Maura Bernstein

Joined July 2021

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I am a high school English teacher living in Maryland with my wife & two fur babies. I like to write poetry & horror stories & like most writers, I'm working on ideas for books that are unfinished & waiting for my very divided attention.

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Auschwitz
Arbeit Mach Freit. The letters stare at us - twists of rusted, wrought iron, flaking with age. I don’t speak German, but I know what these words mean.
By Maura Bernsteinabout 2 hours ago in Poets
Gems. Top Story - March 2026. Content Warning.
My feet sink into the wet sand as the tide flushes by, covering everything in disappearing crystals of warm ocean. I’m running, I think, and the spray clings to my ankles, obscuring my legs from the lens.
By Maura Bernstein10 days ago in Poets
Metamorphosis. Top Story - February 2026.
The desert at night lives. A metamorphosis of the sand causes the previously stifling landscape to shift, Becoming cold, swirling drifts of heavy, tan snow,
By Maura Bernstein30 days ago in Poets
Cognitive Dissonance
I wish it had been better, When we were together. Though the blame is not all my own, The seeds of hatred sown, Were.
By Maura Bernsteinabout a month ago in Poets
Hedonism Until the World Ends
Revolutionize Epicureanism - Deliberately.
By Maura Bernsteinabout a month ago in Poets
The Nature that Raised Me
I believe in nature, because in truth, she raised me. My life thus far has been touched by a never-ending series of the most wild and mystical landscapes one could ever hope to behold. And each place is so different, so phenomenally awe-inspiring, that the memories I hold of each one are still as vivid as though I were there yesterday.
By Maura Bernsteinabout a month ago in Earth
A Confession of Love
You let the tears flow, "All I can say right now is - I love you, madly."
By Maura Bernstein2 months ago in Poets
Smoking in January
The white smoke dissolves - Thick wafts of perfumed vapor - On a black canvas.
By Maura Bernstein2 months ago in Poets
She Reached Into the Storm. Top Story - January 2026.
You really don’t have to, babe - She used to say that all the fuckin’ time - Like, maybe she thought I never wanted to do anything for her -
By Maura Bernstein2 months ago in Poets
Into the Fire
In rooms of gold and deep crimson, I found you, your fear, your sadness, your love as well. Your attention - bright as the sun and hotter than any ring of Hell,
By Maura Bernstein2 months ago in Poets
Crowned in Blues
In the bright light of forever, Golden, gilded, gentle, You are my principal muse, And as I look to a horizon of our years ahead,
By Maura Bernstein2 months ago in Poets
Coil. Winner in Small Heat Challenge.
The smudged glass froze fast - A chewed up circular coil - All we had - glowed red.
By Maura Bernstein3 months ago in Poets

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Auschwitz

Gems. Top Story - March 2026. Content Warning.

Metamorphosis. Top Story - February 2026.

Cognitive Dissonance

Hedonism Until the World Ends

The Nature that Raised Me

A Confession of Love

Smoking in January

She Reached Into the Storm. Top Story - January 2026.

Into the Fire

Crowned in Blues

Coil. Winner in Small Heat Challenge.

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