Mary Allen
Bio:
Mary Allen lives in Lexington, where she reads, writes and celebrates June each year with Lexington Poetry Month.
Reason for Signing Up:
June arrives in a few days.
Tabitha Dial
Bio:
Tabitha interprets the rainbow sprinkles on donuts and does a lot of other silly things LIVE on Tiktok. She is an established Tarot and Tea Leaf Reader.
Reason for Signing Up:
This community is amazing and poetry is good for body, mind, and heart.
I love Lexington. Always.
Kathleen Bauer
Bio:
Kathleen Bauer is a Lexington native poet who is currently a Creative Writing and Advertising & Public Relations double major at Susquehanna University. She is an alum of the SCAPA Literary Arts program. Kathleen is excited to be returning for her second Lexington Poetry Month.
Reason for Signing Up:
Why not?
jstpoetry
Bio:
Jeremy Stacy is a confessional poet exploring themes of dreams, nature, self reflection, and more. He is the author of two poetry collections which can be found on Amazon.
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Reason for Signing Up:
Love LexPoMo!
laney
Bio:
a leo sun aries moon gemini rising that loves to express themselves through writing
Reason for Signing Up:
i love to express myself and see others’ self expression
carolyn Pennington
Bio:
She is a retired teacher and counselor. She has always loved reading and writing. After retirement, she writes; has a published novel, has some published poems and has won some writing contests in short story and poetry writing.
Reason for Signing Up:
I enjoyed all the feedback from the writers on line after each poem was posted. The positiveness of the experiences spurred me on to write more and more often.
Also, having a poem published was a nice result of having done the work and faced the challenge of a daily post.
D'Rose
Bio:
Darlene is a Board Certified Educational Therapist in the San Francisco Bay Area. She loves to listen with her heart as she walks on the soft ground beneath the California Redwoods, breathes next to the crashing waves and grows from the wisdom of the children's love and pure insights. These are some of the nuggets she paints into her poetry.
Reason for Signing Up:
To belong in a 'fun way' with a group of poetry writers. To connect, listen, learn and express from my heart.
Jess Roat
Bio:
Jess is a Reading Specialist and Writer in the San Francisco Bay Area. He enjoys children, music and of course writing. He believes in the potential of creativity we all possess.
Reason for Signing Up:
I signed up to stimulate my poetry muscles and to connect with other writers.
Melp
Bio:
Melp is an artist of various forms and is not starving aside from his hunger for creating new pieces for the world to enjoy.
Reason for Signing Up:
My girlfriend said I should. And so i can say I’m a published renowned author.
Kendall Brooke
Bio:
Kendall Brooke is a poet residing in Lexington, KY. In her free time you will find her lounging with her partner, Michael and their two dogs, Lola and Goose.
Reason for Signing Up:
I have signed up the last few years and always look forward to participating again!
MadLove
Bio:
MadLove is just a weird-- dare she say quirky-- little nugget who's just trying to figure out what she wants to do with her life. She loves theatre, writing, and reading- basically anything that she can do to show what she's passionate about. <3
Reason for Signing Up:
I signed up because my love for poetry is recent but yet full of passion so I'd love to challenge myself with this!
Michele LeNoir
Bio:
Michele is a new poet—but forever a creative—depicting truths through mixed-media memoirs of refugees and mysteries to ruminate. Her philosophies all center on being kind and being ever-cognizant of humanity.
Reason for Signing Up:
For community, for inspiration!
N Dillon
Bio:
Part time poet, full time creative. Most often seen with her head in the clouds dreaming up a storm.
Reason for Signing Up:
A friend participated for the past few years and advised this was coming up again so why not be brave and give it a try
Samar Jade
Reason for Signing Up:
To allow space for me to be creative.
Ted Higgs
Bio:
Ted Higgs currently teaches Latin, Italian, and literature classes at Maryville College in Tennessee. He is a retired Army officer and linguist. He has published four books of poetry: Archipelago (2016), Plank by Plank (2019), Scoring the Darkness (2022), and A Love Embargo (2023).
Reason for Signing Up:
This was recommended to me by a friend, who is a poet and a mentor to many others.
Jason Williams
Bio:
Jason is a technologist and poet originally from Catlettsburg, Kentucky, but now residing in Lexington.
Jordan Quinn
Bio:
Since she learned to write, Jordan has been creating poetry. She is inspired most by lyrical poetry and melodies, poets she admires, her personal experiences and those influential people she is fortunate enough to call family and friends. Jordan is a working poet and mental health advocate.
Reason for Signing Up:
I'm honored to participate in another LexPoMo and look forward to reading samples of poetry from such a talented group of KY poets that show up every year in full force.
Austen Reilley
Bio:
mom, teacher, poet, singer, house plant and house cat enthusiast, recreational ukulele player, raised in CA, rehomed to KY in 2002.
Reason for Signing Up:
Is it even June if I don’t?
