Bio for 2025
Samuel Collins Hicks is a journalist, poet, and Puchcart Prize nominated essayist living and working in downtown Lexington. He is a mental health and alcohol recovery advocate, celebrating four and a half years of sobriety. Sam loves cats and hates cops.
Reason for signing up:
I first participated in 2023, when I wrote 30 poems. Then in 2024 I wrote 30 poems. I'm an alcoholic, so now my choices are either to keep my perfect streak going, or die.
Poems Submitted This Year:
- June 01, 2025 I'm not autistic, you're just boring
- June 02, 2025 Silly Goose
- June 03, 2025 Let the Hate Flow Through You
- June 04, 2025 Irritability is a Common Symptom
- June 05, 2025 If the Task is Write a Poem Every Day for a Month, Then This Technically Counts
- June 06, 2025 Revelation
- June 07, 2025 Five Slices
- June 08, 2025 Tomorrow
- June 09, 2025 I Saw You and Did Nothing
- June 10, 2025 She Caught Me Shopping Online for Electric Guitars
- June 11, 2025 Certainty
- June 12, 2025 Calm Never Got Me A Damn Thing
- June 13, 2025 Friday the 13th
- June 14, 2025 Throwing a Fit
- June 15, 2025 Subtlety
- June 16, 2025 I Got Old
- June 17, 2025 Consistency, Again
- June 18, 2025 Not In It Alone
- June 19, 2025 What I Learned After Three Years In New Jersey
- June 20, 2025 That's Just What Motorcycles Do
- June 21, 2025 Spells Relief
- June 22, 2025 Do You Want Butter On Your Popcorn?
Badges
Participated in the 2023 Lexington Poetry Month Writing Challenge
Participated in the 2024 Lexington Poetry Month Writing Challenge
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