Marcus aka Gregory Maidman
2 min readJan 7, 2025

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assuming that includes me, I'm gonna look back at my last year plus of stories/poems and select a bunch of highlights for you: I'll start with this one from Sept 2023 because it happens to be open in a browser tab, I have a feeling you like horses, and because I learned the rondeau from you: https://medium.com/write-under-the-moon/sweet-horse-with-no-name-e9147f375ed3

A previously untold chapter of the Greg and Lindsey and Marcus and Sitara saga: https://medium.com/write-under-the-moon/how-i-helped-my-heaven-mate-crossover-to-the-other-side-e4d91b448e0b

A Lindsey and Sitara sonnet (I hadn't done a sonnet in a while--remember when I learned it and how addicted I was for a bit): https://medium.com/catharsis-chronicles/sonnet-sung-to-my-heaven-mate-cf79d2352f56

This one I'm very proud of: https://medium.com/imogenes-notebook/wandering-wonderings-13b8b9c614b1 subtitled "Free verse musings about death and life"

Another of which i'm very proud, this poem tells the story of a fictitious trial of a serial killer at the pearly gates: https://medium.com/write-under-the-moon/the-joy-of-murdered-souls-a9c931461f29

This one Claire nominated for a boost but the curators rejected: https://medium.com/write-under-the-moon/communing-with-nature-and-spirits-in-the-material-world-a694e4a9bd9b subtitled "A tanka-haiku-prose poem (haibun) meditation of mindfully walking in nature with awareness of synchronicity"

Now jumping to the present and will work backward, my only post so far this year was inspired by the latest Doctor Who Christmas special: https://medium.com/write-under-the-moon/empty-chairs-will-enrich-your-lives-with-friendship-591d2c47473b

https://medium.com/catharsis-chronicles/360-degrees-of-perception-29d00b27a750 subtitled "Four short ekphrastic poems from rotating one picture of the moon and a tree"

https://medium.com/write-under-the-moon/my-highest-powers-spoke-to-me-a8ab489fb263 subtitled "Free verse poem mused by The Beatles and others who have been touched by the hand of God (as I choose to call my highest power — not the “God” of any religion)", which others are Bowie, Pink Floyd, The Bangles and The Rolling Stones

You always liked ones that display my somewhat unique creative process (this one and the one above I was pretty drunk while writing): https://medium.com/channspirations/psalm-number-909-375cd7daf54f

Here's a free verse that I hopped out of bed to write in the middle of the night, https://medium.com/write-under-the-moon/dreaming-of-friends-and-lovers-on-the-astral-plane-b0dee028fed4

This list is getting long, I better start getting picky. Here's a free verse contemplation I know you'll enjoy: https://medium.com/write-under-the-moon/of-winter-and-life-of-life-and-winter-c9ec0c9a055d

This one is fun https://medium.com/catharsis-chronicles/add-music-to-poem-stanzas-666eb45fa41e

This one will touch you, and am I recalling correctly that George is your favorite Beatle (especially after they replaced Paul): https://medium.com/write-under-the-moon/lost-and-found-a7e8c980ce65

I'll end the list with a collaboration between jules and me: https://medium.com/write-under-the-moon/journey-through-darkness-leads-to-light-b1baa2b8dcc7

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Marcus aka Gregory Maidman
Marcus aka Gregory Maidman

Written by Marcus aka Gregory Maidman

Living 17,043rd human life. I am Marcus (universal name) or you may call me Greg; a deep thinker; an explorer of ideas and the mind.

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