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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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Jessica Stump | LexPoMo 2026

Bio (she/her)

Raised an only child in Eastern Kentucky's Appalachian Mountains, Jessica Stump grew stories in her head and told them to her dolls, to the evening jar flies, and, eventually, to the blank stare of the page. She is obsessed with the sounds of language, as well as sea creatures, cats, Halloween, tales of horror, the color purple, and the em dash (in no particular order, but with high regard for specific shades of purple). Above all, she loves and is loved and considers herself lucky that both tenses fit into one sentence.

Reason for signing up:

I love eating poetry.

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