
S.B. Pearce
LEXPOMO Writing Challenge 2021
June is Lexington Poetry Month! This wonderful event has been happening since 2013 and in encompasses all things poetry with multiple events around the city. The LEXPOMO Writing Challenge is a huge community of poets from around the region that take up the task of writing one poem per day and posting at least five on the blog at lexpomo.com.
I've been watching this event for several years, always with the hope that some day I would participate too. Given that thirty days isn't much in the grander scheme of a year, it shouldn't be too overwhelming.
But, 3o days of something else has the ability to seem insurmountable, like planking for 1 minute or abstaining from sugar.
I took the plunge this year. It seemed like a good time to do so. June 2021 will be a massive culmination of personal projects such as finishing my second novel, recording my first audiobook, picking up speed with Strange Bluegrass and stating a second podcast. I may even have a Youtube channel by the time everything is said and done.
I thought it would be a good idea to share the links to my daily submissions for LexPoMo on here.
I seem to be a bit darker than the other writers, which is par for the course.
I encourage you to read everyone's poetry, to hear everyone's voice. These folks are much more talented than I and I am positive that you will love them.
June 02, 2021 - Waiting and Watching
June 03, 2021 - Death Song for Granny
June 04, 2021 - So That Is Why They Are Always Ladies In Dresses
June 06, 2021 - Fermata Scream
June 07, 2021 - Clumps of Dirt
June 08, 2021 - Solid Black Eyes
June 10, 2021 - Vanished To the Infinity
June 11, 2021 - Shadow Trouble
June 13, 2021 - Phantom Fingers
June 15, 2021 - Strange Face Illusion
June 16, 2021 - Within The Mountain
June 17, 2021 - Silenced By the Voices
June 19, 2021 - While He Was Sleeping
June 20, 2021 - Shitty Roommate
June 21, 2021 - How Many Laughs
June 22, 2021 - No Exchanges, No Returns
June 23, 2021 - Red Blood Cell Counting
June 24, 2021 - Enjoy the View
June 25, 2021 - Hiding In the Corner
June 26, 2021 - Thumping Heart
June 27, 2021 - Waiting for Visitors - Picture Poem
June 28, 2021 - Hallucinating Torpidity
June 30, 2021 - Kentucky Girl - as posted in video format on my social media pages - shortened for this site
