Melissa McEver Huckabay
@melpsoul.bsky.social
Mom, educator, poet, @txstmfa grad. She/her. GIRL FILLING THE SKY coming Jan ‘26. Work in SWWIM, Poetry South, Phoebe, Minnesota Review, SweetLit, Thimble, others. http://ciderpressreview.com/product/girl-filling-the-sky/
Join us for 1st Friday tonight at Inprint in Houston, where @melpsoul.bsky.social will be reading from her extraordinary debut. sapphostorque.com/2026/04/03/n...
National Poetry Month 2026: Melissa McEver Huckabay
If you’re in Houston tonight and available, I highly encourage you to come over to Inprint House, where I’ll be hosting 1st Friday. Melissa McEver Huckabay will be the featured reader, …
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I've been a little slow about posting here, but my book launch is TONIGHT and it's now available: ciderpressreview.com/product/girl... Also available in-store at Brazos Bookstore and coming soon to more independent bookstores. So happy it's out in the world!
Girl Filling the Sky – Cider Press Review
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BOOK LAUNCH UPDATES: My debut collection, GIRL FILLING THE SKY, comes out next month! If you are local to Houston, I have two book launch events where I will be signing books (as well as reading). Official book launch is Saturday, Feb. 28, 6:30 p.m. at Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet Street. 🧵
Girl Filling the Sky – Cider Press Review
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Exciting news! My debut poetry collection, GIRL FILLING THE SKY, arrives Feb 2026! You can either pre-order via the link in my bio or join my book launch event at Brazos Bookstore, Houston, Saturday, Feb. 28. More details soon! #PoetryCollection #BookLaunch
Anyone looking for an emerging poet with a first full-length poetry collection coming out to read at an AWP offsite? #awp
It feels very strange to have a poetry book coming out soon during these bizarre times. I need to remember that art still matters, that it always matters. That's why people try to censor it. Keep making art.
Fanny Howe described the poetic realm as a place "where the sleeping witness finally feels safe enough to lie down in mystery." So beautiful and foundational for me. RIP to her.
The collective trauma we carry as Texans just keeps growing. It all feels too heavy to carry sometimes.
I know one of the people in this group--she has fought so hard against Medicaid cuts. It's truly appalling the way this group is being treated.
Aaron Black@aaronblack.bsky.social · last yr.People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
Haven't really been posting here because hardly anyone sees it, but I sang on a stage for the first time since 2009 last night. I was so nervous, but that just means I need to do it more. Got to find joy where we can now.
This makes me so sad and frustrated.
Hari Kunzru@harikunzru.bsky.social · last yr.*please repost or forward* Here’s a sheet where arts orgs can record information about their NEA grant termination. Annie Dorsen is collecting this info as a first step towards coordinating a response docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
THIS SATURDAY: I'm leading a workshop on The Contemporary Poetry Landscape at Writespace (on Zoom!) 4:30-7:30 p.m. CST. We will talk about popular poetry forms, the publication process, and more. This is a generative workshop as well. To register: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-contem...
The Contemporary Poetry Landscape
How to get published, how to read and be read, and where and how to study to get ahead! Led by professor Melissa Huckabay.
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A wonderful #poem by @melpsoul.bsky.social on the blog tonight for #NationalPoetryMonth. sapphostorque.com/2025/04/27/p...
Poem-A-Day 2025: Day 27
I have been wanting to rewatch the Bridgerton series. There’s just something delightful about Regency romance, and the way Shondaland has transformed Julia Quinn’s books is both magical…
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After 12 days, I think I’m finally feeling mostly normal after latest bout of Covid. (Now that I’ve said that, watch the fatigue hit again). For some of us, Covid is still a big deal.
Someday, when I think back to this time, however bad my memory is, I’ll remember the smirks. The smug self-satisfied evil-spirited infuriating smirks.
Call for Work: Autistic Protest Poetry This call for work seeks poetry by autistic writers that is socially-engaged, politically-charged, and geared toward raising our voices together against oppression and erasure. Deadline: July 1st More details: medium.com/anomalyblog/...
Call for Work: Autistic Protest Poetry
Autistic people’s rights are being threatened. Our worth is being questioned. And suddenly, we’re facing a bizarre accusation that an…
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OK, anyone with ADHD or parent of an ADHD kid want to rage with me about this dismissive, biased article from the Times this morning? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/m...
Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong? (Gift Article)
Even as prescriptions rise to a record high, some experts have begun to question our assumptions about the condition — and how to treat it.
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Been reading Franny Choi's collection of the same name. Deeply appropriate for the moment. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On
Before the apocalypse, there was the apocalypse of boats: boats of prisoners, boats cracking under sky-iron, boats making corpses bloom like algae on the shore. There was the apocalypse of the taxi dr...
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Friends, I'm taking a semi-break for the next month. I'll still check in periodically via computer, but I'm on a scrolling fast. See you on the other side (I don't mean death, at least I hope not).
I will probably have FOMO over AWP, but I just didn’t feel comfortable flying this year. Have fun, writers!
POETS: I'm teaching a virtual generative workshop on Saturday, April 8 through Writespace Houston! Come try out writing exercises to deepen imagery and metaphor in your own work. Here's the info--hope some poets (or aspiring poets) can join! www.eventbrite.com/e/imagery-me...
Imagery & Metaphor for Poets
Led by lecturer and poet Melissa Huckabay, this workshop will broaden your ability to tell your stories with style!
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Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
Someday, someday, that one journal that always rejects me will send…an encouraging rejection 😂
My tween: “You’re beautiful. A mommy kind of beautiful. An antique.” ☠️ ☠️
HOUSTON POETS (if you're out there) I'm leading a workshop on getting poetry published on Saturday, March 8. Join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/getting-po...
Getting Poetry Published
Led by published poet Melissa Huckabay, take this workshop when you're ready to put your hard work out into the world!
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