Meredith McCurry
Bio:
Meredith lives in Lexington with her husband, daughter, and doggies. She’s expecting a baby boy and looks forward to a hot summer of poetry.
Reason for Signing Up:
Because I love Christopher McCurry and the communities he creates.
Kel Proctor
Bio:
Kel is an undergraduate student at Bellarmine University majoring in English and minoring in both Creative Writing and Women and Gender Studies. Kel is published in Ariel Literary Magazine and The White Squirrel and was runner up in the Annette Allen Poetry Contest.
Reason for Signing Up:
Some of my friends mentioned LexPoMo to me and I figured this was the best way to ensure that I write poetry over the summer!
SpitFire1111
Bio:
SpitFire interprets life through the poems she writes therefore life is a poetic journey.
Reason for Signing Up:
I signed up to challenge myself to write a poem everyday,
Jazzy
Bio:
Eugenia Johnson-Smith, owner and CEO of Positive Power, LLC. Training and Development is an Author, Coach, and International Speaker. She's a freelance writer for The Lextropolis Magazine and the author of Positive Power 31 Devotions To Help Unleash Your Positive Power. She teaches writing classes and enjoys encouraging other writers to pursue their writing dream.
Reason for Signing Up:
It's fun, I enjoy the challenge of writing a poem a day, and the satisfactions of knowing I stuck with it and completed my goal.
Anesa
Reason for Signing Up:
miraculous5814@gmail.com
Tom Hunley
Bio:
Tom C. Hunley is the author of eight full-length poetry collections, eight chapbooks, and two textbooks. He also wrote and co-directed You’re Not Alone, a short film produced by Forerunner TV., Inc., and he and Dr. Alexandria Peary co-edited Creative Writing Pedagogies for the Twenty-First Century (Southern Illinois University Press, 2015). Tom holds degrees from University of Washington (BA), Eastern Washington University (MFA), and Florida State University (Ph.D.), where he held the Kingsbury fellowship. He is a professor of English and Creative Writing at Western Kentucky University, where he has taught since 2003. He has been married to Ralaina since 1996, and they raised four children together.
Reason for Signing Up:
This is my third summer with Lexpomo. It's a great community of writers.
Linda Angelo
Bio:
Linda had a hunch she would like writing, and when her professional life as a psychologist slowed down, she was ready to give it a try. Now she can’t stop. Her fondness for nature, painting, dance, jazz, and people’s idiosyncrasies find expression in her work, with a bit of humor thrown in.
Reason for Signing Up:
To keep at it and enjoy our community of writers.
Christopher McCurry
Bio:
Christopher McCurry lives in Lexington, Kentucky with his wife, daughter, and two dogs. With a baby and new book of poetry on the way this year, Chris is nearly full to the brim with gratitude and anticipation.
Reason for Signing Up:
Because I'm a poet at heart!
Gregory Friedman
Bio:
Greg is a Franciscan priest, living in the Southwest, working as a retreat director, pilgrim guide, as well as accompanying the Pueblo People in several mission parishes, where he is a learner and seeker.
Reason for Signing Up:
LexPoMo is a needed jump-start to my writng every year.
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.
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
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
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
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.
