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.
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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.
