Poetry by Melodie Yvonne
Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world
Tag: life
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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 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 Nov 24, 2020 & 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 Tri-County Neighborhood by Melodie Yvonne Drive town to town lookin’ for food to calm the drugs down in our stomachsWe take what we get…
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Originally written for Creative Writing at JCHS in October 1993 & the first piece in the print collection I Do Heroin On The Train Line So You Don’t Have To: A Hitchhiker’s Guide To My Galaxie — available here Run Away Home by Melodie Yvonne I feel so trapped. My small light floods the entire…
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Originally published online Feb 16, 2020 & in the collection Photographic Memories: 7even — available here Wild by Melodie Yvonne It’s hard for me to listen ‘cause your words just melt awayIt’s not for lack of tryin’, though, your eyes lead me astrayThey’re like the calm before the storm above the ocean’s wavesAnd they wane…
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Originally published online Dec 10, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Please Stay, Go Away by Melodie Yvonne I’m so friggin’ sad my heart breaks every dayI pray and I pray, but it won’t go awayAnd all of my tears they just get in the wayI just want…
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Originally published online Nov 8, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Tired of Dreaming by Melodie Yvonne You were in my dream again here just the other dayI prayed to God again today to make it go away‘Cause if I just can’t have you then I’d like to…
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Originally published online Sept 1, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Looking Away by Melodie Yvonne I can’t forget myself with you ‘cause there’s no telling what I’d doI just can’t look you in the eye ‘cause it’s the drug that gets me highI’m just here thinkin’ ‘bout…
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Originally published online June 24, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Falling Without Sound by Melodie Yvonne Even when I reach out you don’t feel meSo why would you think I’d reach out for youEven when I’m so loud you don’t see meSo why can’t I stay blind…
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Originally published online May 12, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Baby in the Corner by Melodie Yvonne I feel your vibes all jived with mine for just one momentWe energized the air and now I can’t control itAnd if I do I’ll just spend all that time…
