02pm
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Bio:
Patti is a Kentuckian with a big helping of wanderlust and too many pens.
Reason for signing up:
Community and accountability.
Laura Foley
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 3:44pm
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Website:
archive.org
Katerina Stoykova
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 3:22pm
Bio:
A Bulgarian from Kentucky.
Reason for signing up:
How could I not?
Kendall Brooke
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 3:22pm
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Bio:
Kendall Brooke is a nurse tech at the Kentucky Children’s Hospital. In her free time she enjoys spending time with family, her dog Goose, and of course, writing poems.
Reason for signing up:
I am always looking forward to writing new poems and trying to improve my poetry skills!
Lucy
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 3:03pm
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Bio:
Lucy Griffeth is a dancer, lacrosse player, artist, avid traveler, and writer. She is currently in high school and active in the beta club. She is coming of age and trying to navigate herself through life.
Reason for signing up:
I signed up because poetry is out of the box for me and my goal is to capture it and put it in the box.
Mike Wilson
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 3:02pm
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Bio:
Mike Wilson’s work has appeared in magazines including Cagibi Literary Journal, Literary Accents, Pegasis, The Aurorean, The Ocotillo Review, and in Mike’s book, Arranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic, (Rabbit House Press, 2020), political poetry for a post-truth world.
Reason for signing up:
I like the discipline of trying to submit each day and enjoy reading my fellow poets' work
Marz Corbeau
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 2:20pm
Bio:
Marz is a housespouse and teaches tarot.
Reason for signing up:
A reflective practice.
T. Bartlett
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 2:08pm
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Bio:
T. Bartlett has loved writing for as long as she can remember. Some of her earliest memories include rhyming words on a small, handheld chalkboard. She’s had poetry published by The Voices Project, Kentucky State Poetry Society’s journal Pegasus, and SOS Art’s For a Better World 2020 and in the upcoming For a Better World 2021. She has some additional poetry as well as photography posted on her website at www.tanyabartlett.com. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, watching movies, and spending time with her family and friends.
Reason for signing up:
I would like to be part of a community of poets and I would also like to continue pushing myself to write poetry on a daily basis.
Website:
tanyabartlett.com
Karen George
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 2:04pm
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Bio:
Karen George, a native Kentuckian, has published five chapbooks and two poetry collections from Dos Madres Press: Swim Your Way Back (2014), and A Map and One Year (2018). She enjoys photography and visiting art museums, cemeteries, gardens, the woods, mountains, and historic river towns—particularly any place near a body of water.
Reason for signing up:
Because I’ve been writing a poem-a-day in June with other LEXPOMO poets since the beginning. I've always found it inspiring. Having a daily deadline is a good thing for me. I work well under pressure.
Website:
karenlgeorge.blogspot.com
Ryan Oppegard
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 1:55pm
Bio:
Loves to eat home cooked meals, lounging in a screened-in porch, and his family. Despises mosquitos, an empty stomach, and blended scotch.
Reason for signing up:
To connect with others who live with winged words inside too small a cage.
Pauletta Hansel
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 1:50pm
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Bio:
Pauletta Hansel’s eighth poetry collection is Friend, epistolary poems written in the early days of the pandemic; her writing has been featured in Oxford American, Rattle, Appalachian Journal, Still: The Journal and One (Jacar Press), among others. Pauletta was Cincinnati’s first Poet Laureate (2016-2018), and is past managing editor of Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, the journal of the Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative.
Reason for signing up:
LexPoMo has been an important part of my writing life since its very first year. I am so grateful for the community, and the impetus to write. I am really looking forward to the deep dive into everyone's poetry this year as I have the honor of editing the next anthology!
Website:
paulettahansel.wordpress.com
H.A.
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 1:40pm
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Bio:
H.A. is a teacher by day and a rock star until around 8:30 PM. She seeks truth, equity, and peace.
Reason for signing up:
LexPoMo poets inspire me.
Maya Pemble
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 1:34pm
Bio:
Maya is a student who dabbles in the written word. Her favorite color is purple and her current literary obsessions include Clarice Lispector, Nicole Brossard, and Borges.
Reason for signing up:
To keep a tradition.
kelly casey
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 1:23pm
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Bio:
kelly won an award for poetry once and has been chasing that high ever since.
Reason for signing up:
because i find i’m more creatively productive when i have eyes on me.
Linda Bryant
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 1:20pm
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Bio:
I live in Berea where I run Owsley Fork Writers Sanctuary. I have loved poetry for decades. Favorite poets include Philip Levine, Pablo Neruda, Tess Gallagher, Ruth Stone and Frederico Garcia Lorca.
Reason for signing up:
I started a couple of years ago when I moved to Kentucky and now it's a tradition!
Taunja
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 1:14pm
Bio:
Three of t.m. thomson’s poems have been nominated for Pushcart Awards. She is co-author of Frame and Mount the Sky (2017) and author of Strum and Lull (2019), which placed in Golden Walkman’s 2017 chapbook competition, and The Profusion (2019). Her passions include kickboxing, playing in mud, and savoring art. You can find her writer’s page at https://www.facebook.com/TaunjaThomsonWriter/.
Reason for signing up:
Love the motivation to write that this provides & also love reading other poets' work.
Website:
facebook.com/TaunjaThomsonWriter
Susie Slusher
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 1:07pm
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Bio:
A 21 year old Libra who is a barista by day, and a poet by night
Reason for signing up:
I need a creative outlet so my mental health will not plummet
Tony Wheary
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 1:04pm
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Bio:
Tony now writes when life's chores are done or avoided and there is still enough gas in the tank to think about something more.
Reason for signing up:
Signing up to encourage this community as I can from where I am and to seek support to write as it is offered.
Elizabeth Thiery
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 1:02pm
Bio:
Erin is a dayshift paperwork-shuffler with wild dreams of being an okay-ish writer.
Reason for signing up:
Last year was fun, ready for round 2!
Manny Grimaldi
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 12:52pm
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Bio:
manny grimaldi is a poet from louisville, ky. he is published online in club plum literary journal vol 2 issue 1. between 2020 and 2021 he has appeared on laverne's writing workshop on radiolex.us. he has also spent time working with poets at large, providing feedback. his favorite poets include matsuo bashō, federico garcía lorca, emily dickinson, paul verlaine, and etheridge knight.
Reason for signing up:
for the love of writing with such a wonderful community. for the love of being with friends made last summer during the month.
Website:
mannygrimaldi.mypixieset.com
Meredith McCurry
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 12:50pm
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Bio:
Meredith is a high school teacher and poetry learner. She likes to celebrate, especially with cheeseburgers and Christopher McCurry.
Reason for signing up:
I love the safety of this space for working poets.
Kerfoot
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 12:42pm
Tabitha Dial
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 12:40pm
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Bio:
Tabitha reads cups, cards, stars, cheese. She authored Creative Divination: Read Tea Leaves and Develop your Personal Code (brimming with creative prompts disguised as 79 intuitive exercises). Ask her about your cheese astrology sign!
Reason for signing up:
Fish gotta swim. Birds gotta fly. Poets gotta poet.
Website:
northstarmuse.com/books
Maggie Rue Hess
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 12:17pm
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Bio:
Maggie Rue Hess is a writer, reader, and educator who also bakes and makes latte art.
Colette Crown
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 12:15pm
Bio:
Coco is the pseudonym for a writer “of a certain age”. Her participation in LexPoMo is thanks to being an empty-nester.
Reason for signing up:
I enjoy the challenge.
Kris Gillis
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 12:13pm
Bio:
Kris teaches high school and lives with several unruly cats.
Reason for signing up:
I signed up because it’s a delight to write and read poetry with this community.
Chayton Ragsdale
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 11:58am
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Bio:
Chayton is a free spirit working hard to create a better life for himself and those around him. a mission such as that can be stressful and confusing at times, so he turns to poetry to help clear his mind and gather his thoughts
Reason for signing up:
I had a lot of fun writing poems last year and wanted to do so again! it also incentivizes me to practice my writing
H. Nolan
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 11:57am
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Bio:
Born and raised in Lexington, Hannah is an advocate who works with survivors of domestic violence. In seeking a way to honor resiliency she witnesses, in survivors, colleagues, and herself, she has turned to poetry.
Reason for signing up:
I miss writing. I miss sharing with other writers. I am seeking connection among kindred spirits.
HAROLD SHERMAN
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 11:56am
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Bio:
Harold Sherman is a Donovan Scholar, majoring in English
with a concentration in Creative Writing. He received his MM
in Composition from the UK School of Music in 1999. Born
and raised in Lexington, KY, he played on the road and lived in
New York City before returning to Lexington in 1983.
Reason for signing up:
I heard about it at Carnegie Center's Writing Practice.
Website:
BuckMarkLLC.com
Dwight Myfelt
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 11:55am
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michelle johnson
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 11:45am
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Maddie Coleman
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 11:43am
Bio:
Just a human trying to live her life to the absolute fullest :)
Reason for signing up:
I’ve been apart of this for the past two years and I’m excited for this year!
Website:
Mbcolemanphotography.weebly.com
Josey Bryant
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 11:42am
Bio:
Josey Bryant is a student at the University of Kentucky. He has been writing for most of his life, and uses poetry to understand himself and the world around him.
Douglas E. Self
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 11:40am
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Bio:
Poet. I’m a poet who lives in Lexington. Children. I have children. Issues. I also have issues. Because I have children.
Reason for signing up:
Poetry motherf@!@!&!
Poetry.
Josie Angel
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 11:32am
Bio:
J. F. Angel is transgender/bi-gender and bisexual. Much of her writing deals with LGBTQ+ themes and characters. She is a huge movie fan and has a certificate in screenwriting from New York Film Academy.
Reason for signing up:
This is always a fun time and motivates me to write more.
Anesa
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 11:31am
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Reason for signing up:
To encourage myself to not procrastinate and to actually get stuff done...
Dennis Preston
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 11:30am
Bio:
Dennis J. Preston lives in Owensboro, Kentucky. He taught elementary school language arts for twenty-five years, but now enjoys being semi-retired. He is a minister, and enjoys reading, writing, traveling, and spending time with his family. He has published seven books of poetry including Unhurried Inervals.
Reason for signing up:
I've been a part of LexPoMo for a number of years now. I work better with challenges, and this opportunity pushes me forward toward being a better writer.
Bethany Robinson
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 11:25am
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Bio:
Beth is a writer of short stories and poems, lover of nature and animals, enjoyer of reading, walks, and yoga.
Reason for signing up:
I have signed up because my poetry is stronger.
Marta Dorton
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 11:06am
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Bio:
Marta Dorton is a Lexington, KY artist and writer working with painting, printmaking, mix media, memoir and poetry.
Reason for signing up:
I signed up for LexPoMo to create new work in the moment with few expectations and to underscore the value of sharing
Jennifer Barricklow
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 11:01am
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Bio:
Jennifer Barricklow is a writer and freelance editor in Lexington KY. In addition to writing poetry, she studies tarot, putters in the garden, and makes stuff out of yarn. She participates in the literary ecosystem, locally and globally, as much as possible.
Reason for signing up:
I love reading and writing poetry, and I love Lexington poets.
Website:
dailycompost.wordpress.com
Frankie A.
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 9:54am
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Bio:
Woody Mellor is a young writer, and is currently a part of SCAPA literary arts at Lafayette High School. She wishes to become a screenplay writer one day.
Reason for signing up:
I need to keep myself motivated!
Website:
crwdmag.com/blog
Pete Wallace
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 9:32am
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Bio:
Pete has been a poet all of his life and started out at the age of 6. Pete is currently in the works of releasing a 2 part poetry album featuring music in the background. He writes personal poems that tell stories and tales of fear, laughter, uncertain times, old friends, love, obsession, and so much more.
A single from my upcoming poetry album is here: https://assurancesessions.bandcamp.com/track/your-do-us-part-poem-album-single
Reason for signing up:
Seems really cool and also to challenge myself to continue to write even further than I have recently.
Website:
facebook.com/AssuranceSessions
Amy Le Ann Richardson
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 8:55am
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Bio:
Amy is a writer, visual artist, and farmer in Carter County. She has her MFA from Spalding University.
Reason for signing up:
Motivation and accountability to keep writing and creating.
Website:
amyleannrichardson.com
Shaun Turner
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 8:20am
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Bio:
Shaun Turner is a poet/writer, originally from Laurel Co, KY and author of chapbooks "The Lawless River: Stories" (Red Bird Chapbooks) and "Trying Not to Write Roadkill: Poems" (Ghost City Press). His fiction, nonfiction, and poetry can be found in the Chattahoochee Review, Bayou Magazine, Barely South, and Appalachian Review, among others.
Reason for signing up:
I love the community aspect of LexPoMo and getting to write, read, and discuss with others.
Christopher McCurry
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 7:48am
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Bio:
Christopher McCurry teaches high school English and runs the Poetry Gauntlet. He believes everyone can write poems and everyone should.
Reason for signing up:
The best poems are written by the best poets during LexPoMo.
Website:
workhorsewriters.com
Bronson O'Quinn
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 7:35am
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Bio:
Bronson writes humor, genre-blending fiction, and angry letters to the editor. He loves playing LEGOs with his kiddo and Animal Crossing with his wife.
Reason for signing up:
This is just what you do every June.
Website:
bronsonoquinn.com