Melissa Dennison

Soft, stretchy or creamyAny cheese will do, ohYes! cheese is simply dreamy, Cheddar, cheshire or red leicester,Haloumi, mascarpone, mozzarella, brined and blueEmmental, edam, babybel, ricotta,Endlessly shape shifting from block toString, grated and melt, cheese is de-lish,Especially when garnished with pickle. [This is a Featured Poem from our Spring 2024 Poetry Contest.] … [Read more...] about A Very Cheesy Poem, By: Melissa Dennison

Outside, a long total eclipseArabs and Israelis lock horns,peace accords in France are fixed, anew era for Vietnam dawnsInside, bright light, sterility'Don't you want to push?' asks the nurse,confused by her reality -the chaos of my mum's first birthOutside, a city is throbbing,it's Saturday night, disco time -bodies shimmering and dancing,to the beat, a rhythm sublimeInside, I … [Read more...] about The Happy Event, 1973, By: Melissa Dennison

hair brushed to a glossy sheennavy uniforms smell of fresh ironingone hundred hands cradle the world flickers from the candlesshadows on Victorian stones;wax slowly dripping our voices rise to this occasionrehearsed over and over inthe hall, which I enjoy as dreaded maths is canceled.Outside the world isplunged into blackness wrapping around me likea close friend, … [Read more...] about Christingle, By: Melissa Dennison