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The Treachery of Memory: A Villanelle

Wings beating wild inside my head

Jul 1

The Treachery of Memory: A Villanelle

Jul 1

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In Your Enchanted Garden

Twilight eyes speak silent promises

Mar 21

In Your Enchanted Garden

Mar 21

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ArtMusing: Submission Guidelines

The Ekphrasis Place - writing from imagery

Mar 7

ArtMusing: Submission Guidelines

Mar 7

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Exploring the Art of Ekphrasis

A catalogue of 8 prompts to write from the image

Mar 30

Exploring the Art of Ekphrasis

Mar 30

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Boosting and Writing Matters

Pub Editors: Finally, a Searchable Medium Publication Database

Help new writers find you by listing your publication here!

Aug 11

Pub Editors: Finally, a Searchable Medium Publication Database

Aug 11

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The Editor’s Easel: Summer Edition at ArtMusing

Celebrating milestones, new writers & more ekphrastic news

Jul 31

The Editor’s Easel: Summer Edition at ArtMusing

Jul 31

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Write Under the Moon

The Wolves Before My Door: A Pantoum

Hunger is an absence

Jul 27

An uninviting door that is also a brick wall. An unwelcoming hallway, all in monochromatic shades of black, white and grey.

Jul 27

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The Kraken Lore

The Forbidden Key

Reimagining the Tale of Bluebeard

Jul 17

A close-up of a pile of hundreds of old-fashioned keys, mostly brass or silver tones, featuring many with ornate flourishes and engraved handles - keys you’d imagine opening secret rooms in castles and boxes of treasure.

Jul 17

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Dali Speaks to Me in Dreams

After Salvador Dali’s “The Persistence of Memory”

Jun 26

Dali Speaks to Me in Dreams

Jun 26

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Write Under the Moon

With Seeds of Darkness Sown

Skin as white as bone

Jun 3

A split pomegranate, seeds glistening crimson, is in the foreground, held in a woman’s hand. The background is mysteriously out-of-fous, but shows a suggestion of a pale-skinned woman’s upper thigh and outline of red lingerie.

Jun 3

Melissa Coffey

Melissa Coffey

Wordstruck poet & storyteller. Writing on loss & desire. Published in various journals & anthologies. Lover of prose poetry, art & ekphrasis. EIC @ ArtMusing

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