Learning My Alphabet
written by: Melanie Joy
@ivygreenpoet
I am not
BIPOC
OR
LGBTQQIP2SAA
I am
ADHD.
But that is a bit
primary school.
I am still learning
my alphabet.
Aaaaa most days (Munch’s ‘Scream’ face)
Bound in married binary
Complete caner
Dreadful at maths
Excited by words
Fond of olives
Generation Y?
Heterosexual
Irish – English (an unfortunate combo)
Joy is my middle name (it is actually)
Kaleidoscope brain
Lucky as hell
Mother to three
Neurotic as my own
Oh so forgetful
Poet
Quiet Seeker
Rebel (without a cause)
Sun, sea and star worshipper
Tired
Ups and downs
Very messy
White
X – social media presence
Yellow creative
Zig zagging through life
Zzzzzzz.
Melanie Joy makes sense of her world through poetry. Her poetry threads together her inner and outer landscapes. West Kerry where she calls home provides the perfect backdrop for her capricious moods. Since May 2023, she has received four month mentorship bursary through the Kerry Arts Council and has had her poems published in The Galway Review, Drawn to The Light Press, Smoke Magazine, on the Cloud Appreciation Society website and forthcoming with Dreich Magazine, The Poetry Breakfsat and HNDL Magazine. Melanie has been invited to read poems from her first collection at Words by Water and Dingle Literary Festivals.
Latest posts by Melanie Joy (see all)
- Learning My Alphabet - September 24, 2023
