Bio (he/him)
Joseph Allen Nichols is a poet, author, and lyric essayist who splits his time between his hometown of Frankfort, KY and his church in Lima, OH. Writing is both what feeds his Spirit and how He endeavors to feed beauty back into this world.
Reason for signing up:
LexPoMo is the rest and feast before the adventure of the rest of the year. And I love this community.
Poems Submitted This Year:
- June 01, 2026 Transition & Turn, 2026
- June 02, 2026 Sempiternal Return
- June 03, 2026 Suffusion
- June 04, 2026 Latonia, KY
- June 05, 2026 Penitence I: Fear
- June 06, 2026 Still--a Variation on Refrain
- June 07, 2026 Release
- June 08, 2026 & God, in His Heaven, Smiles (at the Doubly Blind)
- June 11, 2026 Language of Absolutes
- June 12, 2026 Genesis 2:24
- June 17, 2026 Sanctuarium Poëtica
- June 18, 2026 The Night Performs: “See You Again, After Two Sleeps”
- June 19, 2026 Nephomancy
- June 20, 2026 Explicare
- June 21, 2026 Defiance
- June 26, 2026 Lessons from the Ackee
- June 27, 2026 Caesura, 2026
Badges
Participated in the 2014 Lexington Poetry Month Writing Challenge
Participated in the 2015 Lexington Poetry Month Writing Challenge
Participated in the 2016 Lexington Poetry Month Writing Challenge
Participated in the 2017 Lexington Poetry Month Writing Challenge
Participated in the 2018 Lexington Poetry Month Writing Challenge
Participated in the 2019 Lexington Poetry Month Writing Challenge
Participated in the 2020 Lexington Poetry Month Writing Challenge
Participated in the 2021 Lexington Poetry Month Writing Challenge
Participated in the 2022 Lexington Poetry Month Writing Challenge
Sustained Lexington Poetry Month
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