A Spiral Under

A Spiral Under

About the Substack

This is a living poetry book — unfolding in soft chapters, one poem at a time. Topic: life, memory, loss, in their many facets. You’re welcome to read, linger, comment, and subscribe if you wish to walk alongside it as it grows.

About Maya Oakes

I am a scientist with a creative artist backstory. I am going through physical changes that put me on a health break for some months. Picking up the pieces of myself, I had returned to the joy of thinking, writing, chiseling of poems.