Melissa September 1, 2020 sparks The Expanding Woman Melissa September 1, 2020 sparks She’s not reaching outor grasping for anythingor anyone anymore.Right hereshe has herself.
Melissa July 16, 2019 life My "Dark Night of the Soul" Record Melissa July 16, 2019 life To me, this period was a kind of “dark night of the soul,” one that was filled with many dark nights in themselves, but moreover a prolonged period of excavating my “shadow”…
Melissa May 21, 2019 sparks The Web Melissa May 21, 2019 sparks We roared the night we first met, and then I got frightened and hid from you.
Melissa May 8, 2019 life The Value of Being "Good Enough" Melissa May 8, 2019 life My fall was an awakening. Now that I didn’t have to be perfect, I could be good.
Melissa March 26, 2019 sparks Original Sadness Melissa March 26, 2019 sparks You were supposed to love me as I was…but you were the source of myoriginal sadness.
Melissa March 13, 2019 life It's Clearing Now Melissa March 13, 2019 life I’ve just finished recording my fourth album. And it’s felt like an exorcism.
Melissa January 22, 2019 sparks Etymology Melissa January 22, 2019 sparks Taxonomy was Adam's task.To name the unnamed is the poet's cause.
Melissa December 11, 2018 wisdom The Innocence and Experience of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” Melissa December 11, 2018 wisdom I’ve become ensorceled by the updated version of Joni’s song …It’s become almost like a secret key to understanding this phase of growth in my life.
Melissa November 26, 2018 wisdom True Colors: On Embracing the Full “Palette” of Life and Self Melissa November 26, 2018 wisdom For anyone who struggles with others’ perceptions in choosing a somewhat “unconventional” life path or being an “unconventional” person.
Melissa October 30, 2018 sparks Savannah (In Memory of Niema Ross) Melissa October 30, 2018 sparks Chartreuse, magicmuse,fluttering, god-sent.
Melissa September 5, 2018 sparks Becoming (A Poem) Melissa September 5, 2018 sparks I’m becoming a woman of tonics and potions, and only / my cast-off Catholicism makes me feel guilty of it…
Melissa August 21, 2018 wisdom The Best You Have Anyway: The Legacy of Hedy Lamarr Melissa August 21, 2018 wisdom Hedy Lamarr was many things in a world that wanted to limit her to just one: bombshell.