Poetry
Melanie is also an accomplished poet. Her debut poetry collection I Still Go to Bed with Water was published by Unsolicited Press in 2022, while her chapbook We Slept in Body Bags, Just in Case was published by Finishing Line Press in 2013. Her poems have appeared in several literary journals, including Permafrost Magazine, Rise Up Review, apt, Black Heart Magazine, Verse Daily, and more.
I Still Go to Bed with Water
Melanie’s debut poetry collection I Still Go to Bed with Water is OUT NOW from Unsolicited Press!
The poem “Six Months at Most,” featured in the collection, was nominated for a PUSHCART PRIZE.
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PRAISE for I Still Go to Bed with Water
“Melanie Sevcenko is a luminous poet. Her work is deft and revealing, gorgeous with texture. I Still Go To Bed with Water is deeply moving, both tender and dark, soft as silk and jagged as broken glass.”
– Victoria Gosling, author of Before the Ruins
“The work of I Still Go To Bed with Water is both playful and emotionally ambitious. Sevcenko’s poems set human relationships spinning – their subjects crash into each other, reach for one another across time zones, or reappear in the long trails of memory smoke. I found much to appreciate and revisit in this fine, nimble debut.”
– Elena Passarello, author of Animals Strike Curious Poses