Maureen Alsop
Winter 2025 | Poetry
Papers of equinox sprawl on the stairwell
the familiarity, this grief
where the walls themselves grow slight
I crossed summer’s threshold
returned to you, lost to you
in dream of your seeking
your habits became my habits
you drew geometries around me
Maureen Alsop, PhD is a psychologist and writer. She is the author of seven poetry collections, including visual poetry and an experimental/hybrid novel, Today Yesterday After My Death. Her poems and short stories have appeared in numerous journals including AGNI, The Kenyon Review, South Dakota Review, The Lincoln Review among others. She is the winner of several poetry prizes including those from Harpur Palate and Bitter Oleander and a recent Roderick Centre Fellowship (in partnership with Varuna House).