Stuffed

Stuffed: Love Poems for Assholes is the latest provocative collection of poetry from Pacific Northwest poet Maegen McAuliffe O'Leary. This deliciously paced seduction of language will leave readers screaming with delight, pushing them to the edge of combustion before dropping them back into the stark reality of contemporary romantic domestication. From the feral, fevered days of early infatuation to the weighty bonds of matrimonial life, McAuliffe O'Leary gleefully torches any and all traditional narratives on sappy romantic poetry, declaring "...this / my darling, is the mess / love makes, this / my dear, is poetry." Poetry for real life, in real life. Maegen McAuliffe O'Leary is a poet and mother from the Pacific Northwest. Her work focuses on the contemporary human experience as it intersects feminism, matrimony, motherhood, magic, creative expression, and the human body and its place in nature. She is the author of Bodies to Bury the Hunger (Bottlecap Press, 2022); Full Belly: Poems (The Finished Project, 2024); Richest Bastard in the Poorhouse: Poems for the Proletariat (The Finished Project, 2025); and Stuffed: Love Poems for Assholes (The Finished Project, 2025).

McAuliffe O'Leary is the founder of The Finished Project, a creative communications company inspired by the sacred feminine forces of creativity, courage, compassion, and communication. The Finished Project supports living artists and women-owned, small business through an online retail platform that promotes poetry for real life, in real life. Visit TheFinishedProject.org to learn more.