About me
Melanie Perish is a gender fluid crone who’s interested in poetry. Her work has appeared in Sequestrum, Rust & Moth, West Trestle Review, Persimmon Tree, Ravens Perch, The Meadow, and other small press publications. Her poems were featured on Nevada Humanities Double Down Blog, January 2024. Her books include Passions & Gratitudes (Black Rock Press, 2011), The Fishing Poems (Chapbook, Meridian Press, 2017,) and Foreign Voices, Native Tongues (Blurb/Single Wing Press, 2021.) She was the featured reader in a number of poetry readings. She’s indebted to other poets with whom she exchanges work. Melanie believes reading makes you beautiful.