Maria Martin
@mariamartin.bsky.social
I'm a poet and I write and illustrate picture books.
Poems in New Ohio Review, Poet Lore, Pleiades.
http://www.mariasprogress.com
My name is Maria, but it is pronounced Mariah which was the first trick my parents played on me.
Poems in New Ohio Review, Poet Lore, Pleiades.
http://www.mariasprogress.com
My name is Maria, but it is pronounced Mariah which was the first trick my parents played on me.
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Maria Martin
@mariamartin.bsky.social
· Jul 8
This is my poem in the New Ohio Review. Its about victim blaming, gaslighting, being polite.
I will never allow Spotified Wrapped to tell me how many times I listened to the same five songs.
December 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I will never allow Spotified Wrapped to tell me how many times I listened to the same five songs.
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This literally means that if a trans person requires GnRH blockers for cancer treatment (i.e breast or prostate), they CANNOT get cancer treatment.
Insane. Absolutely insane - and deadly.
Insane. Absolutely insane - and deadly.
No matter what the politicians say, this is discrimination. Look at how the regulation is worded: This is not a ban on its use for a particular indication, it's a ban for a population.
www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This literally means that if a trans person requires GnRH blockers for cancer treatment (i.e breast or prostate), they CANNOT get cancer treatment.
Insane. Absolutely insane - and deadly.
Insane. Absolutely insane - and deadly.
Several of my writing workshop friends have been featured in Collaborature recently. I especially like this pantoum by my teacher Richard Garcia and @gjoy.bsky.social collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/11/tabl...
Tabletop Pantoum
Collaborature, a journal of collaborative poetry and fiction
collaborature.blogspot.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Several of my writing workshop friends have been featured in Collaborature recently. I especially like this pantoum by my teacher Richard Garcia and @gjoy.bsky.social collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/11/tabl...
that new poem feeling.
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
that new poem feeling.
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#FolktaleWeek Day 3: Rain
This young blue frog did everything the opposite way his mom said. If she told him to go right, he would go left. If she said stay in, he would go out. (1/?)
#KidLitArt #KoreanFolktale
This young blue frog did everything the opposite way his mom said. If she told him to go right, he would go left. If she said stay in, he would go out. (1/?)
#KidLitArt #KoreanFolktale
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
#FolktaleWeek Day 3: Rain
This young blue frog did everything the opposite way his mom said. If she told him to go right, he would go left. If she said stay in, he would go out. (1/?)
#KidLitArt #KoreanFolktale
This young blue frog did everything the opposite way his mom said. If she told him to go right, he would go left. If she said stay in, he would go out. (1/?)
#KidLitArt #KoreanFolktale
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A woman hiking in the mountains listening to the echos in the valley.
Hosted by:
@debrastyer.bsky.social
@matejalukezic.bsky.social
@louve.draws.bsky.social
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#folktaleweek #folktaleweek2025 #folktaleweekecho #folktaleweek2025echo
November 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A woman hiking in the mountains listening to the echos in the valley.
Hosted by:
@debrastyer.bsky.social
@matejalukezic.bsky.social
@louve.draws.bsky.social
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#folktaleweek #folktaleweek2025 #folktaleweekecho #folktaleweek2025echo
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#FolktaleWeek2025 Day 1: Night
There used to be no sun or moon in the sky, and the nights were darker and scarier. One of those nights, a tiger caught a woman who was walking home from the market by a lonely mountain path. She begged for her life, offering a rice cake from her basket. (1/?)
There used to be no sun or moon in the sky, and the nights were darker and scarier. One of those nights, a tiger caught a woman who was walking home from the market by a lonely mountain path. She begged for her life, offering a rice cake from her basket. (1/?)
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
#FolktaleWeek2025 Day 1: Night
There used to be no sun or moon in the sky, and the nights were darker and scarier. One of those nights, a tiger caught a woman who was walking home from the market by a lonely mountain path. She begged for her life, offering a rice cake from her basket. (1/?)
There used to be no sun or moon in the sky, and the nights were darker and scarier. One of those nights, a tiger caught a woman who was walking home from the market by a lonely mountain path. She begged for her life, offering a rice cake from her basket. (1/?)
hey guys nobody else submit to the Sarabande Chapbook Contest so that I win, ok?
October 31, 2025 at 10:38 PM
hey guys nobody else submit to the Sarabande Chapbook Contest so that I win, ok?
I never learned how to make reels and today I had to make one for work and jesus christ people do this everyday for fun? This must be how my grandma felt when she asked me to teach her how to use a mouse.
October 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I never learned how to make reels and today I had to make one for work and jesus christ people do this everyday for fun? This must be how my grandma felt when she asked me to teach her how to use a mouse.
I'm 36 and I have been writing poetry for 18 years and now someone wants me to give them a poetry lesson but that seems a little bit soon right?
September 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'm 36 and I have been writing poetry for 18 years and now someone wants me to give them a poetry lesson but that seems a little bit soon right?
Ok im watching Next Gen NYC and i get that Charlie is a villain but why are these 24 year olds so hung up on him being 29 (almost 30!) Boy are they going to be surprised when they find out that they are also almost 30.
July 31, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Ok im watching Next Gen NYC and i get that Charlie is a villain but why are these 24 year olds so hung up on him being 29 (almost 30!) Boy are they going to be surprised when they find out that they are also almost 30.
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ICE just abducted a leading contender for the New York City mayorship for asking to see a warrant.
I need everyone to understand that they are not a law enforcement agency — they are Donald Trump’s secret police.
I need everyone to understand that they are not a law enforcement agency — they are Donald Trump’s secret police.
June 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
ICE just abducted a leading contender for the New York City mayorship for asking to see a warrant.
I need everyone to understand that they are not a law enforcement agency — they are Donald Trump’s secret police.
I need everyone to understand that they are not a law enforcement agency — they are Donald Trump’s secret police.
Dear Diary, today I tried to be *earth friendly* and buy a used mattress off fb marketplace but when it arrived it was moldy but I paid for it anyway because I wanted them to like me. In fact I also bought a boxspring I didn't ask for because they had already pulled it out.
June 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Dear Diary, today I tried to be *earth friendly* and buy a used mattress off fb marketplace but when it arrived it was moldy but I paid for it anyway because I wanted them to like me. In fact I also bought a boxspring I didn't ask for because they had already pulled it out.
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If you take one thing away from today, let it be that we outnumber them.
June 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If you take one thing away from today, let it be that we outnumber them.
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“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country
June 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country
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Authoritarianism is weaponized abuse. It's meant to exhaust you, activate you, force you into a conservative position in which you don't fight and you ignore the day-to-day brutality and sacrifice people.
Where we're going, you have to ground, see it all as important and everyone as essential.
Where we're going, you have to ground, see it all as important and everyone as essential.
June 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Authoritarianism is weaponized abuse. It's meant to exhaust you, activate you, force you into a conservative position in which you don't fight and you ignore the day-to-day brutality and sacrifice people.
Where we're going, you have to ground, see it all as important and everyone as essential.
Where we're going, you have to ground, see it all as important and everyone as essential.
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This is still one of the best ways to limit deportations. Stop collaborations between ICE, local police departments, sheriffs, and county jails.
Glendale ends ICE contract, will no longer hold detainees
Glendale ends ICE contract, will no longer hold detainees
Glendale announced it would end its agreement to hold federal immigration detainees.
www.latimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This is still one of the best ways to limit deportations. Stop collaborations between ICE, local police departments, sheriffs, and county jails.
Where should I send my poetry chapbook?
June 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Where should I send my poetry chapbook?
What are your tips for asking your mother to not come to your poetry readings?
May 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
What are your tips for asking your mother to not come to your poetry readings?
We are moving and Henry found this little bell I can use when I am ready for him to bring me my coffee. 💕
April 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We are moving and Henry found this little bell I can use when I am ready for him to bring me my coffee. 💕
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If you're a Google Workspace customer and you have already opted out of gemini for your workspace during the beta, you will need to do so again for GA. Coming by end of this month (April 2025).
April 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
If you're a Google Workspace customer and you have already opted out of gemini for your workspace during the beta, you will need to do so again for GA. Coming by end of this month (April 2025).
Happy to have a poem in the new issue of @themassreview.bsky.social
Spring has sprung!! Check out work from Shastri Akella, Sandra Meek, Elizabeth Knapp, translations from Sara Elkamel, art by Michael Alvarez and much more in our first issue of 2025! massreview.org/issue/volume...
Volume 66, Issue 1 - The Massachusetts Review Literary Magazine
Check out the latest issue from the Massachusetts Review, a literary magazine that publishes both local and global voices
massreview.org
March 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Happy to have a poem in the new issue of @themassreview.bsky.social
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Tesla stock price tanking gives us all a warm fizzy feeling, but until now it was still higher than it was on election day. Not any more. 🥰🥳
March 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Tesla stock price tanking gives us all a warm fizzy feeling, but until now it was still higher than it was on election day. Not any more. 🥰🥳
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It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!
March 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!
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you can watch the stock market tank in the bottom corner of Fox's broadcast as Trump talks about tariffs
March 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
you can watch the stock market tank in the bottom corner of Fox's broadcast as Trump talks about tariffs