Tamara J. Madison
Tamara J. Madison is a poet, writer, and editor. Her work has been published and recorded in various journals, magazines, anthologies, podcasts, and exhibits including World Literature Today, Poetry International, Extract, Web del Sol Review of Books, and Mom Egg Review.
Her most recent poetry collection Threed, This Road Not Damascus is published by Trio House Press and was short-listed under the title, Breast Poems, in the 2015 Willow Books Literature Award. Her poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize (2012 and 2022) and for Best of the Net (2019). She is also the author of Collard County (short stories), Kentucky Curdled (poetry), and Sistuh’s Sermon on the Mount (poetry chapbook).
She currently lives in Orlando, Florida where she teaches as a professor of English and Creative Writing at Valencia College. For more information visist www.tamarajmadison.com
Haikus - Chronicle of Us
Best Date
On the coldest night,wrapped in warm embrace, we stoodwatching blazing stars.
Proposal Against the chill of February, you kneel onone knee, wield my heart.
Conception
In this wisp of spring,the best of us swells withinmy rounded belly.
The Last 18th Birthday
A heart overflowswith no place to pour exceptthe cold, frozen ground.
Autumn
Like leaves yet to fall,we are withering, waftingagainst each other.
On the coldest night,wrapped in warm embrace, we stoodwatching blazing stars.
Proposal Against the chill of February, you kneel onone knee, wield my heart.
Conception
In this wisp of spring,the best of us swells withinmy rounded belly.
The Last 18th Birthday
A heart overflowswith no place to pour exceptthe cold, frozen ground.
Autumn
Like leaves yet to fall,we are withering, waftingagainst each other.