suture # 285
[Erasure Poem] Source text: Andrews, VC. Flowers in the Attic. pg. 285. Simon Pulse, 2009.
making
dresses
I tear the bodice
A little-girl scream
To crush the devil
My hollow
My round
I
rot with thought
suture #191
[Erasure poem]. Source text: Andrews, VC. Flowers in the Attic. pg. 191. Simon Pulse, 2009.
No one
with
awkward
bird
swagger
can whisper
the dark
matter
everything
with
a trace of
princess
suture #163
[Erasure poem]. Source text: Andrews, VC. Flowers in the Attic. pg. 163. Simon Pulse, 2009.
Why
I
sound
a
morning
soft
The wind scraped crevices
We sin g a death
Melissa Eleftherion (she/they) is a writer, a librarian, and a visual artist. Born & raised in Brooklyn, they are the author of four poetry collections: field guide to autobiography (The Operating System, 2018), gutter rainbows (Querencia Press, 2024), Suture (Cooper Dillon, 2026) & Malocchia (White Stag, 2026) as well as twelve chapbooks including abject sutures (above/ground press, 2024). Her work has been widely published & appears in venues like Sixth Finch & Verse Daily, with new work forthcoming in DIAGRAM & South Dakota Review. Melissa served as Poet Laureate for the City of Ukiah (2021-2024), and lives in Northern California where she manages the Ukiah Branch Library and curates the LOBA Reading Series. Her favorite revenge story is Circe by Madeline Miller. Recent work is available at www.apoetlibrarian.wordpress.com.
