LUBRINA BURTON | LexPoMo 2023
My friends told me to, and I bow easily to peer pressure.
I have learned that I really love a time-bound writing challenge! My friend sent me the info for LexPoMo. She and I keep each other in the loop about opportunities and encourage each other’s writing lives.
To build community with other poets and help motivate myself to keep creating!
Some of my best memories of living in Lexington were of LexPoMo. Now that I am back home, getting back into my poetry practice was top of mind, and I can’t think of a better way to do it.
Writing is therapy to me and being a part of the poetry community, as working life allows, is always beneficial.
I loved experiencing this last year, although I missed a lot of sleep! I was impressed every day by reading the works of so many talented writers, and want to do that again. Another reason for signing up is for the challenge of it. Writing poetry daily feels so impossible, yet it also feels hard to resist like a crazy form of fun.