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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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Hope Wilder | LexPoMo 2026

Bio (she/her)

Hope is a Kentucky poet, social worker, and counseling graduate student whose writing explores motherhood, trauma, healing, identity, and resilience.

Reason for signing up:

Poetry has always been the place where Hope makes sense of the things that are difficult to carry out loud. She signed up for Lexington Poetry Month to connect with other writers, share pieces rooted in vulnerability and healing, and continue growing her voice within a creative community. Much of her work explores womanhood, motherhood, trauma, recovery, identity, and the complicated process of becoming. As both a social worker and future counselor, she is deeply interested in the ways storytelling can create connection, challenge shame, and help people feel less alone.

Poems Submitted This Year:

June 10, 2026 Conversations with a Social Worker
June 11, 2026 I’ll take care of it.

Badges

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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