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    Portrait headshot of a woman with long wavy blonde hair and blue eyes, photographed against a textured brick wall. She is wearing a black top and small red earrings, with soft studio lighting and a natural makeup look. The image has a professional yet relaxed feel, with shallow depth of field keeping the focus on her face.

    52 For 26 Poetry Project: Melissa Grindon

    Melissa Grindon is a Liverpool-based writer, originally from Ireland. Her backgroundblends dance and literature — she holds a First Class MA in Writing from Liverpool JohnMoores University and a First Class BA in Dance from Liverpool Hope University. Overtime she has moved from movement to the written word, drawn to the power ofstorytelling grounded in truth. Her debut poetry collection, Everything Grows When YouBury It, self-published in September 2025, is already circulating in local Liverpoolbookshops…