Poetry by Melodie Yvonne
Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world
Tag: books
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Originally published online Aug 24, 2025 & in the print collection Methlehem — available here Mercy by Melodie Yvonne Red tears fell down from your face while I prayed for a saviorBrushed the hair back from your brow and breathed it’s your one favorDon’t know how I found you but I’m hopin’ you’re not lost‘Cause…
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Originally published online May 7, 2023 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Eight Ways to Nein — available hereThis piece can also be found in the print collection Seed Guzzler: And Other Succubi — available here From my newest collection Methlehem – available for preorder HERE One Fine Day by Melodie Yvonne You call it…
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Originally published online Feb 13, 2017 & 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 Photographic Malady by Melodie Yvonne The length of three songs. It’s like a heartbeat in time, but it passes in slow motion. The band…
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The 2nd piece 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 Just Driving by Melodie Yvonne Not sure where the fuck to go, not sure what to doYou find the hard way freedom’s got a priceI don’t know if…
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Originally published online Dec 14, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Drivin’ for Miles by Melodie Yvonne There’s an ocean of fear right at my surfaceKeep asking myself if all of it’s worth itI’m just so damn sick of all of this hurtin’So please just reject me so…
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Originally published online March 2, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available hereThis piece can also be found in the collection psalms 2000:17-24 — available on Amazon here Rain Check by Melodie Yvonne A rain check on my moral gainWill not be good another dayYou grow & learn & let…
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Originally published online Aug 23, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Dirty Little Spills by Melodie Yvonne I stopped right here by your front doorAnd dared to peek insideThe dimness of your inner lightsHeld secrets you can’t hide You seemed to be so debonairSo stern and in…
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Originally published online Aug 9, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Falling by Melodie Yvonne I don’t know if I’ve met youBut I do know that I love youI’m sittin’ up in heavenAnd I’m watchin’ up above you I don’t know if I’ve met youBut I know…
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This is a new one from my upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — Stay tuned for release dates!!! Shop my current collections on Amazon now HERE You Don’t by Melodie Yvonne You keep sayin’ it means somethin’, but I know that it don’t‘Cause you just still don’t think of me unless it’s that you won’tAnd…
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Originally published online March 28, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here The Party Lingers On by Melodie Yvonne We are all just politicians in a fuckbook kind of worldAnd I’m far from proper pretty ‘cause I’m just a little girlNever tried to grow up but I’ve got…
