Poetry by Melodie Yvonne

Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world

Tag: life

  • Excuse me, Sir… Is There a Room Available?

    This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — available here soon Excuse me, Sir… Is There a Room Available? by Melodie Yvonne Is there a world where you could want me? Somewhere we could be?Is there a life where you could be here wrapped all around me?Is there somehow a little…

  • Still

    This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — available here soon Still by Melodie Yvonne I still think about you all of the timeYou bounce back and forth in the rooms in my mindAnd I don’t know why or if you’re there to stayBut I’m so sick of cryin’ ‘bout you…

  • Perceptions

    This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — available here soon Perceptions by Melodie Yvonne I thought you were twitterpated, but you thought I chargedI hoped maybe we’d find love, but your dick was just hardI thought I would get to know you, you said please don’t tellI forgave and let…

  • Excuse me, Sir… Is There a Room Available?

    This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — available here soon Excuse me, Sir… Is There a Room Available? by Melodie Yvonne Is there a world where you could want me? Somewhere we could be?Is there a life where you could be here wrapped all around me?Is there somehow a little…

  • The Morning After Pill

    This piece is in the print collection Methlehem — available here The Morning After Pill by Melodie Yvonne I panic but fake calm while he lays stretched out on the benchHe slips away in front of me his eyes close inch by inchYou can rest, but you can’t sleep, you gotta stay awakeNot sure if…

  • Itching

    This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — available here soon Itching by Melodie Yvonne Itching all over thoughts randomly flop to you again tonightRememberin’ back to long ago us dancin’ through the nightGave our girl my ring and names on that ole piece of riceDon’t know now just how I’ll…

  • Won’t You Be Neighborly

    Originally published online Oct 12, 2025 & will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — available here soon Won’t You Be Neighborly by Melodie Yvonne People often say to me, why do you let them do that?How can you just stand there when that YouTube troll calls you fat?How come you don’t speak…

  • Enough Rope

    Originally published online April 27, 2025 & in the print collection Methlehem — available here ⚠️ Content Warning: Mental Health, Addiction, and Suicidal IdeationTake care while reading. Support is always available at 988. Enough Rope by Melodie Yvonne Sobriety’s a fucking joke but somehow no one’s laughingAn endless lonely pit of shit that always keeps…

  • White Pride Doesn’t Age Like Swiss Cheese

    Originally published online Sept 25, 2024 & in the collection Seed Guzzler: And Other Succubi — available here White Pride Doesn’t Age Like Swiss Cheese by Melodie Yvonne How can you be so fucking psycho? Guess you have a fucking right though‘Cause this system’s fucking broken, got nothin’ left here to hope inI can’t even…

  • Untitled Coveting

    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……