Baker Artist Portfolios

About the Poet
'Ecila Mai' is her pen name that means 'I am Alice' spelled backwards. The name reminds the poet to recognize there are many different perspectives, including those of her own. And, to appreciate different points of view, as she enjoys many styles and forms of writing available to read, ponder, or pray or think over. She is captivated by and gravitates to writing Japanese haiku, senryu and tanka poems. She also writes a symphony poetry, prose, soliloquies, quotes and thoughts about life, self-reflection and hope. Another pen name she writes under are the initials "AB." This to remind her to be, “above board,” or authentic in writing her truth, i.e., to be honest, heartfelt and humble and to be "A Believer" who trusts that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them called according to His purpose. And, she believes all people deserve grace, compassion and consideration.

She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. She has been doing artwork and writing poems since she learned to draw, read and write. In her elementary school age years. As a young child, she used to sit by the washing machine in the basement and make rhymes to the sound of the noisy rhythmic vibrations as the spin cycle circulated. In middle school, she decorated her brown paper lunch bag with collages made from cutting pictures out of magazines and writing a poem or prose with magic markers on her self-made customized bag, (made just for her own personal amusement.) In high school she wrote poetry, some published in the Upward Bound newsletter, self-printed by some of the students in a college preparatory program at Morgan State University. She wrote poetry in college at the University of Maryland, College Park, in her diary, but stopped after some life altering events and the duties of adulthood took priority. As an adult, after she and her husband, raised two children, and he passed away, she started, "really” writing, again.

She previously has been published in the Maryland Bards Poetry Review and currently has a small book of Haiku Poetry on Amazon, entitled Haiku-isms, by Ecila Mai on Amazon. She is living her best life, writing poetry every day and looks forward to sharing a few of poems, prose and points of view in this portfolio.

Lastly, she has three Instagram accounts sharing her prose, poems, soliloquies, haikus, quotes, thoughts and sage faith advice
@Hearttical
@Haikuheartticals
@heartfeltjoyfulness