Melissa November 12, 2023 sparks I Wonder if They Dream of Me? Melissa November 12, 2023 sparks Because some mornings I wake upnear screaming.Bleating out through the etherand the interstitial plane…
Melissa September 17, 2023 sparks The Mountain Melissa September 17, 2023 sparks Up to the mountain again,where I’ve brought many I’ve loved—family, a lover, a friend—
Melissa January 8, 2023 sparks Disarmament Melissa January 8, 2023 sparks First, you sat on my cracked house haunted with disinhabitants.
Melissa May 16, 2021 sparks I took my grief to the sea Melissa May 16, 2021 sparks I took my grief to the seaTo bury it on the beachIt was a discreet ball of griefNot much smaller than a baseball
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 August 4, 2020 sparks Summer, Palm Springs During Pandemic Melissa August 4, 2020 sparks The cicadas are sizzling.Lawn mowers mow outside my window.
Melissa February 11, 2020 sparks If My Life Has No Light Melissa February 11, 2020 sparks If my life has no light...If it is cold and dark...If it is quiet and buried deep...
Melissa January 7, 2020 sparks An Artist’s Work in the Late Stage Melissa January 7, 2020 sparks In the late stage we made inverted temples to ourselves…
Melissa September 25, 2019 sparks Late Bloomer Melissa September 25, 2019 sparks I was always the late bloomer, a fall-blossoming flower…
Melissa July 30, 2019 sparks Circles in the Sky Melissa July 30, 2019 sparks Took some time this evening looking at the skyand Emily Carr paintings of above the tree line.
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 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.
