Poem-Maker & Picture-Taker

Madelyn Musick is a writer, teacher, & creator living in Somerville, Massachusetts. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing with a focus in poetry from the University of North Carolina - Wilmington & a BA in English from the University of Minnesota. Her poems “Pythagoras,” “A Weaker Vessel,” and “Love Capacity” are featured on In Parentheses. Her poem “Blood Orbit” can be found in The Shore. Her poems “Widow Spider” & “What Eats Itself” have been published by Metatron Press as part of their #MicroMeta Instagram series. Her poem “Lonely in Lowry Hill” has been published in the December 2023 issue of Bodega Magazine. Madelyn is featured in the Somerville Times article: Somerville’s Creative Writers on Writing from Place, as well as in the Somerville Arts Council’s online celebration of national poetry month with the poem Illusory Birds.

Madelyn’s photography, a series of black-and-white 35mm photographs titled, “Phantasma in Black and White,” has recently been featured in Fuzz Magazine.

This site is a working portfolio of 35mm film photography shot primarily with a beloved Minolta X-370 and an Olympus Stylus travel-companion camera. The photographs are categorized by tone, scene, and subject as: Light, Mise-en-scène, Scene-scapes, and Subjects.