Poetry Collections
My first short collection of poetry, published in November 2018, is available in Kindle format from Amazon.
"Like Gold is Melissa Bergstrom's first short collection of poetry, inspired by the many seemingly ordinary moments we experience throughout our day that hide both mystery and magic. A Boston based actor, playwright, and teaching artist, Melissa wrote poetry as a child and as she moved into her 30's, found herself revisiting the form as a way to find moments of playfulness and expression in her day to day life. No matter what anyone tells you, everyone is a poet and poetry hides everywhere, if we are only willing to hear it. To be alive and human is to be creative and though no one requires a permission slip to reclaim the right to express what lives buried within them, if you are seeking one, perhaps you'll find it in these pages."
"Like Gold is Melissa Bergstrom's first short collection of poetry, inspired by the many seemingly ordinary moments we experience throughout our day that hide both mystery and magic. A Boston based actor, playwright, and teaching artist, Melissa wrote poetry as a child and as she moved into her 30's, found herself revisiting the form as a way to find moments of playfulness and expression in her day to day life. No matter what anyone tells you, everyone is a poet and poetry hides everywhere, if we are only willing to hear it. To be alive and human is to be creative and though no one requires a permission slip to reclaim the right to express what lives buried within them, if you are seeking one, perhaps you'll find it in these pages."