Stephanie Mojica
Reason for Signing Up:
Enjoy writing.
Jay St. Orts
Bio:
(L)expatriate; partner, father, writer, disc jockey.
“They look like weeds, but they're really flowers/And they'll soon be gone.” —“Dennis” by Badfinger (Wish You Were Here, 1974)
DSN
Bio:
A senior in High School and film lover.
Reason for Signing Up:
I would like to challenge myself to create.
upfromsumdirt
Bio:
i fake names and haul asp.
Reason for Signing Up:
to fake name and haul asp? did you mot read my bio?!?
Purpleseller
Bio:
Lydia loves to write. She has a dream of writing, and actually has several books published. She has been a veterinarian for 30 plus years, and she also enjoys music and movies.
Reason for Signing Up:
I love writing, it seems to help me focus.
Jennifer Burchett
Bio:
Jennifer is a wife, mom, maker of soup, and writer of words living in Lexington, KY. A former restaurateur, her food writing has been featured in Nougat Magazine, M.D. Update, and Country Living Magazine. Her current passion is Appalachian fiction.
Reason for Signing Up:
Think about this, y'all: We all have the same 26 letters to work with. Just like Wendell Berry and Ernest Hemingway.
I am not a poet -- so I hope my *real* poet friends go easy on me. But this is a great stretch for my fiction writing brain. (And I can't do anything without a deadline.) Also, I love the community. We need it always, but especially in these times.
Melva Sue Priddy
Bio:
Melva Sue, a native Kentuckian, writes about a range of human emotion and experiences. She loves, also, gardening and grand kids and reading.
Reason for Signing Up:
It's become tradition, though this year time is so hit and miss and full of grief that I'm late.
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June 04:
My Heart is Heavy With & for
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June 05:
When my father has a stroke and dies
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June 07:
The carrots & beets & turnips & parsnips
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June 08:
I thought I’d removed my fitbit during sleep & find
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June 17:
A female deer tick
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June 18:
Driving across the bluegrass parkway mid morning #1
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June 19:
Driving across the bluegrass parkway mid morning #2
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June 20:
Driving across the bluegrass parkway mid morning #3
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June 21:
What would happen if we stopped using “race”
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June 22:
Picking sugar snaps peas—a preview for cataracts—
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June 24:
Picking sugar snaps—even with five passes—
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June 25:
Picking sugar snaps—even into late June—
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June 26:
Open red tool box, find the box cutter, pull out the saved cardboard boxes,
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June 28:
28 June 2020
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June 29:
Surrounded by books, papers, houseplants, gardens out the windows, new grass growing, thunder booming, lights, lots of lights,
Rae
Bio:
Savana Rae is originally from California but now resides in Kentucky. Her poems often bring awareness to mental illness.
Reason for Signing Up:
I really just wanted to share my notes that have been locked up in my phone for years
BlackGirlFli
Bio:
Just another Black girl that won't keep quiet.
Callie Budrick-Gough
Bio:
Her life is in upheaval, just like everyone's.
Reason for Signing Up:
To share words and continue challenging myself.
Rena Nutt
Bio:
Sometimes, you feel like a Nutt.
Kim Kayne Shaver
Bio:
Kim is alive and well during this pandemic pandemonium and thanks her lucky stars. Poetry portrays our humanity and compassion. Read a poem now.
Reason for Signing Up:
The poetic voice needs to be heard and continually practiced.
Chelsea Jordan
Bio:
fat feminist in love with chaos and romance
Reason for Signing Up:
i want to be pushed to finish one of my poems every day this month! i have an absolute vault full of unfinished beginnings!
A. Lawrence
Bio:
A. Lawrence is a poet who writes to express emotion and hopes that her poetry will help others feel comfortable expressing their own.
Reason for Signing Up:
To become more confident in writing
Odin
Bio:
Chuck Bukowski is a brilliant fiction writer but a poor poet. He is also a very ugly man and a bad alcoholic.
Reason for Signing Up:
My teacher told me too, or I'd get a D minus in summer school remedial English.
Regan Strehl
Bio:
Regan Strehl graduated from Lafayette High School this year. "What are your future plans?" people ask her. This question is followed by Regan majestically staring off towards the horizon for several minutes, during which the people who asked the question slowly back away.
Reason for Signing Up:
It is time to WRITE!
