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Madeleine French

@madeleinepoet.bsky.social

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Poet residing in FL and VA. Dedicated sewist. Avid Janeite. Pushcart & BotN nominee. Words in Gone Lawn, Soul Poetry, The MacGuffin, West Trade Review, Identity Theory, San Antonio Review, etc. Pro science & vaccines. 💉 No kings. 👑

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Madeleine French @madeleinepoet.bsky.social · Aug 8

Prose poem in the latest Schuylkill Valley Journal.

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Madeleine French @madeleinepoet.bsky.social · May 7

It’s actually painful to watch these people embarrass themselves every day. 🤦‍♀️

Meidas_SocietysChild @societyschild.bsky.social · May 6

Linda McMahon wrote Harvard a letter to which they responded by noting areas that are in need of corrections and then posted it on social media.
Great job Harvard!👏👏👏

Madeleine French @madeleinepoet.bsky.social · Apr 22

New work in MacQueen’s Quinterly!
www.macqueensquinterly.com/MacQ28/Frenc...

MacQueen’s Quinterly: Poetry & Hybrids: Madeleine French: Walking Past Bromeliads at the Botanical Garden

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Madeleine French @madeleinepoet.bsky.social · Apr 14

As a Michigan alum, I have mixed feelings about this. 🤔

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Apr 14

WATCH JD Vance Break The Ohio State University's College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy

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San Antonio Review @sanantoreview.bsky.social · Feb 24

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Oversight agency finds Trump’s federal worker firings unlawful, asks for some employees to be reinstated

The findings could have sweeping impacts for the tens of thousands of recently dismissed workers.

www.govexec.com

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Madeleine French @madeleinepoet.bsky.social · Feb 20

I wish @robertgarcia.bsky.social were my congressman! Instead I have Trump/Musk boot licker Greg Steube. 🙄

Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social · Feb 20

So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

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Madeleine French @madeleinepoet.bsky.social · Feb 14

Two poems accepted today!

a little girl is making a funny face with the words yeah so excited below her

ALT: a little girl is making a funny face with the words yeah so excited below her

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Madeleine French @madeleinepoet.bsky.social · Feb 10

Reading some new work at Bookstore1 yesterday. #poetry #writingcommunity

Madeleine French @madeleinepoet.bsky.social · Jan 6

Liz Cheney bitch slaps the felon.

Madeleine French @madeleinepoet.bsky.social · Dec 31

Very grateful to the dedicated & hardworking editors who published my work this year in
@identitytheory.bsky.social, @susurrusmag.bsky.social, @sanantoreview.bsky.social, and @gonelawn.bsky.social .
❤️✍️📓

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Madeleine French @madeleinepoet.bsky.social · Dec 15

I’m happy to share this new piece in @gonelawn.bsky.social, composed during a workshop last fall with @josehernandezdz.bsky.social. Thanks, @owenwyke.bsky.social, for giving it a home, and Jose, for helping me grow as a writer. ❤️ ✍️ gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Gone Lawn 58 : Madeleine French

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Madeleine French @madeleinepoet.bsky.social · Dec 7

Thanks, Janis—this is so much better than the other place!

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Jake @seexreadxwrite.bsky.social · Dec 7

Wasn’t sure I ever needed a collaboration between Coldplay, Spike Jonze, and Dick Van Dyke until I stumbled upon it and my heart nearly burst. Enjoy.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Ol...

Coldplay - ALL MY LOVE (Official Video) (Directors' Cut)

YouTube video by Coldplay

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Madeleine French @madeleinepoet.bsky.social · Nov 21

Lovely to see so many poets & writers here! Here is a recent poem, from the fall issue of Reverie.
www.reveriemag.org/issue-iii/ma...

Madeleine French | Reverie