an on-line poetry magazine
for the 21st century

Winter 2025-2026

Melissa T Longo

STARS AND THEIR DUST

Don’t you see the stars dusting in the skies?

Don’t you feel at one with the universe?
Bursts – my dear, they’re in bursts and they are also your eyes, your hair, and skin.

Melissa T. Longo is a bookseller from a faraway land, avid reader, lover of East Asian Studies, and an intern at Poetry Street of Riverhead, LI. She’s from a beautiful family and is eternally grateful for her loved ones. Sometimes, you may see her appear at local open mics reading her original work.