Deirdre Maultsaid (she/her) is a queer writer based in Vancouver, Canada. Her writing is rich, and provocative.
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Pajaritas
Maultsaid, D. (2020, Oct.). Pajaritas. Riddle Fence, #37, Fall, 2020
By Deirdre Maultsaid
I invite you to admire the crimson-tailed Saraya for it is the most lesbiana of all the birds. We have plenty to admire here. Female pairs will live together in nests of moss, spit, and tinsel. They feed each other blackberries. Or, to tease: holly berries. If you wait quietly, you can see them perch close together on a thin branch and sing five low Continue reading
Double-cross
Maultsaid, D. (2020). Double-cross. untethered, #52.1 Autumn, 2020. p.41
By Deirdre Maultsaid
I trudged through the hospital and out the bellowing emergency doors and then I fell into the cold hoar-frosted numbing late city night and left my mother where she was not yet sleeping in the hollow clanging, under the blocks Continue reading
Wreck Everything
Maultsaid, D. (2020, Oct.) Wreck Everything. Riddle Fence, #37, Fall, 2020
By Deirdre Maultsaid
The cat scrabbled on the shelf, gave one
choked howl, and landed upright
on the couch back. I watched the cat.
The cat watched my mother. The round black
vase tipped, it toppled, it fell. Shards
clattered and rocked. The surface of
Blog post at mysmallpresswritingday: “My writing day”
Poem published at League of Canadian Poets, Fresh Voices: “Habit of Hate”
Two Poems published at Canthius: “False Dilemma” and “Derelict”
Essay, “Dad, Magisterium” published at White Wall Review
Essay “Death Before Dishonour” Published at 3ElementsReview
Essay, “Death Before Dishonour”, was published at 3elementsreview. The three elements I had to use where “Glaze, Thread, and Murmur”.
“Does any parent want to be in a hospital hallway, after a long afternoon of decisions, staring…”
Read essay on page 64 here: http://3elementsreview.com/current-journal