Poetry by Melodie Yvonne
Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world
Category: Poetry
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Originally published online Feb 26, 2024 & will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — available here soon Urban Ostrich by Melodie Yvonne I love you so much I can’t fucking sleepEyes open or shut you’re all I can seeMy fan is so old it won’t block out the soundOf my obsessive thoughts…
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Originally published online May 3, 2022 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Eight Ways to Nein — available hereThis piece can also be found in the Poetry Collaboration Sin & Skin — available on Amazon here Untitled Lust by Melodie Yvonne I can’t wait forever, but I’ll wait tonight‘Cause somethin’ is grabbin’ a hold of…
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Originally published online May 3, 2022 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Eight Ways to Nein — available here Untitled Coveting by Melodie Yvonne His smile, it melts the coldest heartAnd his touch even gives mine a startHe makes me somehow feel so safeAnd I can’t stop thinking of his face And I need him……
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Originally published online Aug 10, 2021 & in the collection Photographic Memories: 7even — available here Southport Rd 13 by Melodie Yvonne Sometimes I just wanna sit with my train wreck by the light of my dumpster fireSometimes even though I’m already high I just wannna get higher and higherSometimes when I’ve just got too…
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Originally published online April 29, 2021 & in the collection Photographic Memories: 7even — available here Ambivalence by Melodie Yvonne I don’t wanna die, but I don’t wanna liveI’m so fucking tired I’ve got nothin’ to giveI just want it over, just want it to endI’m breakin’ ’cause I got no room left to bend…
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Originally published online Feb 18, 2021 & in the collection I Do Heroin On The Train Line So You Don’t Have To: A Hitchhiker’s Guide To My Galaxie — available here Ode to The Beginning of The End by Melodie Yvonne Am I too far gone to make it, too late to be saved?Will I…
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Originally published online Feb 18, 2021 & in the collection I Do Heroin On The Train Line So You Don’t Have To: A Hitchhiker’s Guide To My Galaxie — available here Cold Concrete Cage by Melodie Yvonne Sittin’ here listenin’ to industrial cricketsFolks walkin’ ‘round like they’re lost on a missionAnd I never wanted to…
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Originally published online Feb 18, 2021 & in the collection I Do Heroin On The Train Line So You Don’t Have To: A Hitchhiker’s Guide To My Galaxie — available here Old Town Shuffle by Melodie Yvonne Everything’s real quiet as we sit in the carWe’re a little down the road, but not very farHow…
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Originally published online Feb 18, 2021 & in the collection I Do Heroin On The Train Line So You Don’t Have To: A Hitchhiker’s Guide To My Galaxie — available here ⚠️ Explicit Content WarningThis poetry excerpt from I Do Heroin On The Train Line So You Don’t Have To contains serious subject matter relating…
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Originally published online Feb 12, 2021 & in the collection I Do Heroin On The Train Line So You Don’t Have To: A Hitchhiker’s Guide To My Galaxie — available here ⚠️ Explicit Content WarningThis poetry excerpt from I Do Heroin On The Train Line So You Don’t Have To contains material relating to drugs…
