Maritza M. Mejia at Poetry Marathon Challenges

I participated in the Half-Poetry Marathon 2016 and Complete Poetry Marathon 2015 and 2017. The complete challenge consists on writing 24 poems in 24 hours and the half-marathon:12 poems in 12 hours with a prompt you receive per hour. This phenomenal event is organized by Caitlin Jans (Thomson) and Jacob Jans.

Half-Poetry Marathon Certificate 2016

This year, I learned about The Golden Shovel Poems. it was created in 2010 by the poet Terrance Hayes. Last year, I created Haibun (Prose+ Haiku) poems about Peace and a Persona poem about Homeless. It hit me hard to think about a person without a home to sleep in... 

Full Poetry Marathon Certificate 2017

I edited the poems and submitted to the Poetry Marathon Anthology. 

Guest what? 

"Oatmeal in Heaven" is in the Anthology 2016 and "Homeless" in 2017 Poetry Marathon Anthology.

I AM PROUD TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ANTHOLOGY 2016 & 2017

For details about the the NEXT Poetry Marathon
visit: http://thepoetrymarathon.com/

Maritza Martínez Mejía

Mother, Educator, Bilingual Author and Translator

For my poems visit: www.luzdelmes.com

Recipient of the Crystal Apple Award 2006, VCB Poetry Winner 2015, Author’s Talk Book Award 2016, The Latino Book Awards 2016 and Author’s Talk Book Show 2017.

Poetry Marathon Challenge

I participated in the Half-Poetry Marathon 2016 and Complete Poetry Marathon 2015. The complete challenge consists on writing 24 poems in 24 hours and the half-marathon:12 poems in 12 hours. 
Every hour, you receive a prompt with images or even music to inspire you to write your poem. This phenomenal event is organized by Caitlin Jans (Thomson) and Jacob Jans, two writers and web publishers living in the Pacific Northwest. 

Half-Poetry Marathon Certificate 2016

This year, I learned about Haibun (Prose + Haiku) while writing a Persona poem about a Homeless. It hit me hard to think about a person without a home to sleep in... 

I enjoyed writing a Pantoum, a Gratitude poem and a few free style ones. I edited the poems and submitted two to the Poetry Marathon Anthology. Guest what? "Oatmeal in Heaven will be in the Anthology!

Full Poetry Marathon Certificate 2017

Last year Complete Poetry Marathon Challenge was exhausted, but rewarding. I edited the 24 poems over the following months. I sent the best poems for contests.  Two poems were selected to participate in one anthology for Authors Talk Book Show in November 2016.

I AM PROUD TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ANTHOLOGY 2016

The 2016 Poetry Marathon Anthology 
Poem #18 Oatmeal in Heaven by Maritza Mejia

For details about the the NEXT Poetry Marathon
visit: http://thepoetrymarathon.com/

For my poems visit: www.luzdelmes.com