Melissa Eleftherion
Summer 2025 | Poetry
wonder & golden mean whatever
Blood shadow in the radial strike
Moon glow grief parade
Did I star asunder as the pieces coalesced
To make of a solitary rainbow
At last consequence
Wonder and golden mean whatever
All the joy washed ashore
Lark of metrical foot a classical libation
Incipience
Where it forms stress or shallow water
Lashes in modernity
Sing
Melissa Eleftherion (she/they) is a writer, a librarian, and a visual artist. Born & raised in Brooklyn, she holds degrees from Brooklyn College, Mills College, and San Jose State University. They are the author of the full-length poetry collections: field guide to autobiography (The Operating System, 2018), gutter rainbows (Querencia Press, 2024), & Malocchia (White Stag, 2026) as well as twelve chapbooks including abject sutures (above/ground press, 2024). Her work has been widely published & featured in venues like Quarter after Eight, Sixth Finch, Verse Daily, & Barren Magazine. Melissa now lives in Northern California where she manages the Ukiah Branch Library, curates the LOBA Reading Series, and serves as Poet Laureate Emerita of the City of Ukiah. Recent work is available at www.apoetlibrarian.wordpress.com.