My work:
Patheos,
The Job, The Space Between Us, Green,
The Unlikely Bounty, Straight Love, The Heart Factory, The Half Paper Moon, I am Bexley and Atonement by JMS Books
Silent Bites by Eukalypto
My heart would be pounding like a jackhammer, right? Is that the right way to put it? Especially if I had a working heart.
By Melissa Ingoldsby2 years ago in Fiction
oh wait it’s you, the absolute stunner of my heart Leaping into the haphazard depths of my beating knocker with precision
By Melissa Ingoldsby2 years ago in Poets
kiss the baby over and over, smells like fresh baked bread Trying to write a single sentence A letter, a sound like a dong from a large metal instrument
My good friend Oneg and I collaborated to write this poem based on body dysphoria and the grief / anxiety that comes with it. Please check out their amazing writing and truly inspiring poetry today!
we planned to destroy ourselves before any destroyed each other I dipped in Holy water to keep the peace You stepped into the flames to keep me warm
you hid under the veil of sacristy A false room of self-righteous prayer that cast out the small demons that fancied to destroy me piece by little piece
My girlfriend Nana went to the farmer’s market and bought some tomatoes. I lingered on the spot on the counter that had the last tomato after she had made us dinner the night before.
crazy eyes sink in Clouds of dust that create stars Crying all alone.
My eyes have so much weight after crying, my dear raven You can have them all You were once my biggest dream, of soft colors, cuddles and kisses
how could you just leave like that? Why would you create the content for a new load of misery poetry? Is that interesting to you? Is that so sweet to see me in misery? Is it fun to have someone trust you and then you
in the deepest space that inhabits The deepest grief, loss, I have lost in the deepest part of Sheol I lost myself, it grudges me like an angry toad croaking into the stormy night
tender leaves on branch You're the sun drops in my tea Kiss me like spring rain