Author Archives: Melanie Laura

As/Us Issue 5

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Melanie Laura

It just occurred to me that I never posted this! Just in time for my birthday in December, my poem and the audio version of my poem, Firehouse, was published in As/Us! I’m honored to be featured alongside several amazing … Continue reading →

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Halves

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Melanie Laura

What is white that fits in Black and white halves and Black smash? I bet his hands would hold the stretch I bet my body would shake, if pressed I was full of sex and honesty full of him and … Continue reading →

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Dear You (Who I Still Haven’t Met)

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Melanie Laura

I want you to taste my raw with your rage and fuck me out of my childhood pain love me like the last three years love me like still bodies after long talks silence welcomed and arms dropped fingers open and 34 … Continue reading →

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Here are 8 People’s Stories About Coming Out to Their Grandparents (Slate article)

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Melanie Laura

I almost forgot! I’m featured in this short, heartwarming piece about coming out to grandparents! https://www.slantnews.com/story/2015-07-02-here-are-8-peoples-stories-about-coming-out-to-their-grandparents

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Dear you (who I haven’t met yet)

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Melanie Laura

I know we may come from different places
but you’ll always be honest with me
Put your all out on the table and
fuck me with your vulnerability Continue reading →

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Cracked

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Melanie Laura

I was sure your taste on my gums had evaporated but I found you awake in my hands sliding down my wrists like a messy egg yolk stopping first between my palms then between my thighs so I tried to … Continue reading →

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Typoetic

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Melanie Laura

My poems, “Song of Myself” and “Opening on Your Closing” are in the latest edition of Typoetic on pages 53, and 64-65. *one of the stanzas printed twice in the second poem.

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Rip Out (edited version)

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Melanie Laura

you loved me whole from the gut until my flesh was caught in your teeth then you sliced me open with your heat all I remember is fuck you and fuck me and we fucked and forgot until the words … Continue reading →

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Upon Going Home (review of The Messiah Complex)

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Melanie Laura

My review of the play, The Messiah Complex; about the intersections of Blackness, queerness, gender identity and addiction is now live on Autostraddle! http://www.autostraddle.com/upon-going-home-review-of-the-messiah-complex-239760/

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Armed With Only Our Souls Anthology (Digging Deeper, Facing Self)

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Melanie Laura

I just finished taking the course Digging Deeper, Facing Self and I am pleased to share my two poems featured in the anthology from the course, Armed With Only Our Souls. The pages go from left to right and my … Continue reading →

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