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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.

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Jazmine Opdycke | LexPoMo 2025

http://jazmineopdycke@gmail.com

Bio for 2025

Jazmine Opdycke is a poet working on a poetry collection that explores themes of grief, love, and the impact of the opioid epidemic in Appalachia. Opdycke's poetry aims to give voice to overlooked communities and personal loss, blending lyrical imagery with raw emotional depth. She strives to create space for healing, remembrance, and resilience through her work. Opdycke’s work has been published in several literary journals, she has received the Emily Dickinson Poetry Award through Bookleaf Publishing, and is also participating in the 2025 Poetry Gauntlet with the Carnegie Center.

Reason for signing up:

I am signing up to try something new and challenge myself!

Poems Submitted This Year:

June 02, 2025 Raven Run in May
June 03, 2025 Checkers, 1976
June 04, 2025 Dead Flowers in a Fresh Mason Jar
June 05, 2025 On the Back of a Postcard
June 07, 2025 The Garden of Earthly Delights
June 09, 2025 The Boy I Found in the Garden
June 11, 2025 Drip Rock, Summer of 2009
June 18, 2025 On Being the Eldest Daughter
June 19, 2025 Girls Will be Girls
June 20, 2025 My Therapist Asks What I’m Anxious About

NOTE: Because poets have the ability to hide their badges and because registrations on LexPoMo.com only started in 2017, this may not represent an accurate portrayal of poems published by their associated poets, badges assigned to a poet, a poet's participation in the Writing Challenge, or anyone's relationship to Lexington Poetry Month, the Writing Challenge, or any other events, organizations, or persons.

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