Meet Patricia Maillard
Patricia Maillard is a storyteller whose narratives bridge the gap between cultural heritage and contemporary experience. With a background in literature and a deep-seated passion for the Caribbean's diverse voices, her writing captures the rhythm of island life while exploring universal themes of identity, resilience, and the human spirit. She is published in American Anthology of Poetry, If Yuh Int’rested, Chita Tande, Spectrum Publishing’s Sonnetland, and Xlibris.
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Naked Angel
This book is a gathering of words that speak of personal experiences, influences that came from working in the Social Service sector, while interjecting my love of humor and some spiritual moments. I started to write poetry about fifty years ago when nature presented me with new awakenings to it's beauty and our connection. It started just out of blue and happily hasn't stopped From the coyote that appears on my street to the hummingbird enjoying sap on the tree on the front lawn. They have all inspired me. Everything that presents itself to me is poetry, it's up to me to respond to it.
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Galavanting
This, my second collection of stories in Poetry, Prose and Ponderings is about life on the edge of my emotions, sometimes fearfully and sometimes fearlessly but always with a love of life and adventure, making sure to enjoy more than I fear in my effort to understand my own complicated story. I get asked frequently about the theme. My theme is my unquenchable thirst for exploring life while allowing my spontaneous spirit to live, and sometimes relive memories and recall encounters and stories that became an unforgettable part of me. I am open and available to all inspiration, nature, a painful experience, love affairs and almost love affairs, endurance, deep friendships, society as I see it, and the ultimate, the passing of loved ones, and of course, Covid. Hopefully, there’s some mystery or hilarity to pique the interest of curious minds. Whatever form they take, I am inspired by my love of life first, and fully allowing it to unfold. Relax, read. I desire to make a connection, create a distraction, or self-recognition, some humor but most of all to speak my truth. Let’s have a Spiritual encounter. Read my words, know my heart, and you may recognize our similarities. Come let our souls collide. “We Are One”.