Mariah Maddox, Author at midnight & indigo https://www.midnightandindigo.com/author/mariah-maddox/ A Home for Black Women Writers Mon, 28 Sep 2026 11:33:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://i0.wp.com/www.midnightandindigo.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/unnamed-file.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Mariah Maddox, Author at midnight & indigo https://www.midnightandindigo.com/author/mariah-maddox/ 32 32 153713158 Like The Wind Rolling Off The Drums https://www.midnightandindigo.com/rolling-off-the-drums/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 11:33:40 +0000 https://www.midnightandindigo.com/?p=81724  I speak in tongues all the things too glorious for language, too acapella for melodic song, my brown body be the wind rolling off the drums, be the sweet cruise of my mother’s hums. — Beckoning of the Wind: An Ode to Motherhood I grew up seated at the feet of my grandmother’s reminiscing mind. Her recital of past remembrances was ritual, something I now realize was her way of saying I was here, and I lived and loved, and I fought, and I have the wounds to show you. Her wounds have been carried by many of the women

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