One Poem
by Maudie Bryant
Passing Splendor
We charge after time, grasping its horns, but
youth is a supernova, burning bright until stars
fade away. We try to rein in what we do
not know as the dust settles. Memories lie
bucked off in the shade of what was, as if they
fall to the ground, only to disappear.
Maudie Bryant (she/her) is a mother, educator, and multidisciplinary artist living in Shreveport, Louisiana. Her work explores the complexities of memory and identity, often looking into the depths of human experience and surveying the disquiet that lurks beneath the surface. A graduate of the University of Louisiana Monroe with an M.A. in English, Maudie’s poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Anodyne Magazine, Susurrus, and Spellbinder.