Athena Melliar
@athenamelliar.bsky.social
Poet. Greek. Feminist. Recent work in @magmapoetry.bsky.social, @harpyhybrid.bsky.social, @petrichorlit.bsky.social, @neologismpoetry.bsky.social, @sotospeakjournal.bsky.social.
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Issue #101 out now! Featured Poet Sharon Svendsen; supported by Carol Tiebout, David Chorlton, Sara Vernekar, Sky Davis, Celeste Perez, @yanisiqbal.bsky.social, Jenny Isaacs, Richard Stimac, and Mikha'El Dan.
www.neologismpoetry.com/October-2025/
www.neologismpoetry.com/October-2025/
November 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Issue #101 out now! Featured Poet Sharon Svendsen; supported by Carol Tiebout, David Chorlton, Sara Vernekar, Sky Davis, Celeste Perez, @yanisiqbal.bsky.social, Jenny Isaacs, Richard Stimac, and Mikha'El Dan.
www.neologismpoetry.com/October-2025/
www.neologismpoetry.com/October-2025/
When those who scraped the granite hill,
Harried, confused its flowing line,
Blasted its edge, its summit till
Boulders were crystals sharp and fine—
They had gone up, breathing the rare
Ethereal vapor, quick and whiny.
from “The Vandals” by Lynn Riggs
#LynnRiggs #IndigenousPeoplesDay #poetry
Harried, confused its flowing line,
Blasted its edge, its summit till
Boulders were crystals sharp and fine—
They had gone up, breathing the rare
Ethereal vapor, quick and whiny.
from “The Vandals” by Lynn Riggs
#LynnRiggs #IndigenousPeoplesDay #poetry
October 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
When those who scraped the granite hill,
Harried, confused its flowing line,
Blasted its edge, its summit till
Boulders were crystals sharp and fine—
They had gone up, breathing the rare
Ethereal vapor, quick and whiny.
from “The Vandals” by Lynn Riggs
#LynnRiggs #IndigenousPeoplesDay #poetry
Harried, confused its flowing line,
Blasted its edge, its summit till
Boulders were crystals sharp and fine—
They had gone up, breathing the rare
Ethereal vapor, quick and whiny.
from “The Vandals” by Lynn Riggs
#LynnRiggs #IndigenousPeoplesDay #poetry
No living thing, the wild doves gone
and the king of Asini, whom we’ve been trying to find for two years now,
unknown, forgotten by all, even by Homer,
only one word in the Iliad and that uncertain
- “The King of Asini,” Giorgos #Seferis www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51356/...
and the king of Asini, whom we’ve been trying to find for two years now,
unknown, forgotten by all, even by Homer,
only one word in the Iliad and that uncertain
- “The King of Asini,” Giorgos #Seferis www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51356/...
The King of Asini
No living thing, the wild doves gone and the king of Asini, whom we’ve been trying to find for two years now, unknown, forgotten by all, even by Homer, only one word in the Iliad and that uncertain, t...
www.poetryfoundation.org
September 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
No living thing, the wild doves gone
and the king of Asini, whom we’ve been trying to find for two years now,
unknown, forgotten by all, even by Homer,
only one word in the Iliad and that uncertain
- “The King of Asini,” Giorgos #Seferis www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51356/...
and the king of Asini, whom we’ve been trying to find for two years now,
unknown, forgotten by all, even by Homer,
only one word in the Iliad and that uncertain
- “The King of Asini,” Giorgos #Seferis www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51356/...
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Day 6 of the Tell It Slant Poetry Festival is packed with programs — in-person at the Dickinson Homestead and streaming live to participants around the globe!
Space is limited, register for free:
emilydickinsonmuseum.org/tell-it-slan...
Space is limited, register for free:
emilydickinsonmuseum.org/tell-it-slan...
September 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Day 6 of the Tell It Slant Poetry Festival is packed with programs — in-person at the Dickinson Homestead and streaming live to participants around the globe!
Space is limited, register for free:
emilydickinsonmuseum.org/tell-it-slan...
Space is limited, register for free:
emilydickinsonmuseum.org/tell-it-slan...
Reposted by Athena Melliar
Starting today, The Tell It Slant Poetry Festival is live from Amherst and features hybrid events at the Emily Dickinson Museum — there's still time to register for free!
Tell all the truth but tell it slant!
FREE REGISTRATION:
emilydickinsonmuseum.org/tell-it-slan...
Tell all the truth but tell it slant!
FREE REGISTRATION:
emilydickinsonmuseum.org/tell-it-slan...
September 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Starting today, The Tell It Slant Poetry Festival is live from Amherst and features hybrid events at the Emily Dickinson Museum — there's still time to register for free!
Tell all the truth but tell it slant!
FREE REGISTRATION:
emilydickinsonmuseum.org/tell-it-slan...
Tell all the truth but tell it slant!
FREE REGISTRATION:
emilydickinsonmuseum.org/tell-it-slan...
“The burned tree” @athenamelliar.bsky.social Flyway Journal of Writing & Environment
#poetry #Evros #Greece
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#poetry #Evros #Greece
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Athena Melliar — The burned tree
Dadia Forest, Alexandroupoli Who am I? Maybe I should introduce myself. The air says ghost. I say the burned tree. To choose carefully your supplies in dying draw yourself from
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August 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“The burned tree” @athenamelliar.bsky.social Flyway Journal of Writing & Environment
#poetry #Evros #Greece
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#poetry #Evros #Greece
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and now your blood finds its way
into my ruptured veins as i wonder
what use is prayer if not carnal:
every day we are recanting
from our own loneliness
from “self portrait as saint dymphna” by @mjluvoices.bsky.social, Grist Journal #poetry
gristjournal.com/2025/04/self...
into my ruptured veins as i wonder
what use is prayer if not carnal:
every day we are recanting
from our own loneliness
from “self portrait as saint dymphna” by @mjluvoices.bsky.social, Grist Journal #poetry
gristjournal.com/2025/04/self...
self portrait as saint dymphna - Grist
MJ Lu (she/they) is a Southeast Asian American poet who hails from North Carolina. Her work was previously published in MudRoom, Bulb Culture Collective, and Von Aegir Literary.
gristjournal.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
and now your blood finds its way
into my ruptured veins as i wonder
what use is prayer if not carnal:
every day we are recanting
from our own loneliness
from “self portrait as saint dymphna” by @mjluvoices.bsky.social, Grist Journal #poetry
gristjournal.com/2025/04/self...
into my ruptured veins as i wonder
what use is prayer if not carnal:
every day we are recanting
from our own loneliness
from “self portrait as saint dymphna” by @mjluvoices.bsky.social, Grist Journal #poetry
gristjournal.com/2025/04/self...
Reposted by Athena Melliar
Reposted by Athena Melliar
My poem, “Calliste,” is in the 117th issue of Cordite Poetry Review alongside such incredible work form writers I admire.
cordite.org.au/poetry/nothe...
The island of Santorini was previously called Calliste (meaning “the most beautiful”).
#poetry #Santorini
cordite.org.au/poetry/nothe...
The island of Santorini was previously called Calliste (meaning “the most beautiful”).
#poetry #Santorini
Calliste
So small was your earth clod thrown out of Argo, it crawled into a tectonic hole — the hole is black, tears the cyan — you came up for air, we didn’t breathe a word. Now you swell and swirl, you er…
cordite.org.au
August 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
My poem, “Calliste,” is in the 117th issue of Cordite Poetry Review alongside such incredible work form writers I admire.
cordite.org.au/poetry/nothe...
The island of Santorini was previously called Calliste (meaning “the most beautiful”).
#poetry #Santorini
cordite.org.au/poetry/nothe...
The island of Santorini was previously called Calliste (meaning “the most beautiful”).
#poetry #Santorini
My poem, “Calliste,” is in the 117th issue of Cordite Poetry Review alongside such incredible work form writers I admire.
cordite.org.au/poetry/nothe...
The island of Santorini was previously called Calliste (meaning “the most beautiful”).
#poetry #Santorini
cordite.org.au/poetry/nothe...
The island of Santorini was previously called Calliste (meaning “the most beautiful”).
#poetry #Santorini
Calliste
So small was your earth clod thrown out of Argo, it crawled into a tectonic hole — the hole is black, tears the cyan — you came up for air, we didn’t breathe a word. Now you swell and swirl, you er…
cordite.org.au
August 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
My poem, “Calliste,” is in the 117th issue of Cordite Poetry Review alongside such incredible work form writers I admire.
cordite.org.au/poetry/nothe...
The island of Santorini was previously called Calliste (meaning “the most beautiful”).
#poetry #Santorini
cordite.org.au/poetry/nothe...
The island of Santorini was previously called Calliste (meaning “the most beautiful”).
#poetry #Santorini
“I Google Myself” by Mel Nichols @poetryfoundation.bsky.social
#poetry
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
#poetry
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
I Google Myself
I Google myself I want you to love me When I feel down I want you to Google me I search myself I want you to find me I Google myself I want you to remind me I don’t Google anybody else When...
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August 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“I Google Myself” by Mel Nichols @poetryfoundation.bsky.social
#poetry
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
#poetry
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
I want something pulled out of me
like a maiden witched back up out of the well
or maybe i want
to slit and blink at the bottom of it
let the heir tumble into me
live forever there
dead and romantic
—“Death Style 8.17.20” by @joyellemcsweeney.bsky.social
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like a maiden witched back up out of the well
or maybe i want
to slit and blink at the bottom of it
let the heir tumble into me
live forever there
dead and romantic
—“Death Style 8.17.20” by @joyellemcsweeney.bsky.social
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Death Style 8.17.20
Surely I am evading my responsibilities: hiding out in the backyard, choosing to believe my teens are working/learning when they are pursuing their own privacy on the Internet like nymphs gathering bl...
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July 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I want something pulled out of me
like a maiden witched back up out of the well
or maybe i want
to slit and blink at the bottom of it
let the heir tumble into me
live forever there
dead and romantic
—“Death Style 8.17.20” by @joyellemcsweeney.bsky.social
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
like a maiden witched back up out of the well
or maybe i want
to slit and blink at the bottom of it
let the heir tumble into me
live forever there
dead and romantic
—“Death Style 8.17.20” by @joyellemcsweeney.bsky.social
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Such is a silence
of a woman who
speaks against silence, knowing
silence is what
moves us to speak. — from Deaf Republic, @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
#poetry
of a woman who
speaks against silence, knowing
silence is what
moves us to speak. — from Deaf Republic, @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
#poetry
a full moon rises over a body of water with rocks in the foreground
ALT: a full moon rises over a body of water with rocks in the foreground
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July 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Such is a silence
of a woman who
speaks against silence, knowing
silence is what
moves us to speak. — from Deaf Republic, @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
#poetry
of a woman who
speaks against silence, knowing
silence is what
moves us to speak. — from Deaf Republic, @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
#poetry
There is nothing here
to love This seascape fits exactly with
the geography of my mind:
whatever is close is dangerous
— “Somewhere” by Fanny Howe
www.theparisreview.org/poetry/3954/...
#FannyHowe #poetry
to love This seascape fits exactly with
the geography of my mind:
whatever is close is dangerous
— “Somewhere” by Fanny Howe
www.theparisreview.org/poetry/3954/...
#FannyHowe #poetry
Somewhere by Fanny Howe
Somewhere between Norway and Irelandvolcanic rocks and glaciers leap from the seaMy map has failed me, I’m there
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July 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
There is nothing here
to love This seascape fits exactly with
the geography of my mind:
whatever is close is dangerous
— “Somewhere” by Fanny Howe
www.theparisreview.org/poetry/3954/...
#FannyHowe #poetry
to love This seascape fits exactly with
the geography of my mind:
whatever is close is dangerous
— “Somewhere” by Fanny Howe
www.theparisreview.org/poetry/3954/...
#FannyHowe #poetry
Released silhouettes
flow incessantly like water,
flow between mountains
swiftly like a kaleidoscope.
- “René Magritte” by Shuzo Takiguchi (1903-1979)
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
#poetry
flow incessantly like water,
flow between mountains
swiftly like a kaleidoscope.
- “René Magritte” by Shuzo Takiguchi (1903-1979)
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
#poetry
the letters are falling from the sky in a seamless pattern on a white background .
ALT: the letters are falling from the sky in a seamless pattern on a white background .
media.tenor.com
July 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Released silhouettes
flow incessantly like water,
flow between mountains
swiftly like a kaleidoscope.
- “René Magritte” by Shuzo Takiguchi (1903-1979)
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
#poetry
flow incessantly like water,
flow between mountains
swiftly like a kaleidoscope.
- “René Magritte” by Shuzo Takiguchi (1903-1979)
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
#poetry
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Guerrilla Girls, 'The Advantages Of Being A Woman Artist' poster, 1988 #womensart
May 8, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Guerrilla Girls, 'The Advantages Of Being A Woman Artist' poster, 1988 #womensart
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Today my monostich (featuring mirror-writing) is published in the 27th issue of a dream journal, #Petrichor! What an honour!
petrichormag.com/pebbles-vol-...
#poetry #mirrorwriting #mirrorwritingpoetry #monostich
petrichormag.com/pebbles-vol-...
#poetry #mirrorwriting #mirrorwritingpoetry #monostich
April 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Today my monostich (featuring mirror-writing) is published in the 27th issue of a dream journal, #Petrichor! What an honour!
petrichormag.com/pebbles-vol-...
#poetry #mirrorwriting #mirrorwritingpoetry #monostich
petrichormag.com/pebbles-vol-...
#poetry #mirrorwriting #mirrorwritingpoetry #monostich
Today my monostich (featuring mirror-writing) is published in the 27th issue of a dream journal, #Petrichor! What an honour!
petrichormag.com/pebbles-vol-...
#poetry #mirrorwriting #mirrorwritingpoetry #monostich
petrichormag.com/pebbles-vol-...
#poetry #mirrorwriting #mirrorwritingpoetry #monostich
April 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Today my monostich (featuring mirror-writing) is published in the 27th issue of a dream journal, #Petrichor! What an honour!
petrichormag.com/pebbles-vol-...
#poetry #mirrorwriting #mirrorwritingpoetry #monostich
petrichormag.com/pebbles-vol-...
#poetry #mirrorwriting #mirrorwritingpoetry #monostich
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“Instead of providing more services to women, the state has actually reduced access even to the services that were available. Today it is more difficult to get eldercare and childcare than it was at the end of the 1960s.” —Silvia Federici
Every Woman Is a Working Woman - Boston Review
Silvia Federici interviewed by Jill Richards.
www.bostonreview.net
March 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“Instead of providing more services to women, the state has actually reduced access even to the services that were available. Today it is more difficult to get eldercare and childcare than it was at the end of the 1960s.” —Silvia Federici
“Café du Dôme,” Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven #InternationalWomensDay
March 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“Café du Dôme,” Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven #InternationalWomensDay
“Mothers Who Care Too Much” by Nancy J. Hirschmann @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/forum/mother...
#InternationalWomensDay
#InternationalWomensDay
Mothers Who Care Too Much - Boston Review
Stay-at-home mothering is bad for mothers, their kids, and women’s equality.
www.bostonreview.net
March 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
“Mothers Who Care Too Much” by Nancy J. Hirschmann @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/forum/mother...
#InternationalWomensDay
#InternationalWomensDay