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Mary Magdalene Poems
Cover image/; postcard from Italian poet/artist/critic Roberto Sanesi
Mariah Martin
Discovering that she was no accident and what a hand she had in her own making, Margaret A. Harrell takes off on the theme of "I Predicted Me." Finding herself in perplexing experiences at every turn, she navigated the quantum filed—multidimensional—waters in her path and reports back how to do this yourself. Cutting straight to the question—did she foresee herself?—she delightedly answers yes. She invites the readers to how much of a life is destiny, and how much is authored in real time? What have you already written into being?
With these previously unpublished poems alongside selections from the critically applauded Particle Piñata Poems, this collection once again marks Harrell’s full arrival into poetry. Her work moves as a “cosmic, often esoteric whirlwind,” writes BookLife (the indie/small press arm of Publishers Weekly) in reviewing Particle Piñata Poems. It compares the style to “the winds of a hurricane or flurry of a meteor shower.”
But looking back and seeing that all this self-discovery and writing was a way of '"predicting" the "I," the "me," she saw how easy it is to, in poetry, share the experience with readers.
“The poetry of Margaret Ann Harrell reads like a Zhuangzi of the 21st century, taking its reader through a spiritual Odyssey, where one can hear the cosmic beat in the rhythm of the word play, the pulse of heartfelt mind-blowing experiences revealing a vast span of messages from beyond. It shows the craftmanship of a female shaman who has the power to catch such a dazzling wild and free roaming content into the nets of poems. Here is a . . . rite de passage initiating its reader into multiversal dimensions, bringing meaning to life where few have been looking to find it . . . a unique treat, a gift from those who know how to sow the seed for what really matters on earth.”—Chris Van de Velde, Zen novice, “Light Looper,” Belgium
“The time of the grandmothers, of the nurturing healing feminine energy has arrived. Patriarchy has sewn destruction long enough. We must all, female and male, become healers, seers. In her epic PARTICLE PINATA, author Margaret Ann Harrell stands in direct lineage with the desert mystics, the poet prophets of old and, simultaneously, with the contemporary cutting edge avant-garde. In a whirling dance with the creative forces of the universe Harrell draws explicit and implicit lines to Rumi, Blake, Yeats, Joyce, Jung, and others while forging mystical connections with clouds and coastlines, dancing in the borderlands of space and time, of being and not being, of embracing and letting go. And she accomplishes it all in her own distinctly original poetic voice. Through decades of carrying these poems from continent to continent, Margaret Ann Harrell has continued to add new poems and photos, to edit and revise, to transform her self into an ever evolving being, into this masterpiece book. I can't recommend it highly enough. Go ahead, open the front cover and enter. You’ll never be the same.”—Ron Whitehead, U.S. National Beat Poet Laureate
Mariah Martin
Discovering that she was no accident and what a hand she had in her own making, Margaret A. Harrell takes off on the theme of "I Predicted Me." Finding herself in perplexing experiences at every turn, she navigated the quantum filed—multidimensional—waters in her path and reports back how to do this yourself. Cutting straight to the question—did she foresee herself?—she delightedly answers yes. She invites the readers to how much of a life is destiny, and how much is authored in real time? What have you already written into being?
With these previously unpublished poems alongside selections from the critically applauded Particle Piñata Poems, this collection once again marks Harrell’s full arrival into poetry. Her work moves as a “cosmic, often esoteric whirlwind,” writes BookLife (the indie/small press arm of Publishers Weekly) in reviewing Particle Piñata Poems. It compares the style to “the winds of a hurricane or flurry of a meteor shower.”
But looking back and seeing that all this self-discovery and writing was a way of '"predicting" the "I," the "me," she saw how easy it is to, in poetry, share the experience with readers.
“The poetry of Margaret Ann Harrell reads like a Zhuangzi of the 21st century, taking its reader through a spiritual Odyssey, where one can hear the cosmic beat in the rhythm of the word play, the pulse of heartfelt mind-blowing experiences revealing a vast span of messages from beyond. It shows the craftmanship of a female shaman who has the power to catch such a dazzling wild and free roaming content into the nets of poems. Here is a . . . rite de passage initiating its reader into multiversal dimensions, bringing meaning to life where few have been looking to find it . . . a unique treat, a gift from those who know how to sow the seed for what really matters on earth.”—Chris Van de Velde, Zen novice, “Light Looper,” Belgium
“The time of the grandmothers, of the nurturing healing feminine energy has arrived. Patriarchy has sewn destruction long enough. We must all, female and male, become healers, seers. In her epic PARTICLE PINATA, author Margaret Ann Harrell stands in direct lineage with the desert mystics, the poet prophets of old and, simultaneously, with the contemporary cutting edge avant-garde. In a whirling dance with the creative forces of the universe Harrell draws explicit and implicit lines to Rumi, Blake, Yeats, Joyce, Jung, and others while forging mystical connections with clouds and coastlines, dancing in the borderlands of space and time, of being and not being, of embracing and letting go. And she accomplishes it all in her own distinctly original poetic voice. Through decades of carrying these poems from continent to continent, Margaret Ann Harrell has continued to add new poems and photos, to edit and revise, to transform her self into an ever evolving being, into this masterpiece book. I can't recommend it highly enough. Go ahead, open the front cover and enter. You’ll never be the same.”—Ron Whitehead, U.S. National Beat Poet Laureate
184 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 6, 2025
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