Brandon Melendez
Brandon Melendez is a Mexican-American poet from California. He is the author of Gold That Frames The Mirror (Write Bloody, 2019), a National Poetry Slam finalist, and best poem winner at the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI). A recipient of the the 2018 Djanikian Scholarship from the Adroit Journal and the 2018 Academy of American Poets Award, his poems can be found in Black Warrior Review, the Journal, Muzzle Magazine, Ninth Letter, PANK, and elsewhere.
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Ethos of I C E
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Eventide Interrupted by Phlebotomy & a Coyote’s Howl
My mother taught me to walk with my arms bent forward so I am always reaching into the future & ready to carry anyone who can’t make the journey alone. One night, a coyote broke into our backyard & slaughtered both our rabbits. The youngest one survived till morning, long enough to die cradled in […]