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.
They can't all be bangers. Even poets who have written poem poems will sometimes write poems that sound like poems. But that doesn't mean they need to be published.
December 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
They can't all be bangers. Even poets who have written poem poems will sometimes write poems that sound like poems. But that doesn't mean they need to be published.
"Don’t you love the scenery of your front lobe, the way folds harbor thoughts no one ever had before" has me cackling. Hope to never start a beef with you. Or maybe I do?
December 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"Don’t you love the scenery of your front lobe, the way folds harbor thoughts no one ever had before" has me cackling. Hope to never start a beef with you. Or maybe I do?
Is this yours? I love it!
December 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Is this yours? I love it!
If the poet discovers nothing writing the poem, then reader discovers nothing reading the poem.
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
If the poet discovers nothing writing the poem, then reader discovers nothing reading the poem.
So nice to see so many friends in one place. I should write a poem with someone.
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
So nice to see so many friends in one place. I should write a poem with someone.
a haibun by Lisa Sloan collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/11/trav...
Traveling Carnival, Santa Fe
Collaborature, a journal of collaborative poetry and fiction
collaborature.blogspot.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
a haibun by Lisa Sloan collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/11/trav...
a cento by my friend Ed Gold. collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/09/wing...
Wings
Collaborature, a journal of collaborative poetry and fiction
collaborature.blogspot.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
a cento by my friend Ed Gold. collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/09/wing...
For the last year or so Richard Garcia and Miho Kinnas have had an ongoing collaboration by email. Here is a haibun. collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/11/floa...
Floating Away on a Raft Made of Empty Medication Bottles
Collaborature poetry and fiction journal, poetry, haibun, Richard Garcia, Miho Kinnas
collaborature.blogspot.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
For the last year or so Richard Garcia and Miho Kinnas have had an ongoing collaboration by email. Here is a haibun. collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/11/floa...
This is a poem by Yvette R. Murray. Our group wrote a collection of ekphrastic poems in response to a local painter, Linda Fantuzzo's work. collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/11/ston...
Stone Steps
Collaborature, a journal of collaborative poetry and fiction
collaborature.blogspot.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This is a poem by Yvette R. Murray. Our group wrote a collection of ekphrastic poems in response to a local painter, Linda Fantuzzo's work. collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/11/ston...
and this is a group poem from a long time ago collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The Dog Sonnets
Collaborature poetry and fiction journal, poetry, Long Table Poets, sonnet
collaborature.blogspot.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
and this is a group poem from a long time ago collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
I'm on like my fourth or fifth puberty and I can turn my feet and hands to ice.
November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I'm on like my fourth or fifth puberty and I can turn my feet and hands to ice.
I love the claws, I love the eyes, I love the bell-like people.
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I love the claws, I love the eyes, I love the bell-like people.
Love the pointy little tooth with those gentle eyes. :)
October 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Love the pointy little tooth with those gentle eyes. :)
I grew up in a small southern town and I was under the impression that dirt bikes and ATVs were good clean fun for "Real Americans"?
August 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I grew up in a small southern town and I was under the impression that dirt bikes and ATVs were good clean fun for "Real Americans"?