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Maggie McCombs

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A Kentucky Elegy

An elegy to honor my late Mamaw, gone too soon.

Oct 9, 2024

A Kentucky Elegy

Oct 9, 2024

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About Me Stories

About Me — Maggie McCombs

Who I am, what I make and more.

Dec 28, 2024

About Me — Maggie McCombs

Dec 28, 2024

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A Trespasser’s Song

Prose poem for the homesick and sick of home.

Sep 15, 2024

A Trespasser’s Song

Sep 15, 2024

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Becoming a Palindrome

[Within me drones a consistency.]

Jul 29, 2024

Becoming a Palindrome

Jul 29, 2024

The Visiting Committee

Author note: This story was originally published in an August 2024 issue of The Write Launch.

Just now

The Visiting Committee

Just now

Housekeeping notes

Starting the year over, a new website and discovering more barriers to entry

Feb 6

Housekeeping notes

Feb 6

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Signed, Ada

A prose poem

Jan 5

Signed, Ada

Jan 5

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Palilalia

I was almost two when the whole mess started: speech. And should have stopped while I was ahead because they always analyze the way you do…

Dec 30, 2024

Palilalia

Dec 30, 2024

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Rooted

They’ve laid our way in lessons, multifarious, in being hated. Standing in the rubble of one nation, playing god, roots creeping in at us…

Nov 28, 2024

Rooted

Nov 28, 2024

Seeing a city as though it’s a car commercial for my inner child

A poem to find you where you’re five again.

Oct 7, 2024

Seeing a city as though it’s a car commercial for my inner child

Oct 7, 2024

Maggie McCombs

Maggie McCombs

Professional and unprofessional writer. Poet. 2025 Pushcart Prize nominee. Currently working on my first book. 📕 Contact me: maggie@maggiemccombsauthor.com

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