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Maudie Bryant
@maudiemichelle.com
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Poet. Artist. Educator. Mother. Positive Existentialist.
Based in Shreveport, Louisiana.
EIC of @audilocus.bsky.social

http://www.maudiemichelle.com/
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"And now for something completely different, work by Maudie Bryant."

Blended & Beyond: defiant stones; heavy treasures; bathtub vignette by Maudie Bryant

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Blended & Beyond: defiant stones; heavy treasures; bathtub vignette by Maudie Bryant
And now for something completely different, work by Maudie Bryant.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Two of my visual pieces, “Daydreamer” and “Untethered,” are featured in Heimat Review’s Issue 10.

Grateful to the editors at @heimatreview.bsky.social , and a nod to @flaremagazine.bsky.social for first publishing “Untethered.” 💫
heimatreview.bsky.social Heimat Review @heimatreview.bsky.social · 7d
We’ve been quiet for a bit, but now we’re back — with Issue 10 of Heimat: Palimpsest. Layers of memory, lineage, and becoming wait inside. Come look through with us. www.heimatreview.com/issue-10-pal...
#Palimpsest #LiteraryJournal #Poetry #VisualArt
Cover of Heimat Issue 10, featuring Kale Hensley’s artwork ‘Family Trees.’ A layered visual composition suggesting branches, ancestry, and connection, with textured lines and subtle, overlapping shapes evoking growth and memory.
November 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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“Remember, if you lose a sock in the dryer, it comes back to life as a Tupperware lid that doesn't fit on any of your containers.” 🤫🤣😉
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Reminding myself I'm just one human. Going to lean more into the art.
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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NOBODY should be able have a career in congress. All elected positions should have term limits.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16d
Breaking News: Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the only female House speaker, said she would retire in 2027, ending a run as one of the most powerful women in U.S. politics. nyti.ms/3XkTV49
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Lisa Richter : Where does a poem begin / @lisarichter.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social ;
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Lisa Richter : Where does a poem begin
How does a poem begin?     A few weeks ago, I was on the escalator in the subway on my way home from the library. In front of me the...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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That sliding doors moment
Almost every minute
A highly abstracted face that features two expressive and detailed eyes with a cubist element The mouth is a small, thin red line This piece is available
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Mamdani’s win isn’t just good for NYC. It’s good for Dems in general. It shows that voters can be energized again. Young people can be energized. Voter turnout SURGED. People were fired up and got to the polls. I feel very good about 2026 now.
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Happy Zohran Day to all who celebrate!!
November 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Using a government domain to mock political opponents is unethical, misleading, and erodes public trust.
November 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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If you have a writer in your life and you'd like them to know that you care about their ambitions, may I suggest ordering a copy of my collaborative craft anthology, An Honour And A Privilege, as a Christmas present? (trust me, you'll get the MOST brownie points)
"I spent a while trying to figure out how to classify An Honour & a Privilege. Viewed through one lens it might not seem an important question: classification is mostly helpful for shelving decisions. But genre also dictates how one reads a thing. Whether you think of this book as an anthology (many authors), a collection (one common author), or a craft book (the reflective duets) may affect your perception of the whole. I struggle to compare this work to any of those three genres. The project in front of you reveals more about its craft than other anthologies. It's more authentically connected to strong exemplar material than other craft books. It's more heteroglossic than any collection I recall. The best way to think of An Honour & a Privilege may be to regard it as a genre all its own, one which depends significantly on its many interconnections, one which marks both an occasion and an invitation, one which offers us both a testimony as to what can be done together and a guide on how to do it." From the Foreword by Dr. Graham Robert Scott. The cover of the book is a vintage, slightly foxy red, with white font beside a large black and white ampersand.
October 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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I long for an option to block organizations on Submittable. I’ve mostly stopped browsing opportunities there because you can’t... instead, I use @duotrope.com, @chillsubs.bsky.social, and social media to find calls (which, of course, often funnel me right back to Submittable to submit, tee hee!).
lowermelody.bsky.social D.W. Baker @lowermelody.bsky.social · Oct 18
i wish i could block WILDsound Writing Festival (everyone wins) on submittable
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Have I done this yet? No. But have I been kinda doing it in the moment? Also no.

Tomorrow.
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New self-care goal: five minutes a day deleting trash emails and texts. Digital decluttering as therapy.
October 31, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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I could go for a grandma biscuit right about now.
October 31, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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lit mags: wrench the sky from the atmosphere and pour it into our lungs; build us a menagerie with autumnal light; give us airplanes made with the birth certificates of our ancestors

poems lit mags publish: "self portrait as my poem asking me if I would still love it if it was a worm"
October 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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My children call some of my close friends, who are not even biologically related to us, Aunt and Uncle. Do we need to fear if they run for office 30 years from now? What a scandal! 🤪
melnickjeffrey1.bsky.social Jeff Melnick @melnickjeffrey1.bsky.social · 25d
I used to love how my daughter's little friend Neha, down the street, would call me "Uncle Jeff" when the girls were little.
NY Post on Mamdani aunt
October 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Presenting @audilocus.bsky.social's 2025 nominations for the @pushcartprize.bsky.social!
audilocus.bsky.social Audi Locus @audilocus.bsky.social · 25d
We are bursting with pride to announce our six nominees for the 2025 Pushcart Prize!

Huge congrats to: Dutch Simmons, Meghan Albizo, Sofiya Ivanova, Rowan Tate, Isabelle Ruby, and Tess Ezzy.

Read all the nominated poems and the full issues now at www.audilocus.com

#PushcartPrize #Poetry
Audi Locus, A Journal of Poetry, announces 2025 Pushcart Prize Nominations from Volume 1, Issues 1 & 2. Issue 1 nominations are: "The Pope Graces Buc-ee's with his Divine Presence" by Dutch Simmons, "Apples" by Meghan Albizo, and "People Keep Dying So I Keep Writing About It" by Sofiya Ivanova. Issue 2 nominations are: "The Tent" by Rowan Tate, "Unsilenced Ghosts" by Isabelle Ruby, and "ΚΡΑΤΑ ΤΟ ΕΣΥ (you hold this)" by Tess Ezzy.
October 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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There is no jump scare as profound as when you can accidentally activate the self facing camera and see the double chinned stupid face you make while youre doomscrolling
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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New self-care goal: five minutes a day deleting trash emails and texts. Digital decluttering as therapy.
October 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Haven't done a single day of Inktober this year, and I don't think I will. Though, in my striving for balance, I'm trying to figure out where to fit in more visual art creation.

Who out there can stretch spacetime just a lil for me?
October 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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I'm happy to share my poem, "Hydrangea," is featured in the latest Flora Fiction Literary Magazine! I'm honored to contribute along with so many talented writers and artists.

Read the full publication for free here: florafiction.com/literary-mag...
Page 12 of Flora Fiction Literary Magazine Volume 6 featuring the poem "Hydrangea" by Maudie Bryant. The poem's title is in an ornate, decorative font over a light blue and green watercolor background, with a decorative border of blue hydrangeas and green leaves at the bottom of the page. The full text of the poem is: I couldn’t remember the flower’s name— it curled away like yours did. The creases around your eyes, once folded in a map of living, fade. Blue, like the bloom, drains into something pale: periwinkle, maybe— a hush of color. Each bulbous cluster offers a secret: bouquets nested in each fruiting sprout, as if the plant keeps giving, even in forgetting. The scent—barely there— sleeps beneath my skin. Petals and leaves, soft as your ghost behind a door, soft as the breeze that cups my cheek— your hand again— shaking the branches until glitter spills from the sky. The poem is followed by a short bio stating: Maudie Bryant is a Pushcart-nominated poet and multidisciplinary artist whose work explores memory, identity, and the quiet disquiet that lingers beneath the surface. She lives in Shreveport, Louisiana, with her husband and two young sons.
October 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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My high school class motto was “Diversity is Unity.” I didn’t realize then how radical that would sound twenty years later.
October 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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The grading never ends. Time never pauses. I am Sisyphus with a pen.
October 27, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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In art it is hard to say anything as good as: nothing.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
October 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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My poem "Recalibrations" is out in The Shallot: Journal of Mental Health, Art, and Literature (Vol. 4, No. 2)! So proud to be part of this issue!

Grab a copy here: thelayeredonion.com/collections/...
The cover of "The Shallot: Journal of mental health, art, and literature." The artwork is an abstract portrait featuring layered brushstrokes of vivid red, deep purple, and bright gold/yellow. A softly defined face is centered in the purple and yellow layers, surrounded by a texture of red, bubbling paint below. The text "The Shallot" and "Vol. 4 No. 2" is visible on the cover.
October 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM