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Melissa McEver Huckabay

@melpsoul.bsky.social
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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. ciderpressreview.com/product/girl-f…

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Angélique Jamail @angeliquejamail.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
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...
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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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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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!
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Girl Filling the Sky – Cider Press Review
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
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. 🧵
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Girl Filling the Sky – Cider Press Review
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
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
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Anyone looking for an emerging poet with a first full-length poetry collection coming out to read at an AWP offsite? #awp
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
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.
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
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.
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
The collective trauma we carry as Texans just keeps growing. It all feels too heavy to carry sometimes.
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
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.
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
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.
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Holy crap!
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
This makes me so sad and frustrated.
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
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...
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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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Angélique Jamail @angeliquejamail.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
A wonderful #poem by @melpsoul.bsky.social on the blog tonight for #NationalPoetryMonth. sapphostorque.com/2025/04/27/p...
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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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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
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.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
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.
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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Staple this to RFK Jr’s forehead.
A screengrab from Twitter.

HeatherLhaney @heather_l... asks:
“Why do you think we have so many more kids with Autism”

David Dennis Jr. @DavidDTSS quotetweets this reply:
“Probably for the same reason there are so many more planets in outer space now than there were before the telescope was invented”
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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
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/...
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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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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
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...
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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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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Been reading Franny Choi's collection of the same name. Deeply appropriate for the moment. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
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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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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
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).
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I will probably have FOMO over AWP, but I just didn’t feel comfortable flying this year. Have fun, writers!
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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...
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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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Danielle @danipeng.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
2025 so far #Severance #SeveranceSpoilers
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Brian Kahn @blkahn.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
A vintage photo from the National Archives shows smog hanging over the New York skylineA vintage photo from the National Archives shows damaged oil drums piled high at an Exxon refinery. A vintage photo from the National Archives shows cars driving down a road as smoke spews from factories in the distance and air pollution hangs over everything.A vintage photo from the National Archives shows smog in Los Angeles taken from a high vantage point.
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Someday, someday, that one journal that always rejects me will send…an encouraging rejection 😂
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
My tween: “You’re beautiful. A mommy kind of beautiful. An antique.” ☠️ ☠️
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
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...
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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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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
So happy and thrilled to announce this. My first full-length poetry collection comes out January 2026! ciderpressreview.com/cider-press-...
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Melissa Huckabay wins the 2024 CPR Book Award – Cider Press Review
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I just remembered last night's dream included someone saying "Mar-a-Lago saves the day again!" and I want to know when my dreams went fully into propaganda. Are they incepting us at this point?
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I…can’t.
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Poets: when I feel devoid of hope in this current climate, you save me every time. Your resistance to our norms and your stubborn observations of beauty. Thank you and keep writing.
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
COMING UP ON SATURDAY: I’m teaching a class on poetry editing and revision at Writespace in Houston. Come to get some tips on revising your work and practice polishing those drafts. To register, go to writespacehouston.org! (Yes, unfortunately my name is misspelled).
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
TEXANS: there is much in today's news to grab our attention, but don't overlook the movement in our state to drain funds from public schools and pass school vouchers. If you oppose vouchers, take the time to send a letter to your state lawmakers (it doesn't take long!) act.tfn.org/a/stopvouchers
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Protect Neighborhood Schools: Stop Vouchers in Texas
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Palate cleanser. Happy #caturday evening!
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I have a poem out today at Writers Resist! www.writersresist.com/2025/01/15/w...
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Why I Fight for Texas Even Though Everyone Says We Should Move – Writers Resist
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Unfortunately, my birthday (today) also falls during prime journal and manuscript rejection season. Sob. Oh well, onward!
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
I have enjoyed the liminal space between Christmas and New Year’s. Not ready to face all that 2025 might have in store, but ready or not here it comes…
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Christmas highlights: gingerbread cookies turned out perfectly this year (in taste anyway), good times with family, and we survived a hailstorm because Houston. Merry merry!
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
New poem in The Minnesota Review (print journal). Good publishing month for me! track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...
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Box of Twinkies, 1984
You know where to find them, squirreled awayon the top shelf: garish yellow on white, cornflower bluelettering, an oval shape wearing a cowboy haton the front. He even has a lasso. His drawn-on eyes s...
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
My poem "Sleeping Late, I Heard" appears in the latest issue of Synkroniciti. To purchase a copy, go here: synkroniciti.com/the-magazine...
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Purchase Individual Issues
Individual issues of Synkroniciti are available for $7. These are online e-books; after processing (which requires we receive your order and send it manually), you’ll receive a link in your e…
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
This giant Santa with posable arms in my neighborhood amuses me for some reason. He’s like Giant Santa Barbie.
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
When you spend a lot of time grading papers and writing and need to drown out ambient noise (and you and your son love Reputation too)
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
“Go big or go home,” I repeat to myself as I submit work to prestigious journals and my manuscript to contests, but actually I am small and already at home 😂
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
How are fellow poets coping with the times? Are you able to write? I’ve written a little, but it’s tough.
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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
The way we assume all tears taste the same. The way our sadness is plural, but grief is singular. —Victoria Chang, from Obit
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
What radicalized me? First, college. Books. Poetry. The 2016 election just finished what was already started through education. I wonder if that’s why it’s under attack 🤔
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Melissa McEver Huckabay @melpsoul.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
How many times have I watched the video of the haka protest in New Zealand parliament? The limit does not exist.
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