LexPoMo Participants

Total poets:
56
L. Holbrook
Bio:
My name is Lauren Holbrook and I am 35 years old. I am the mother of 2 teenagers, and I have custody of my niece. My children are my world. I love spending time with my family, reading, and enjoying the small things in life.
Reason for Signing Up:
I love to write and it's a way to express myself. I have recently started writing again and found the joy I once had writing my thoughts down.
Josey Bryant
Bio:
Poet eager to explore identity, and share poetry with readers.
Maddie Coleman
Roberta Schultz
Reason for Signing Up:
Come for the accountability, Stay for the fun.
Sue Leathers
Reason for Signing Up:
Community beyond county lines and the headrush of deadlines
Courtney Music
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Bio:
Courtney is poet of Eastern Kentucky and a past winner in the Kentucky Monthly Magazine.
Reason for Signing Up:
This is a tradition that my husband and I do together every year.
Sam Arthurs
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Bio:
Sam is a Kentucky native, born and raised in the hills and hollers of EKY. She's a horror author and poet, and sometimes the two cross-over in various projects.
Reason for Signing Up:
I did it last year and it was really inspiring!
Makia Adkins
Bio:
Makia is a quiet poet. She is originally from Detroit, MI. She started writing at a very young age. She loves to write in different genres. Poetry and Children's Literature are her favorite. She has a cat named Promise that has influenced a few of her writing pieces.
Reason for Signing Up:
I wanted to challenge and push myself with my writing.
lhmartin
Bio:
Lisa is a retired (5 yrs ago) 8th grade ELA teacher, reading specialist and librarian. Lisa is a writer who finds solace and grounding in writing and talking about writing.
Reason for Signing Up:
I want to try to write 20 poems this year--one day I will get to 30........
M R Heltzel
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Bio:
Maggie Heltzel would not call herself a writer. The practice of writing has always just… been? It has been an act of self-exploration, of processing global happenings, of playing with new words, and of screaming quietly. She is a journalist turned third-grade teacher, a lover of all things art and outdoors, and an aspiring extrovert (because being introverted has stifled opportunities to experience the world).
Reason for Signing Up:
LexPoMo is, and always will be, the highlight of her year. Maggie loves the opportunity to hear from talented writers and to engage with them in small, but mighty, ways.
Shelda Hale
dustin cecil
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Bio:
dustin cecil is dustin cecil. he is as dustin cecil as dustin cecil is dustin cecil.
Reason for Signing Up:
to share and read some poems.. :)
Linda Bryant
A.R. Koehler
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Bio:
Enjoys microwaving stale bread in wet paper towels
Saikrish Kolli
Magnolia
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Bio:
Magnolia enjoys writing as a creative outlet, and a form of therapy.
Kris Gillis
Bio:
Kris teaches high school English and lives near a river.
Reason for Signing Up:
At this point, this is what I must do in June.
Coleman Davis
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Bio:
Coleman spends most of his time in a world made of poetry.
He splits his time between Lexington and Berea taking care of multiple buildings, and pets and plants.
Reason for Signing Up:
To be in a community of poets for a month. It's fun :-)
Lav
Maya Pemble
Bio:
Maya is a college student who loves writing, cooking, and being in the forest.
Reason for Signing Up:
Gotta keep tradition.