Melissa Sawatsky

Round-two of my MFA in Creative Writing is underway and I’m once again lucky enough to be surrounded by a host of superlatively talented people. As part of a new series of posts at Poetic Edits, I’m pleased to introduce one of them to you. Melissa...

a nest for micro-poems

If you’re in the habit of producing tiny fragments of writing about your own life, you might want to check out memoirsink, where they’re asking for 144 character “fragmoirs”, fragments of memoir writing.

Poetry and the Fate of the Senses

Truth be told, I’m torn about today’s entry. I want to share with you one of the most amazing thinkers on the topic of poetry in our age, but part of me wants to keep her for myself. I’ve always been a little selfish; a scene that comes to mind...