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Melanie Marttila (she/her)
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#ActuallyAutistic writer of poetry and speculative tales of hope in the face of adversity.
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Poems in alt-text 🙂 Accessible Mel is accessible!
Encoded / deep in Creighton / neutrinos reveal secrets. / most abundant particles, yet / least massive, elusive, / slip through everything;/ we must be gentle, careful. / their mirror selves, anti-neutrinos, / even harder to find, may rewrite / physics—so that we will become / adept at reading backwards and upside down, / shed light on dark matter, / transform a mine into a temple / where great minds come to worship / origins and futures and / leptons whirling like / Sufis, encoded. winter solstice / branches / naked / crystalline / reflect first light of / renewed sun / hear tinkling of ghostly bells. / snow-laden pines / stand solemn guard. / barest breath of wind / stillness of morning, breath misting / no cars on weekend streets / so near to Christmas, / no other sound herald's sun's return. / only phantom bells / and ghosts of summers past.
November 30, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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November 16, 2024 at 8:36 PM
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And this cover by Derek Newman-Stille is lovely, isn't it?
June 6, 2024 at 8:04 PM
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The March issue of my Substack, Alchemy Ink, is now live and free to read.
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The March issue of Alchemy Ink.
April 1, 2024 at 2:23 AM
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So pleased to have "Time and Tide" published in Polar Starlight 13.

Many thanks to Graeme Cameron and Rhea Rose for their commitment to Canadian speculative poetry.

The issue is free to read at: polarborealis.ca/currentback-...

#poetry #pubnews #PolarStarlight #Canadianspeculativepoetry
March 2, 2024 at 1:14 AM
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The January 2024 issue of Alchemy Ink is now out!
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Cover image for the Alchemy Ink January 2024 Issue.
February 4, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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Latitude 46 has put out the official announcement! The Art of Floating will be coming into the world April 2024. And here are the pre-order links (for anyone interested/Canadian only for now): store.latitude46publishing.com/products/the... www.amazon.ca/Art-Floating... www.indigo.ca/en-ca/the-ar...
January 22, 2024 at 2:38 PM
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The December 2023 issue of Alchemy Ink is out, in which I apologize for the tardy, review my writerly year, and other stuff 🙃
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January 15, 2024 at 1:14 AM