Portrait Lands
Now Available for Advance Orders
Portrait Lands, the debut chapbook by Fort Collins’ Poet Laureate Melissa Mitchell, delves into grief’s incredible acceleratory effect on personal transformation. The throughline of the work asks the question, “What happens to our internal landscape as our emotions and identities evolve within us?” Through close observation of the landscape that surrounds us, these poems suggest their mirror image within us and track the stream of a life as it begins to cut a canyon.
Poetry Anthologies
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Offerings
Blue Heron Review’s Issue #19, an anthology of poetry, art, and photography.
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We Are the West: Embers
“We Are the West: Embers” is a collection of prose, poetry, and artwork by Twenty Bellows. Melissa Mitchell is one of the many talented voices of Colorado and Wyoming artists featured in this anthology.
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Gulo Gulo Poetry Magazine
Gulo Gulo Poetry Collective’s magazine features the profoundly eclectic and creative voices in the Fort Collins poetry scene, Melissa Mitchell being just one of them.
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Ocean Poetry
A celebration of World Oceans Day, this anthology honors humanity’s connection to the planet’s oceans. Melissa Mitchell is one of many inspired featured poets.
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Mother Nature Burns
"Mother Nature Burns" is an anthology by Sunday Mornings at the River that reminds us of the consequences of our actions as we continue to fall deeper into the clutches of climate change. Melissa Mitchell is honored to be one of the poets featured in this collection as it urges actions to preserve the world we love.
Projects
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Let's Ride: Music & Poetry in Transit
art by Liz Ortiz
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Our Animal Body: Community Poem Project
art by Cristyn Hypnar
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Little Roar & His Big Family: inclusive animated children's web series
animation by Justin Maul, music by Trash Cat
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Cottonwood Connection: Exploring Grief in Commnity
art by Shirley Leung