Display of vintage vinyl records, including Johnny Watson's "I Cried for You" featuring a woman with long red hair on the cover, a Don Randi Trio album, a Jimmy Castor album, and other various cover art.

Publications

[2026] Canadian Literature, forthcoming:
“The Rehearsal”

Prairie Fire, forthcoming:
“The moon is mother of us all”

[2025] Poetry Ireland Review, Issue 146:
“Metamorphosis of a 14-Year-Old Girl”

[2024] Arc Poetry Magazine, Issue 103:
Essay on Sue Sinclair’s ‘Hey Nonny Nonny’

[2022] Poetry Ireland Review, Issue 136:
“Andromeda”

[2021] Riddle Fence, Issue 42:
“The Real Pleiades”

[2020] Arc Poetry Magazine, Issue 92:
“After Apple-Picking”

Other poems previously in
The Malahat Review, Grain, Room,
Southword, The Antigonish Review,
and elsewhere.

Read poems here:

Restaurant table set with glasses, plates, and a red baseball cap that says 'I'M NOT PERFECT' on it.

“Andromeda”
League of Canadian Poets’ Poetry Pause

“the stone”
League of Canadian Poet’s Poetry Pause

“Ode to McCain’s Deep ‘n Delicious Cake”
Montreal International Poetry Prize Finalist

Snow-covered pine tree branches with mountains in the background on a foggy day.

Awards & Recognitions

[2023] Shortlisted for The Malahat Review’s Open Season Awards

[2022] Winner of subTerrain’s Lush Triumphant Literary Award

[2021] Runner-up in Riddle Fence’s Poetry Contest

Honorable mention, Leon E. and Ann M. Pavlick Poetry Prize

[2020] Shortlisted for the Montreal International Poetry Prize

Finalist for The Malahat Review’s Far Horizons Award

Shortlisted for Arc Poetry Magazine’s Poem of the Year Contest

Finalist for The Malahat Review’s Open Season Award

Shortlisted for Room Magazine’s Poetry Contest

[2019] Longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize

3rd place in The Antigonish Review’s Great Blue Heron Contest

1st place in the Glass Buffalo’s Poetry Contest

© Melanie Power, 2025.