Poetry by Melodie Yvonne

Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world

Tag: poems

  • How Do I Go

    Originally published online May 6, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here How Do I Go by Melodie Yvonne How do you stop feeling bad unless you stop feeling at allHow do you keep out the evil without putting up concrete wallsHow do you stay comfortably numb without staying…

  • Someone Here to Call You Mine

    Originally published online April 7, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here I know that I’m supposed to be an instrumentAnd I know sometimes I play it wrongBut soon I’ll spend all my time missin’ youWonderin’ where in the hell you have gone Soon I’ll spend all my time…

  • No Worries, Baby

    Originally published online April 2, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here No Worries, Baby by Melodie Yvonne Sometimes it’s hard to keep a smile in your eyeWhen you’re walking around wantin’ to cryAnd sometimes it seems like this world just don’t get youWell, don’t worry, baby, this world…

  • Seed Guzzler Part Six Feet Under the Bridge: The Trip Trapping Troll

    Originally published online Jan 28, 2018 & in the print collection Seed Guzzler: And Other Succubi — available here Seed Guzzler Part Six Feet Under the Bridge: The Trip Trapping Troll by Melodie Yvonne Your words fall not on deafened earsIn fact I hear them loud and clearIt’s just I don’t hear what you’re sendingI…

  • Safe From The Rain

    Originally published online Dec 23, 2017 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here“Resurrection” can also be found in the collection psalms 2000:17-24 — available on Amazon here Safe From The Rain by Melodie Yvonne I am nothing but this wicked thing that tries to slink to freedomI’m nothing but this…

  • Burnin’ All My Bridges

    Originally published online Nov 26, 2017 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Burnin’ All My Bridges by Melodie Yvonne I never meant to lose you while I was tryin’ to find myselfI never meant to send you to the arms of someone elseBut now what’s done is done and…

  • I Love the Way He Loves Me

    Originally published online Nov 22, 2017 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here“Resurrection” can also be found in the collection psalms 2000:17-24 — available on Amazon here I Love the Way He Loves Me by Melodie Yvonne I love the way He loves me though He sees into my soulI…

  • Where am I gonna go?

    Originally published online Nov 21, 2017 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Where am I gonna go? by Melodie Yvonne Where does it all come from?Where does it all go?I’ve searched my heart for answersBut she doesn’t seem to know Where is it I came from?Where am I gonna…

  • I Wish You

    Originally published online Nov 20, 2017 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here I Wish You by Melodie Yvonne What I wish I truly doIs just to be alone with youFor just a glance in my directionI would give all my affection What I wish I truly doIs just to…

  • Like Kings

    Originally published online Nov 14, 2017 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Like Kings by Melodie Yvonne What happens when you find out that you finally stand for somethin’After all this friggin’ time thinkin’ you always stood for nothin’What happens when you look into that mirror and see things…