Dance of My Hands Publishing

Monday, February 1, 2021

Iris Is My Name

Poems by Melanie M. Eyth

paperback, 62pp

Tattoo

I told him I had

gotten a tattoo and

he chuckled-- I have to

see it, he said. I loved the

hunger in his voice-- it made

me feel like a beautiful woman.

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Do Not Worry About Tomorrow

Poems by Melanie M. Eyth

paperback, 136pp

My Job

Today I got paid

to watch rain fall on

flowers-- the orange

marigolds glowed like

fire-- not bad for a

poet, I'd say.

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Clear Skies Ahead

Poems & Artwork by Corinne-Valerie Marin

paperback, 162pp

from Peace Among Persimmons

Peace Valley Park in Pennsylvania

Where I parked and walked

With canine friend dear "Rolly Polar"

Sought peace

Found ripe persimmons

Thanks be to God.

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Monday, June 8, 2020

Sustaineth My Heart

Poems by Melanie M. Eyth
paperback, 96pp

Thankful

If it were not for the smiles
and laughs of your body, I
would not have made it
through this day. I
thank you.

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Wild Enchantment

Poems and Pictures by Melanie M. Eyth
paperback, 96pp

Farmers

Your face is honesty--
pure American honesty.
When the farmers plant the
seeds they think of your face.

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Monday, April 6, 2020

Poetry by Melanie M. Eyth
Photography by Ashley C. Ford
paperback, 66pp

Small Parts

There are no small parts.
If you are blessed with having
a part-- any part-- then put your
whole heart into it. The audience
will thank you for it.

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Marigold: Meditations

Poems by Melanie M. Eyth
paperback, 174pp

The Memory of You

The memory of you
is like a rose blooming
in my heart from the
beginning of time
until the end
of time.

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Friday, June 21, 2019

My True Gown

Pictures and Poems by Melanie M. Eyth
paperback, 126pp

Declare Yourself

Tell the world who you
are. Declare yourself. Say,
World, this is who I am. It
will respect you for it. Its
very nature is cause and
effect- its very essence,
call and response.

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I Bow At Your Beauty

A Poem in Pictures by Melanie M. Eyth
paperback, 24pp

/.../ The idea of whirling
through space while dancing
on your roundness is enough
to humble me.

Oh world, I bow at your
beauty.

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Alabaster Charms

Short Poems, Illustrated by Melanie M. Eyth
paperback, 62pp

7.

All I did today
was take a shower,
and think about
you.

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Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Charity Calls

Fourteen Poems, The Best of, II by Melanie M. Eyth
paperback, 34pp

Learning to Love the Self

When you have learned this,
you may continue with your baking,
mending, and scrubbing of the floors--
when you have learned to be gentle with
me, your own soul, I will comfort you,
I will help you, I will belong to you.

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Rosy Benediction

The Blessing of the Meadow by Melanie M. Eyth
paperback, 146pp

Brave

Heart and earth
are the same letters
rearranged. It takes
a brave heart to live
willfully on this
wild earth.

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Love's Strong Cord

A Collection of Love Poems edited by Melanie M. Eyth
paperback, 52pp

Salve

She was
Very kind.
It was
The most
Gentle
Rejection
A man
Could
Receive.
The memory
Of it,
Even now,
Is salve
For the
Wound that
Never quite
Heals.

Tim Shay

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Friday, June 29, 2018

Necklace

Ten Poems, The Best of Melanie M. Eyth
paperback, 26pp

Loved

You've said so
many beautiful
things to me. I
wish I could collect
them all together,
string them on a
necklace, and wear
them around my
neck.

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Haven Days

Pictures and Poems about Haven by Melanie M. Eyth
paperback, 84pp

from Haven

If I did not have a
home to feel safe in,
I would not be able to
write poems. The poems
come from safety. They
come from peace and
security.