Maria Surricchio is originally from the UK and now lives near Boulder, Colorado. A life-long lover of poetry, she began writing in 2020 after an extensive marketing career. A Pushcart Prize nominee, her work has appeared in Blackbird, Salamander, River Heron Review, Poet Lore, Chicago Quarterly Review, The Comstock Review, SWWIM Every Day and elsewhere. She has a BA in Modern Languages from Cambridge University and a Masters in Fine Arts in Writing from Pacific University. She has worked globally for major companies in technology and entertainment.
January 2025
In my MFA Graduation Presentation, I share why I think poetry matters and what matters in poetry. I pay homage to my extraordinary advisors at Pacific University: Kwame Dawes, Ellen Bass, Mahtem Shiferraw and Shara McCallum. I also ask the questions about form that animate my craft. Watch this space for news of classes I’ll be giving on how to help poems find their form in the coming months.
Maria Surricchio: Poetry 