Mad Real Productions

Artifacts

My restless eye wandered/ Fixing itself on artifacts/ Reminders of past loves

Poetry, WritingMadeleine PerezDecember 10, 2024poetry, love, memories, romanticComment

Paris Diaries

I kept journal entries when I was overseas in Paris back in May. I thought it might be fun to share a bit about my adventures.

WritingMadeleine PerezDecember 1, 2024Paris, travel, journal, writingComment

C'est la vie

Isn’t it romantic to be at peace

I take Fitzgerald’s words to heart

Venturing out to see things that startle me

Poetry, WritingMadeleine PerezMay 23, 2024Paris, adventure, love, romantic

Summer

I’ve got a whole treasure trove of summer memories with you.

WritingMadeleine PerezJuly 30, 2023writing, memories, grief, brother, nostalgia, childhoodComment

Unforgettable

A brazen rebel

With mastery of mixing drinks

Commander of my affection…

Poetry, HaikuMadeleine PerezOctober 23, 2022seasonalfriendships, poetry, unforgettableComment

Technicolor World

Last summer I saw the world in technicolor…

PoetryMadeleine PerezJuly 19, 2022poetry, loss, friendship, hurt, blue, love Comment

For The Sake Of Art!

She felt the anguish in the paint strokes/ Could all pain be made useful/ In art it’s finally understood, validated

PoetryMadeleine PerezJune 4, 2022poetry, art, heartache, loveComment

Raindrops

The world’s fogged over and bites of cold, accompanied by Sam Cooke and heat, beaming light through sleepy streets…

Madeleine PerezMay 13, 2022heartache, poetry, loveComment

Single Little Me

My dad would often say sit back and enjoy the ride, I hated that answer but attempted to learn

Madeleine PerezApril 3, 2022

Why "Happy Birthday"?

I was eleven when my dad was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease.

It must have been LOVE

It was her birthday today, she sang a string of covers feeling a bit peculiar

PoetryMadeleine PerezDecember 6, 2021poetry, love, heartache, 80s, 90s, musicComment

Seasons

I knew you back when my wrist choked with threaded bracelets and you wore cardigans with tiny buttons

PoetryMadeleine PerezNovember 15, 2021poetry, life, seasonsoflife, young, friendship, college, storiesComment

Lonely Hearts

Two sensitive souls linked by loneliness, hurting for love and acceptance

PoetryMadeleine PerezOctober 22, 2021loss, love, friendship, grief, music, poetry Comment

Road trip

I think about On the Road and decide to pen about this mini road trip.

WritingMadeleine PerezOctober 3, 2021writing, adventure, road trip, the beats, on the roadComment

Cool People

We’re all scared shitless hiding under cool she mused

Poetry, HaikuMadeleine PerezSeptember 25, 2021poetry, haiku, cool, persective, musings, love, writ

For the love of books

I visited dream books as you might have visited grandparents.

WritingMadeleine PerezSeptember 7, 2021books, love, writing, writers, childhoodComment

Haikus

I love you she said simply, you are wonderful

Poetry, Writing, HaikuMadeleine PerezSeptember 5, 2021haiku, poetry, writing, love, simplicityComment

Not Trapped

She smiled through tears, “I marked myself”.

PoetryMadeleine PerezAugust 22, 2021heartbreak, love, poetry, letting go, tears, depression

Unicorn

The minions cast her out of fairytale land, only nice happy creatures belong here

PoetryMadeleine PerezJuly 21, 2021selflove, fairytale, love, adventureComment

Afternoon at the Park

A love affair with a tree can happen in an instant.

WritingMadeleine PerezJuly 12, 2021reading, write, park life, musings, people watchingComment