ABOUT ME
He was part of A Given Grace (Squircle Press, 2022), which won gold at both US’ eLit, and Independent Publishers Book Awards in 2022. LKN was featured by the Poetry Society of New York in 2021, and was part of 2022’s Tupelo Press' 30/30 project. He was cited in the Alexandria Gazette and Arlington Connection in the US, HCE Magazine in the UK, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Lifestyle Asia and Esquire Magazine.
LKN has performed in 4,500+ events, in 28 countries. He was featured in History Channel’s HistoryCon 2018, Friday Night Live Ireland, and literature & poetry festivals in Singapore, Toronto and Paris. LKN's poetry was also shared at Cheltenham, Dodge, & Ledbury poetry festivals. He won the UK's 2023 Wordplay Awards as the Best International Spoken Word Poet.
She is Lead Editor of Mayari Literature Micro-Journal, and co-director of The Poetry Global Network. This year, she has contributed to PGN’s first anthology, Kaleidoscopoetry, which includes works from poets across the globe. Phynne has one poetry collection titled, Some Days, Here. Through her online platform, Phynnecabulary, she organizes poetry events and programs that endeavor to make the literary arts (poetry in particular) accessible widely.
and attended the Sorbonne in Paris. He has seven collections of poetry, his latest being “Reflections in the Time of Trumpius Maximus”, (Atmosphere Press, 2021). He is Chancellor of the Global Poetry Network’s Poetry Academy, hosting its workshops, classes, and Planet Poetry 28, a unique monthly online poetry journal. Known as “poet with guitar”, Mark also plays professionally. He believes good poetry finds that sweet spot between “meaning” and “being”. Mark is currently based in the Chicago area.