M Waldron is a poet, performer, explorer, baker and geologist. Her work centers stories of women, queer folks, heritage, and climate chaos, often told through metaphors of geology and food. Her explorations of grief, hope, and love in her home in the high desert and mountains of western Colorado deeply influence both her writing and performing. 

M self-published her first short collection of poems, American Catastrophism, in 2016. Each of the 50 covers contained an original watercolor and M sewed each chapbook binding. The books sold quickly and inspired her to begin working on her next collection of poems. M loves experiencing the world at the speed of bike and spends many hours solo and with friends, working on poetry as she pedals through landscapes. She has had several short prose pieces about various bike journeys published in Cyclista Zine.

She is the creator and founder of SPEAK, an original show featuring works written and performed by local women in the Yampa Valley. She curated the submissions, wrote the introductions, ran rehearsals, and acted as emcee for each performance. M ran SPEAK for 3 successful years, selling out each of the 3 nights of shows from 2017 through 2019. In late 2019 M gifted SPEAK to Young Bloods Collective and Advocates and the show has continued to evolve and provide a necessary space for storytelling in northwest Colorado.

Since moving to Montezuma County in 2022 M has been making connections in the amazing local writing and arts scene and began writing and refining various works that would become the compost for her one woman show, The Letter C. A mix of science and poetry, hope and realism, grief and healing, the show is a personal exploration of a variety of topics that all begin with the letter “C”. Using a mixture of visual aids the show begins with a geology lesson in the first act, “Catastrophism”, and moves through a mixture of personal stories and experiences to arrive at the final act, “Community”.