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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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BEFORE the POETRY READING I want to thank God, goddess, fate, those who work in the otherworld office of lifespans where decisions are made— perhaps before we are born— about just how long we’ll slosh…

MelindaJanuary 22, 2026

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The Only Reasonable Light

image by Melinda, "Shekinah" Oh, there is so much pain in this peopled world, and I dare say the majority of it is delivered to humans by other humans. I don’t pretend any circumstances will…

MelindaJanuary 15, 2026

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To hell, to hell with this dry well

(To confront writers block, she) Mixed metaphors. Now I understand it was never about the others. Not their timeline, their values. Not the scripts we were fed about how to be and behave in this…

MelindaDecember 2, 2025

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When Your Dragonfly Grew

My friend, the artist Marina Powdermaker, would have turned 64 next week. I can't quite believe it's been 5 years since she left. It is for us—those left living—to honor our beloved dead by telling…

MelindaAugust 22, 2025

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When I am Ash

To hear me read this post, click below. Hello you! I’ve had a new poem published in the inaugural issue of Harrow House Journal. This was one of the rare pieces that arrived almost completely…

MelindaJuly 2, 2025

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April is…..

April is Autism Awareness Month and also National Poetry Month, two topics about which I am passionate. I ought to have lots to write and say and post, but here we are almost two thirds…

MelindaApril 19, 2025

Hope Nature Writing

Things Talk to Me

I'm pleased to share that my quirky poem, "The Animist in the Basement" was published this month in the delightful "Little Fairy Stories for Adults" issue of Moonday magazine. Read it here, and if you'd…

MelindaJanuary 28, 2025

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The View from the Couch

The View from the Couch Day 18 of a projected 56 before my left sole can again greet the floor. Shoulder and neck—also left side—still quite cranky and challenging my intention to be positive and…

MelindaDecember 30, 2024

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The Sweet Complications of Living in a Body

Trigger warning: I'm incurably wordy. On a Friday morning approximately 11 days ago, I had surgery on my left foot. "A big one”, the excellent podiatrist/surgeon calls it. No weight bearing for 8 weeks. A…

MelindaDecember 23, 2024

Three Love Poems

When Your Dragonfly Grew

When I am Ash

April is…..

The View from the Couch

The Sweet Complications of Living in a Body

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