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...
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| 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/
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.
