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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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Melissa Benson | LexPoMo 2025

http://@thesouthernsweetpotato

Bio for 2025

Melissa Benson (she/her) hails from Jessamine County. She is a doctoral candidate at the University of Kentucky and her research centers on adolescent literacy and multimodal texts. She is a proud Berea College alum where she attended as a non-traditional student. Melissa first published her work in Discarded: A Rural Anthology in 2024. Melissa is also a Co-founder and the Board Chair of Camp Beacon and a Cohort Member of the Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange. She writes about the lived experience of rurality, queerness, and disability.

Reason for signing up:

I have been wanting to work on some pieces to prepare to publish a chapbook.

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