Poetry by Melodie Yvonne

Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world

Tag: poem

  • Sing to Me Sweetly

    Originally published online July 12, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Sing to Me Sweetly by Melodie Yvonne I feel you in me, deep in my soulWhen everything else starts to rotI feel you in me, deep in my mind andYour dreadfull webs got me all caught…

  • Don’t Care If You Love Me

    Originally published online July 11, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Don’t Care If You Love Me by Melodie Yvonne I never say stuff I don’t meanBut sometimes don’t say what I doEspecially when starin’ in those big blue eyesI don’t say what I’m thinkin’ to you…

  • Write

    Originally published online July 8, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Write by Melodie Yvonne Dedicated to Vernie Long ❤ ❤ ❤ “Write” is what’s emblazoned here upon this shy book cover“Write” is what is foremost in my thoughts above all other“Write” has got me into trouble…

  • Everlasting Vixen

    Originally published online July 4, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Everlasting Vixen by Melodie Yvonne How I feel most every day is something that’s not writtenI put these feelings out there but so many more are hiddenI’m not quite sure just what to do but soon…

  • These Eyes

    Originally published online June 21, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here These Eyes by Melodie Yvonne I’m not sure how you see so still, my eyes are always dancingNo matter if I stand or sit, my pupils are romancingI’m never solely in the dark, my visual snow…

  • Seed Guzzler Part Fournicate: The Christian Casanova

    Originally published online June 18, 2017 & in the print collection Seed Guzzler: And Other Succubi — available here Seed Guzzler Part Fournicate: The Christian Casanova by Melodie Yvonne Sly as a fox and shady as fuckClimbin’ the ladder with way more than luckHe is a dick ‘cause you are what you eatHe’s the evilest…

  • Endless Motions

    Originally published online June 13, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Endless Motions by Melodie Yvonne Endlessly I go through motionsFeeling nothing like emotionsTired of crossing over oceansJust to please your endless notions I’m so sick I just can’t stand itParanoia’s roots are plantedNow I’m leavin’ empty…

  • Saving You Won’t Save My Soul

    Originally published online June 12, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Saving You Won’t Save My Soul by Melodie Yvonne Forgotten names I won’t rememberMy heart’s cold just like DecemberSoul’s a pile of burning embersStill I glow but you defend her Walked away but still I lingerNever…

  • Hostage

    Originally published online June 5, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Hostage by Melodie Yvonne Absence makes the heart grow stoicSympathy’s just not heroicIf I ever have to miss youIce cold nothing’s all I cling to Universal dried up wastelandHolds my universe in its handsIt’s too dark…

  • No More Seeing You Again

    Originally published online May 24, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here No More Seeing You Again by Melodie Yvonne I don’t know what I want, but I know when I don’t want itI’ve never been real good at make-believe, fake shit, and frontin’I’ve never really been in…