For Mom
Once upon a time
We made castles of insults
Hot pink pedantic granite
Grouted with grudges
Sparkly lip-glossed landings
Lined with barbed wire
Long lettered arguments
That frightened the alligators
Hiding deep in the muddied mote
We made of the molds that came before us
We were two
Witches slinging spells
We lobbed catastrophes
At one another
Marguerite L. Harrold’s work is a revolutionary act of kindness, gratitude, agitation and community mobilization.
Her poems thread the ecology of being human through urban and rural landscapes, in order to explore the ways in which we connect to place, dislocation and to one another.
She earned a Master’s of Fine Art in Creative Writing/Poetry (with Honors) from Columbia College Chicago. Marguerite was nominated for the 2020 Pushcart Prize (Matador Review).She was also nominated for a 2020 Illinois Arts Council grant and was a 2020 finalist for an Allied Arts Council grant. She is a member of the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley and attended the Bread Loaf Orion Environmental Writers Conference.
Recently she retired from the Chicago Department of Public Health, after 20 years of service in HIV Prevention and Environmental Health. She is currently pursuing Poetry and Naturalist work. She recently returned from a trip around the world.
She has poems published or forthcoming in the following journals:
The Blue Nib
httpsss://thebluenib.com/poetry-by-marguerite-l-harrold/
Jubilat
pulpmouth
httpsss://www.pulpmouth.net/issue1-marguerite-harrold
“Growing Up in Chicago House Music ”-Essay
The Chicago Review: The Black Arts Movement in Chicago Special Issue: Spring 2019
httpss://www.chicagoreview.org/62-463-12-web-companion/
VINYLhttpsss://vinylpoetryandprose.com/2019/03/marguerite-l-harrold/
Pulpmouth httpsss://www.pulpmouth.net/issue1-marguerite-harrold
The Matador Review httpss://www.matadorreview.com/marguerite-l-harrold
Anthology House: a visionary ecology project
Rigorous httpss://rigorous-mag.com/v1i3/marguerite-harrold.html
Marguerite can be contacted via Facebook, @discokayaker or at Margueriteharrold@gmail.com
Her poems thread the ecology of being human through urban and rural landscapes, in order to explore the ways in which we connect to place, dislocation and to one another.
She earned a Master’s of Fine Art in Creative Writing/Poetry (with Honors) from Columbia College Chicago. Marguerite was nominated for the 2020 Pushcart Prize (Matador Review).She was also nominated for a 2020 Illinois Arts Council grant and was a 2020 finalist for an Allied Arts Council grant. She is a member of the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley and attended the Bread Loaf Orion Environmental Writers Conference.
Recently she retired from the Chicago Department of Public Health, after 20 years of service in HIV Prevention and Environmental Health. She is currently pursuing Poetry and Naturalist work. She recently returned from a trip around the world.
She has poems published or forthcoming in the following journals:
The Blue Nib
httpsss://thebluenib.com/poetry-by-marguerite-l-harrold/
Jubilat
pulpmouth
httpsss://www.pulpmouth.net/issue1-marguerite-harrold
“Growing Up in Chicago House Music ”-Essay
The Chicago Review: The Black Arts Movement in Chicago Special Issue: Spring 2019
httpss://www.chicagoreview.org/62-463-12-web-companion/
VINYLhttpsss://vinylpoetryandprose.com/2019/03/marguerite-l-harrold/
Pulpmouth httpsss://www.pulpmouth.net/issue1-marguerite-harrold
The Matador Review httpss://www.matadorreview.com/marguerite-l-harrold
Anthology House: a visionary ecology project
Rigorous httpss://rigorous-mag.com/v1i3/marguerite-harrold.html
Marguerite can be contacted via Facebook, @discokayaker or at Margueriteharrold@gmail.com
Latest posts by Marguerite L. Harrold (see all)
- Never Finished - 19th May 2021