I thought, I think, I am thinkingOf a number between one and ten—A concrete point, invisible, I expect you to trust Whether I tell you “right” or “wrong.” Trust—fragile thread, spun by TimeBred by Familiarity, out of Love,Raised by Truth and fed by Experience:By now, your trust in me should extend Beyond this one-through-ten numbers […]
Melissa Elmes
Melissa Ridley Elmes, MFA, writes with, into, and through myths and folktales, temporalities and emotions, ephemeral moments, and raindrops. Always with tea. Often with donuts. Her poems have appeared in the World of Myth, Spillwords, The Blotter, and elsewhere. Her first book of poetry, Arthurian Things: A Collection of Poems came out in 2020.