Author Archives: deirdre

Poem, “Nervy Endings, Nerve Ends, Ends” in Stonewall’s Legacy Anthology

https://www.localgemspoetrypress.com/stonewalls-legacy-anthology.html Also available here: Amazon  

Posted on May 26, 2019 by deirdre
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Two Poems published at Canthius: “False Dilemma” and “Derelict”

http://www.canthius.com/feed-1/2019/1/6/two-poems-by-deirdre-maultsaid  

Posted on May 26, 2019 by deirdre
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Essay, “Dad, Magisterium” published at White Wall Review

Dad, Magisterium

Posted on May 26, 2019 by deirdre
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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 … Continue reading →

Posted on January 9, 2017 by deirdre
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Poem “Make-a-Wish” was published at Pif

Make-a-Wish By Deirdre Maultsaid //Things I love: Bacardi drunk young men still boasting, lips sloppy pickups that roll out, up, over, before, still, after, then. Black ice car fresheners swaying and clacking. Sulphur, tang, copper, damp. The lonely sight of … Continue reading →

Posted on October 4, 2016 by deirdre
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Poem “Red Camaro” was published at Pif

Red Camaro By Deirdre Maultsaid //Ruthless, the sun shone: ironing, scorching root and stem. Its muscles flared, a genderblind juggernaut. Suburban, possessed, the lilacs whisper. In the shadowless nought— on the soulless gravel— I could see the rocket hulk of … Continue reading →

Posted on October 4, 2016 by deirdre
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Poem: Listen to man’s lament

Listen to man’s lament By Deirdre Maultsaid //I never loved you. Your epaulettes flapped, your wig and peerage slipped; your jealousy was black oil in your bilge. You had (who was that figure at the prow, that noseless rosewood lady?) … Continue reading →

Posted on December 29, 2014 by deirdre
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Poem: Washerwomen, Blessings

Washerwomen, Blessings by Deirdre Maultsaid From This crisis, these blessings: essays by Deirdre Maultsaid (Trafford Publishing) First appeared in Canadian Woman Studies, Vol. 22, Summer, 2003 //1. I am a washerwoman standing on unstable ground. I see all in its … Continue reading →

Posted on December 12, 2013 by deirdre
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Poem: Cures

By Deirdre Maultsaid //Angel, darling, you have such wakefulness, pacing with your burnt tallow, passing another anniversary watching the clock hands stroke away meaning. I know: all shall perish. Look. There is the shadow of God, the disenchantment of the … Continue reading →

Posted on December 10, 2013 by deirdre
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Poem ” Shine on, you moons of Jupiter ” was published at The Puritan

//“All I have is sniper thinking; I am calling out from between the rocks…” Read poem here  

Posted on November 26, 2013 by deirdre
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