Poetry by Melodie Yvonne

Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world

Category: Melodie Yvonne

Poetry, Stories, and Notes by Melodie Yvonne

  • Write

    Originally published online July 8, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Write by Melodie Yvonne Dedicated to Vernie Long ❤ ❤ ❤ “Write” is what’s emblazoned here upon this shy book cover“Write” is what is foremost in my thoughts above all other“Write” has got me into trouble…

  • Everlasting Vixen

    Originally published online July 4, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Everlasting Vixen by Melodie Yvonne How I feel most every day is something that’s not writtenI put these feelings out there but so many more are hiddenI’m not quite sure just what to do but soon…

  • These Eyes

    Originally published online June 21, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here These Eyes by Melodie Yvonne I’m not sure how you see so still, my eyes are always dancingNo matter if I stand or sit, my pupils are romancingI’m never solely in the dark, my visual snow…

  • Seed Guzzler Part Fournicate: The Christian Casanova

    Originally published online June 18, 2017 & in the print collection Seed Guzzler: And Other Succubi — available here Seed Guzzler Part Fournicate: The Christian Casanova by Melodie Yvonne Sly as a fox and shady as fuckClimbin’ the ladder with way more than luckHe is a dick ‘cause you are what you eatHe’s the evilest…

  • Endless Motions

    Originally published online June 13, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Endless Motions by Melodie Yvonne Endlessly I go through motionsFeeling nothing like emotionsTired of crossing over oceansJust to please your endless notions I’m so sick I just can’t stand itParanoia’s roots are plantedNow I’m leavin’ empty…

  • Saving You Won’t Save My Soul

    Originally published online June 12, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Saving You Won’t Save My Soul by Melodie Yvonne Forgotten names I won’t rememberMy heart’s cold just like DecemberSoul’s a pile of burning embersStill I glow but you defend her Walked away but still I lingerNever…

  • Hostage

    Originally published online June 5, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Hostage by Melodie Yvonne Absence makes the heart grow stoicSympathy’s just not heroicIf I ever have to miss youIce cold nothing’s all I cling to Universal dried up wastelandHolds my universe in its handsIt’s too dark…

  • No More Seeing You Again

    Originally published online May 24, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here No More Seeing You Again by Melodie Yvonne I don’t know what I want, but I know when I don’t want itI’ve never been real good at make-believe, fake shit, and frontin’I’ve never really been in…

  • Dead in My Head

    Originally published online May 21, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Dead in My Head by Melodie Yvonne Lost scraps of paper float through the windWondering if I’ll ever see them againLost bits of memory flow through my mindI try to forget and leave them behindYour words…

  • My Hero

    Originally published online May 20, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here My Hero by Melodie Yvonne You are Superman, but I don’t need a liftYou are Captain America, but I’ve got the giftYou’re quick just like The Flash but you’re wasting all my timeAnd I just don’t…