Nikesh Murali Reads “In Another Dimension, We Are Making Love”

April 20, 2018 By melissa Studdard in Film, Poetry, Readings, Video Tags: Audio, Nikesh Murali, Poem, poetry, Video Leave a comment

Recent adaptations of the works of @KelliAgodon @Vanessid – prove multimedia is the future of poetry. Half a million listeners have tuned into my readings across multiple social media platforms in last few months, for the same reason. Here’s something new feat. @MelissaStuddard pic.twitter.com/0wROCJuAgk

— Poetry readings by (@_nikeshmurali) April 20, 2018

NIKESH MURALI at The Word Manifesto is a gift to poetry! Here’s his new reading of my poem “In Another Dimension, We Are Making Love.” Check out his twitterfeed for readings by Paige Lewis, Kaveh Akbar, Kelli Russell Agodon, Hafizah Geter, Don Share, Chelsea Dingman, Jenn Givhan, Nicole Tong, José Olivarez, Victoria Chang, and so many more!

All Things That of Crystal Would Bloom

April 4, 2018 By melissa Studdard in Poetry Tags: My Grandmother Was a Chendelier, Poem, poetry, publishing, Writing Leave a comment

I’m so thrilled to have this new poem in the beautiful new issue of Smartish Pace. It’s a fabulous issue.

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The Jesus Bus

March 30, 2018 By melissa Studdard in Poetry Tags: Poem, poetry, publishing, The Jesus Bus Leave a comment

I’m super thrilled to have a new poem, “The Jesus Bus” in the current wonder-filled issue (23) of the New Ohio Review. It’s such an amazing journal. I hope you’ll check it out if you have not already.

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The world drifts like a madness inside you

March 22, 2018 By melissa Studdard in Poetry Tags: Creativity, Icarus, Inspiration, Poem, poetry, publishing, Stomp the Ground, University of Leicester, World Poetry Day, Writing, You Were a Bird; You Are the Sea Leave a comment

I’m very happy to have two poems on the myth of Icarus featured at the University of Leicester’s Creative Writing Blog for World Poetry Day! These two poems have never been paired before, as “You Were a Bird; You Are the Sea” was collected in I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast, while “Stomp the Ground” was written later and appeared in Southern Humanities Review. Happy World Poetry Day, everyone!

http://creativewritingatleicester.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/two-poems-by-melissa-studdard.html?m=1

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My Poem Dressed in a Ball Gown

February 28, 2018 By melissa Studdard in Poetry, Readings, Video Tags: Audio, Everyone in Me Is a Bird, Nikesh Murali, Poem, poetry, Video, Writing Leave a comment

Read by Nikesh Murali, my recent poem, “Everyone in Me Is a Bird,” (Poets.org) takes on new life. I told him I felt like the poem had shed its daily wear to dress up for the evening. If you’re not following Murali (@_nikeshmurali) on Twitter, you’re missing out. Every week he posts gorgeous readings. His voice is currently my favorite instrument for playing poetry.

I chose this particular poem by the most talented and gorgeous @MelissaStuddard because it is an excellent gateway into her creative universe. She is a poet I look forward to performing more. #spokenpoetry #poetryreading #spokenword #poetry #poem pic.twitter.com/bkyGprJFGj

— Poetry readings by (@_nikeshmurali) February 28, 2018

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Pternophobia and Posthuman

February 7, 2018 By melissa Studdard in Poetry Tags: Poem, poetry, Posthuman, Pternophobia, publishing Leave a comment

I’m thrilled to have two new poems in South Florida Poetry Journal’s February issue.

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To see the other or hear me read both, click on the following link and scroll down:

https://www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/poems-february-2018.html

What they said to think, I thought not

November 29, 2017 By melissa Studdard in Poetry, Uncategorized Tags: Academy of American Poets, Creativity, Everyone in Me Is a Bird, feminism, Poem, Poem-a-Day, poetry, Poets.org, Women, Writing 2 Comments

I’m delighted to see my poem “Everyone in Me Is a Bird” featured at the Academy’ of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day today! This poem was inspired by a line from Anne Sexton’s poem “In Celebration of My Uterus.”

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/everyone-me-bird

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The Ocean Decanted Poorly

November 3, 2017 By melissa Studdard in Poetry Tags: Houston, Hurricane Harvey, Poem, poetry, Writing Leave a comment

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I’m happy to have a couple of poems about my Hurricane Harvey experiences published alongside the fine work of Maggie Smith-Beehler, Maggie Anderson, Jimmy Santiago Baca, and Steve Kistulentz in John Hoppenthaler’s November Congeries for Connotation Press.

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https://connotationpress.com/hoppenthaler-s-congeries/3124-melissa-studdard-poetry

My Mother Was a Lake Full of Water Lilies

October 8, 2017 By melissa Studdard in Poetry Tags: Family Tree, Poem, poetry, Publication Leave a comment

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I’m thrilled to have two poems in the Skin Deep issue of Pirene’s Fountain. There are so many poets whose work I admire in this issue, and everything about it is gorgeous!

Katherine Herschler created the deadly Venus Flytrap design with its beautiful blossoms to represent our perceptions
of beauty and self-image.

Pirene’s will donate 20% of proceeds from each book to the Texas Harvey and Puerto Rico hurricane relief funds.

“Family Tree” is one of my poems from the issue:

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Democracy, Pigeons, Skylines and Such

September 16, 2017 By melissa Studdard in Poetry Tags: "Revolution", Consumerism, Creativity, Democracy, Emily Dickinson, feminism, Melissa Studdard, Poem, poetry, Publication, The Journal, Women, Writing Leave a comment

The Journal is one of my favorite lit mags, and I’m happy to have a poem in their new issue, along with some stellar company. I think of their aesthetic as the ideal manifestation of Emily Dickinson’s “tell it slant” advice. Here’s a link to The Journal’s website, if you’d like to check it out: http://thejournalmag.org. And here’s a shot of my poem in their current print edition:

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