Madeleine Kuderick

Midnight writer. Grammar Rebel. Author and poet. My debut novel is KISS OF BROKEN GLASS, HarperTeen. I'm rep'd @sterlinglordlit.

[Madeleine Kuderick @kuderickwrites]

KISS OF BROKEN GLASS won gold in the Florida State Book Awards! http://t.co/HFTwqXnHh4

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Michelle and I are so inspired by all the young people who made today’s marches happen. Keep at it. You’re leading us forward. Nothing can stand in the way of millions of voices calling for change.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Young people have helped lead all our great movements. How inspiring to see it again in so many smart, fearless students standing up for their right to be safe; marching and organizing to remake the world as it should be. We've been waiting for you. And we've got your backs.

[Madeleine Kuderick @kuderickwrites]

You’ll remember
or unremember
what this is all about.

You will make change
or be changed
'cause we will vote you out.

© Madeleine Kuderick

#marchforourlives

3/3

[Madeleine Kuderick @kuderickwrites]

You will protect
or unprotect
the children of this land.

You will care
or not care
that blood is on your hands.

You will take cash
or cash out
of the NRA’s tight grip.

You will merit
or not merit
your seat in leadership.

2/3

[Madeleine Kuderick @kuderickwrites]

A Notice to Politicians from the Young People of Stoneman Douglas

It’s simple.

You are with us
or against us.
There is no in between.

You will honor
or dishonor
our Sacred Seventeen.

1/3

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

We are grieving with Parkland. But we are not powerless. Caring for our kids is our first job. And until we can honestly say that we're doing enough to keep them safe from harm, including long overdue, common-sense gun safety laws that most Americans want, then we have to change.

[Madeleine Kuderick @kuderickwrites]

At Parkland this is where it ends.
The last to lose our sacred friends.
The last lives shattered by a gun.
The first to do what must be done.

© Madeleine Kuderick

#MarchForOurLives
Poem inspired by @Emma4Change

6/6

[Madeleine Kuderick @kuderickwrites]

It ends with us.
Right now.
Today.

We’ll march.
We’ll vote.
We’ll have our say.

5/6

[Madeleine Kuderick @kuderickwrites]

The lock down drills.
The bloody floor.
The guard whose gun was not enough.
The empty tweets.
The TV fluff.
The candles.
Flowers.
Teddy bears.
The worthlessness of thoughts and prayers.

4/6

[Madeleine Kuderick @kuderickwrites]

And more.
And more.
And so much more.

3/6

[Madeleine Kuderick @kuderickwrites]

We’re done.
We’ll be the last.
We’re students of a painful past.
With lessons from a heart-broke book.
The baby face of Sandy Hook.
The 9-1-1 of Columbine.
The Stoneman Douglas Valentines.

2/6

[Madeleine Kuderick @kuderickwrites]

Poem inspired by @Emma4Change

We Will Be the Last

To hear an angry rifle roar.
To hide behind a closet door.
To see guns gut the lockered walls.
To bleed in frenzied freshman halls.
To watch a favorite teacher cry.
To send a dying text goodbye.

Enough.

1/6

[Madeleine Kuderick @kuderickwrites]

CONMED Employee Hurricane Relief https://t.co/7gxOp9TnLu

[Sammy Rosenman @sammyinlala]

EVERYDAY IS DOG DAY FOR ME BUT HAPPY #NationalDogDay

[Madeleine Kuderick @kuderickwrites]

There is nothing more reliable than the ocean tides and the love of a dog. #NationalDogDay

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..."

[Madeleine Kuderick @kuderickwrites]

I will stand up for anyone who feels unsafe.
#safetypin #lovetrumpshate

[Madeleine Kuderick @kuderickwrites]

Powerful words from Anja, a 5th grader with cerebral palsy and the 52nd President of the United States! Please share. #AnjaNation

[Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library @TampaHillsLib]

@kuderickwrites, @juniperjenny, @LucienneDiver, & @Sarah_Nicolas will be at the Teen Author Festival at #SouthShore #Library Nov. 16. 4-8 pm