Poetry by Melodie Yvonne
Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world
Tag: love
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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…
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Originally published online March 30, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here All I Am is All I Was by Melodie Yvonne Sometimes you’re still all I see when I close my eyesSometimes all these thoughts of you just keep me paralyzedI don’t know why it’s been so long…
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Originally published online Jan 10, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Lazy Cyanide by Melodie Yvonne Feelin’ like I’m emptyLike I’m dyin’ deep insideComfortably untouchablein numbness where I hideFeelin’ like I’m drowningand my heads a lead balloonMy scuba mask’s a plastic bagand I’ll be sinking soonFeelin’ like…
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Originally published online Jan 7, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Hocus Pocus by Melodie Yvonne Torn between what I got leftand what I got to loseRacks my mind and twists my soulIt’s givin’ me the blues I wanna know just what to doand surely it’ll hit…
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Originally published online Jan 4, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available hereThis piece can also be found in the Poetry Collaboration Sin & Skin — available on Amazon here My Love Melody by Melodie Yvonne I don’t know that I love youbut I do know that it’s truethat…
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Originally published online Jan 3, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here The Harmony of Symmetry by Melodie Yvonne The harmony of symmetry alleviates anxietyunlike the crooked pictures that need straightenedand here I sit without you drooping low and all askewlike a worthless piece of trash that you’ve…
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Originally published online Dec 30, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here Dreaming in Reverse by Melodie Yvonne Every time I’m dreaming my dream I’m back on that bus to DetroitWith every tear drop that falls away goes a little bit more of that noiseThe rain turns to…
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Originally published online Dec 17, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here Myself Being Me by Melodie Yvonne Being myself is myself being meUnfiltered absurdity’s what I set freeI got all these skills and I got what you needBut I’m not just the kind of girl you get…
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Originally published online Dec 14, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here A Beautiful Mess Like Me by Melodie Yvonne You are a beautiful mess just like meI see in your arms my safe place to be freebut we are two fools that can’t get it togetherwrithing in…
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Originally published online Dec 8, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here Curvy Line by Melodie Yvonne Your silence speaks volumes, much louder than wordsIn fact it’s the loudest noise I’ve ever heardI’m just a curve and I want your line near mebut all you can do is…
