2026 HEART Poetry Award

David Melville is the author of the poetry collection Signposts & Hedges (Finishing Line Press).  He left a successful career as a lawyer to devote himself to endeavors closer to the heart.  In addition to more time writing, he organized daily meditations attended by hundreds during the pandemic.  His poems have appeared in national literary journals such as Water~Stone Review, Atlanta Review, Tipton Poetry Journal, and RHINO, and the college textbook, Listening to Poetry:  An Introduction for Readers and Writers (2019).  He lives in Oregon. http://www.davidmelville.net