"In the Absence of Breath" by Maudie Bryant

AUGUST 2024

In the Absence of Breath

I cradle the space where memories drift.
Faint
into
near
syncope.
Faint
onto
hard
ground.
Faint
where I cradle the space-drift memories.

___

8/14/2024

Maudie Bryant is a multidisciplinary artist and educator living in Northern Louisiana. Her writing often explores the depths of human experience, surveying the disquiet lurking beneath the surface. A University of Louisiana Monroe MA graduate, her poetry appears or is forthcoming in Anodyne Magazine, Susurrus, and orange juice, the poetry journal.

"We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained."

© 2026. All rights reserved.

- Nikki Giovanni