Sponsored by Workhorse, Lexington Poetry Month is an easy to use
platform for poets to publish and share their work in an attractive
way. The community is supportive and diverse, commenting and
encouraging one another throughout June. Money we raise goes
to maintaining the cost of the website and publishing the yearly
anthology. Our goals are to provide every poet (~150) a copy of
the anthology, lower printing costs, and expand opportunities
offered during Lexington Poetry Month, such as featured readings
and poetry workshops.
Albert – a character –
makes choo choo sounds
carries kids across the street.
A head-bandaged elder
was thrown by a horse.
Peeling paint house
maybe haunted.
Its mystery recluse
in floor length brown dress.
Square dancers
in summer’s dark.
I sat next to the
girl on the bench.
She said, “You’re sitting
on my mother.”
Drunken neighbor
too friendly with girls.
Jeep the portly grocery clerk.
Unsupervised kids
all day in the summer heat.
Hardware store window –
crowd viewing the first TV.
Dairy Queen cones and
drive-in movies.
Remembering
my pre-teen hood.
My kid kaleidoscope of
small town life.
Albert – a character –
makes choo choo sounds
carries kids across the street.
A head-bandaged elder
was thrown by a horse.
Peeling paint house
maybe haunted.
Its mystery recluse
in floor length brown dress.
Square dancers
in summer’s dark.
I sat next to the
girl on the bench.
She said, “You’re sitting
on my mother.”
Drunken neighbor
too friendly with girls.
Jeep the portly grocery clerk.
Unsupervised kids
all day in the summer heat.
Hardware store window –
crowd viewing the first TV.
Dairy Queen cones and
drive-in movies.
Remembering
my pre-teen hood.
-Sue Neufarth Howard