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In the Old Country

Tell Me About Yours I grew up hearing snippets about the old country, good Balkan land where my grandparents sprouted and bloomed. Families slept pressed together under rug-like coverlets to ward off frigid winters in…

MelindaJuly 14, 2026

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We can choose where our attention goes…

Why Not? What if we got our breaking news from morning dream circles with 10 of our closest neighbors? Around a fire, say, with eyes and hearts attuned to the unguarded loveliness that spills from…

MelindaJune 17, 2026

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A Gnawing Hunger

Insatiable Some would say it’s an embarrassment of riches, this contemporary life we struggle to contain. I’ve stood with many at the long groaning table punctuated with shiny things that gush like chocolate fountains spewing…

MelindaJune 1, 2026

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What do you want to leave behind?

Copake Lake, Copake New York. Photo by Melinda Coppola I'm thrilled to have my poem "When your warm flesh" included in a new poetry anthology. "Intention of Love" anthology is edited by ZenJen Brown and…

MelindaMay 18, 2026

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For All the Mothers

Hi there, I just wrote a little ditty for, well, For All the Mothers Those whose bodies have birthed tiny beings, those with chosen families born from a seed in their hearts, those who passed…

MelindaMay 9, 2026

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Four New Poems

I’ve just had four new poems published in Root Smoke journal. Here they are, below. https://rootsmoke.substack.com/p/melinda-coppola Spring There is nothing to say that the green world bursting faithfully again into blossom hasn’t outlined on…

MelindaMarch 18, 2026

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Feast

The Cardinal Maybe it’s the cold, the heavy woolish snow blanket—more this month than in whole years of hibernal quietude. Maybe it’s the paucity of visitors to our weathered deck. Few flighted ones attempt to…

MelindaFebruary 27, 2026

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Three Love Poems

Consortium Up before you, I hear your shuffle down the morning hall, the clearing of your throat, and my head turns of it’s own accord, trained by years of practice, and I’m looking for your…

MelindaFebruary 13, 2026

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Ambling Towards Ambulation

Bink was a late walker. She was late with everything, actually—except with being adorable and precious and deeply loved. Here's a poem about walking from my book Little Pockets of Glow. If you haven't purchased…

MelindaFebruary 2, 2026

What do you want to leave behind?

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