kj | LexPoMo 2024
I always need more practice writing.
I have been writing poetry for years but didn’t submit any of my work until 17 months ago. I was inspired by Byron Crawford’s Back Page article in Kentucky Living Magazine, “For Whom the Dinner Bells Toll.” It was this story that encouraged me to submit a poem that I had written about my Great-Grandmother’s 1889 dinner bell. Kentucky Living liked the poem and posted it on January 31, 2023. My poetry is inspired by former Kentucky Poets Laureate Jesse Stuart and Cotton Noe, as well as my Appalachian heritage.
In the immortal words of my favorite film character:
“It’s TIME to SLIME!”
– Ray Ghostbuster, aka “Slimey”
