Madison Mae Parker

Madison Mae Parker (they/she) is a word witch, writer, performer, ritual artist, arts doula, somatic educator, and space-maker. Voted as best poet in Kansas City, Missouri in 2022 by The Pitch Magazine, she finds deep belonging in the stretching of language through poetry and questioning where a poem might long to live. Having toured and taught internationally with her poetry in the US, Europe, Singapore, and Australia, she feels most at ease while performing and facilitating rituals and conversations around the things that make us human. In addition to holding an MFA in Performance from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2024), they hold an expressive arts therapy certification through the Tamalpa Institute (2023). Their absolute favorite way to be in the world is helping fellow artists discover their own creative intuition through 1:1 explorations as an Arts Doula and crafting customized rituals. Alongside their work at the Chicago Poetry Center as a poet-in-residence, they teach somatics classes with Khecari and assist with administrative work as an Operational Assistant. When they are not art-ing, you can find her watching anime and eating Hot Cheetos with her cats MeowZaki and Magic Conch Shell.