POETRY

Published Writing of Madeline Cyrille Miller

Santa Barbara County Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate 2022

The role of Poet Laureate is an honorary representative position awarded to a writer who is involved in positive change in their community.

Read Cyrille’s writing bellow.

Publication and Press Releases

  • “Bird Song” was published as a part of a collection of Broadsides by the Santa Barbara County Office of Arts and Culture in January of 2022, priot to the selection of the 2022 YPL.

    Read it on their website.

  • “There are trees in the Hallway” was published in the Santa Barbara Independent in June of 2024 to announce the SB YPL Inauguration.

    Read it on their website.

  • “America in June” was published by Gunpowder Press in June of 2022 to celebrate the SB YPL inauguration.

    Read it on their website.

  • “The One About Sea Anemones” was published by California Poets in the Schools in their anthology “Fly Like the Clouds of Time”.

    The book is available for purchase.

Writing

The Suburban Heretic Collection; Television Poem. / Note on Touch / Song for My Sister

These poems were written in 2021 and 2022, and have been read live at a number of readings.