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Reach for the Bus Crayon

The Bus Crayon There will be a morning you won’t reach for the black rectangle with the white apple on its face. You won’t instruct your finger to slide…

MelindaJuly 30, 2025

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Hello, dear reader, and happy mid-June to you. I’m popping in to say my first full-length poetry collection is scheduled for publication this fall. No exact date yet, but I’ll send out an update when…

MelindaJune 8, 2025

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A Happy Smattering of Weirdness

Perfectly Imperfect I read a good amount of poetry. Some comes to me in literary journals and books, some shows up in various online forums. I’m drawn to writing that is accessible, creative and real.…

MelindaMay 19, 2025

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How to Become a Runner

Here's another talkative colored pencil drawing I made while I was couch-bound after foot surgery. Colored pencil "Judy Runs" by Melinda How to Become a Runner If you’re over 60— with knees that creak…

MelindaMarch 26, 2025

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My Drawing Told Me To Tell You

Hello out there! My recovery from foot surgery is going well. I’ve spent some of the “couch time” making little colored pencil drawings. Shortly after I finished them (and like so many things in my…

MelindaJanuary 25, 2025

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April is also…..

April has quite a load to carry! Not only is is Autism Awareness Month and National Poetry Month, it’s also been deemed National Card and Letter Writing Month. Texts and emails are fine, but isn’t…

MelindaApril 28, 2024

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In the Pink

"Fruits on Pink" by Bink She begins. First, there is pink. Well...vivid electric magenta is more apt. She pushes the frayed brush into the water jar, hitting the bottom too hard. Taps out a neurodivergent…

MelindaMarch 7, 2024

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Still, After Years

This is the Love Poem, Mid-Life for Super Guy "Who, being loved, is poor?" --Oscar Wilde Remember the night I woke moaning, ankles on fire, some ghost gripping my arches, preventing even a twitch of…

MelindaFebruary 14, 2024

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The Shift

art: Moon Goddess by Melinda Coppola, done in watercolor. On my best days I do dwell in gratitude and I experience most everything as a blessing. My poem, "The Shift", attempts to give voice…

MelindaNovember 18, 2022

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Slack Satori

The Hand of God by Melinda satori \ sə-ˈtȯr-ē n (Buddhism) Zen Buddhism the state of sudden indescribable intuitive enlightenment • Hmmm. Tell a creative (poet, artist, musician, sculptor) that something is indescribable, and chances…

MelindaAugust 14, 2022