Contents
ISSN 2642-0104 (print)
ISSN 2641-7693 (online)
Editor’s Letter
Founding Editor, Juliette Sebock
Poetry
Jogging to Reich, Stuart Rawlinson
THE CONSECRATION OF THE APSARASES, Sarra Culleno
A little love poem on a little love poem, N.D. Erwin
Ode to Klickitat Cabin, Joann Renee Boswell
To A Singer, From Her Songs, Clare O’Brien
A Late-Night Playroom Soirée, Lauren Aspery
3 A.M. is the Perfect Time For a Lost Lover, Hunter Blackwell
an ode to troubled times, Rebecca L. Yong
Pillars of Creation, Sam Jowett
Brill-Building Pop, Alan Parry
Self- Portrait as my most repeated song, Yasmine Rukia
Atlas & The Exact Weight of Calamity in Six Letters, Ariel K. Moniz
What’s Left in the Cooler, Richard LeDue
Pop Song Crush, Jeffrey H. MacLachlan
Sylvia and the Lorelei, Kevin Densley
A Song for Ho(me), Adritanaya Tiwari
Bittersweet Symphony, Megha Sood
Nonfiction
New York’s (Just Like) Starting Over, Kathleen McKitty Harris
Learning to Play, Brad Shurmantine
Fiction
After a Room full of Muddled Melodies, Mandira Pattnaik
Photography
Amusement Park Blues, Ange Yang
Let the music play, Martina Rimbaldo
Melody is lost in time, Martina Rimbaldo
the key to unlock the melody, Martina Rimbaldo
Paris In Song, Pallavi Narayan
the music notes are waiting for you, Martina Rimbaldo
antique melody, Martina Rimbaldo
Cover Image
rose is listening to the quiet guitar strings, Martina Rimbaldo
Micropoems
In the leadup to melody, we shared a series of micropoems across social media: