50 Poets. One Timeless Journey. Countless Stories.
Maiden Mother Crone: The Anthology is a contemporary poetry anthology featuring 50 poets from around the world. Inspired by Madeleine F. White's acclaimed Crossing Places series and edited by Madeleine F. White and award-winning poet and publisher Mary Petiet, this remarkable poetry collection celebrates poetry's enduring power to connect, inspire, and transform.
The Third Book in the Crossing Places Series
Maiden Mother Crone: The Anthology is the third volume in Madeleine F. White's celebrated Crossing Places series, a collection of books exploring identity, creativity, resilience, and the shared human experience through poetry and storytelling.
Begin the journey with The Horse and the Girl, continue with Maiden Mother Crone: Poems, and discover the series' newest chapter in Maiden Mother Crone: The Anthology. Together, these three books invite readers to reflect on life's changing seasons while celebrating the enduring power of story, imagination, and connection.
Whether you're discovering the Crossing Places series for the first time or adding to your collection, Maiden Mother Crone: The Anthology offers an unforgettable literary experience and a compelling introduction to a body of work that has inspired readers around the world.
Drawing on the timeless archetypes of the Maiden, Mother, and Crone, these beautifully crafted poems explore love and loss, motherhood and daughterhood, identity and belonging, aging and renewal, courage and hope. Each poem offers a unique perspective, while together they create a rich tapestry of voices that honors both our individuality and our shared humanity.
More than a poetry anthology, Maiden Mother Crone invites readers into a global community where every voice matters and every story has the power to illuminate, heal, and inspire. Whether you are a lifelong poetry lover or discovering contemporary poetry for the first time, this collection offers wisdom, comfort, and connection for every stage of life's journey.
Perfect for Readers Who Love
Contemporary poetry anthologies
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Poetry about resilience, healing, identity, and personal transformation
Books that celebrate community, creativity, and the shared human experience
Thoughtful gifts for poetry lovers, writers, educators, and book clubs
Discover the Power of Shared Stories
Ideal for poetry readers, writers, book clubs, educators, and anyone seeking thoughtful contemporary literature, Maiden Mother Crone: The Anthology is a collection you'll return to for inspiration and reflection.
Beautifully written and deeply moving, this contemporary poetry anthology celebrates the universal experiences that unite us while honoring the unique journeys that define us. These are poems to return to again and again—for comfort, inspiration, and the simple reminder that none of us walks life's path alone.
Order your copy today and discover why readers around the world are embracing Maiden Mother Crone: The Anthology as a powerful celebration of poetry, connection, and the enduring human spirit.
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Maiden Mother Crone: The Anthology
“This powerful anthology offers up wisdom, healing - and joy - in a burning world. These heartfelt poems celebrate, honour and articulate lived experience through the ages, reminding us of the inherent creativity that lies within each of us”. —Sarah Westcott, author of Bloom, (Pavilion Poetry) shortlisted for the 2023 Ledbury Hellens Poetry Prize. She has published four books and a 2025 pamphlet, Almanac
"Maiden Mother Crone the Anthology creates a space to challenge those narrow definitions of women by showcasing the multi-dimensional and multi-layered aspects of women, a choreography of voices exploring and relating expressions of wisdom and memory, lament and celebration, anger and sorrow in turn, referencing the experiences of women borne of the earth, physical and of the body, bowed down with pain, exhilarated with joy, accepting and refusing.” —Maggie Harris, Guyanese-British poet, prose writer and educator
"Maiden Mother Crone felt like a journey that carried me, held me, and pushed me along through emotions. A collection sharing relationships, identity, history, nature, expectations, love, loss, challenge, and hope. Resonating deeply, the pieces felt raw, real, reflective and resoundingly beautiful yet often heartbreakingly relatable." —Helen Aitchison, author of four novels and director of CIC Write on the Tyne, she champions accessible, people-centred storytelling.
"Maiden, Mother, Crone: The Anthology is both a series of encounters and what the editors call ‘lived and overlapping states’. The maiden is not waiting but collecting. Moon is carved on the skin, water curls and fertility is configured as the transformation of ash into fertilizer." —Carolyn Oulton, scholar, poet and biographer, and Professor of Victorian Literature at Canterbury Christ Church University.
