Marguerite Maria Rivas has been writing poetry for fifteen years. In addition to writing for the page, she writes for, and improvises on the stage. Marguerite is a member of the Performance Collective, Elektromotif along with Wil Wynn, Doug Principato, and frequent guests, Peter Echanique, Andre Martinez, and Ed Jackson, among other world-class musicians and classy wordsmiths. She is also a founding member of Sepoy Rebellion, the poets' collective and Staten Island TRaSH.
With instrumentalist and composer Doug Principato (a/k/a) the Grandpepper of Reality, percussionist Andre Martinez, and poet Wil Wynn, she works as an improvisational poet, having recently performed at such venues as Performance Space 122, The Henry Gregg Gallery, The Unitarian Church, and The Bowery Poetry Club.
Marguerite has also performed nationally and has won numerous grants and awards for her poetry, the latest for Excellence in the Literary Arts from the Staten Island Arts Council.
Marguerite's poetry and prose has been published in such journals as Earth's Daughters, The America's Review, Waterways, and The Multicultural Review, among others.
Marguerite, who holds a Doctor of Arts and Letters from Drew University, also writes long, collagistic poems.
Marguerite is indebted to her loyal friends and supporters, especially her long-time friend and fellow poet Wil Wynn, her archivist, Bernard King, and her collaborator on the spoken word tracks on this page, instrumentalist and composer, Doug Principato.
She is widely known as the de facto Poet Laureate of Staten Island, and is in the process of completing a manuscript of lyric poetry, Laughter, Hope & a Sock in the Eye.
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