Poetry by Melodie Yvonne
Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world
Tag: poems
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Originally published online April 27, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Falling Up by Melodie Yvonne Don’t turn me on, I won’t shut offMelodramatic more often than notToo much passion’s all I gotApathetic I am not Take more shit than all you gotGet back up is what…
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Originally published online April 25, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here See Me For Me by Melodie Yvonne See me for the me I am when I am all aloneSee not just the me I was, but see the me that’s grownDon’t just love me for the…
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Originally published online April 17, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Time Is Fleeting by Melodie Yvonne Time is fleeting, you’re mistreating all I have to giveThe way you steal my minutes is a menace I forgiveYou think that you’re all busy, busy is as busy doesAnd…
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Originally published online April 9, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Keep It Simple, Stupid by Melodie Yvonne Dedicated to Vernie Long ❤ Keep it simple, keep it plainIt all passes even rainDon’t be scared child, don’t be sadDream this life the best you’d have Keep it…
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Originally published online April 4, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Honey Baby by Melodie Yvonne You understand without explainingVibes of comfort in the airYou spend no time complainingLiving life is all you care You don’t accept the passionlessSurrounded by the madEach step in life’s a dance…
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Originally published online April 1, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here The World Spins On by Melodie Yvonne Nobody here is right or wrongAnd on and on the world spins onYou wanna know why I’m singing my song?‘Cause on and on the world spins onNot much time…
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Originally published online March 23, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Hope by Melodie Yvonne Systematic revocation of your rights to meWill be the very thing I need to set my heart ache freeSubstitution of your face is just a deferred painHope I will and hope I…
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Originally published online March 28, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here The Party Lingers On by Melodie Yvonne We are all just politicians in a fuckbook kind of worldAnd I’m far from proper pretty ‘cause I’m just a little girlNever tried to grow up but I’ve got…
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Originally published online March 15, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Wondering by Melodie Yvonne The faces meld so slowly like I’m lazy cutting grassTime it flies so quickly, and my heart it moves so fastIf you had an inkling of the things that I could seeYou…
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Originally published online March 14, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Baby, Baby, I’m Gonna Miss You by Melodie Yvonne Baby, baby, I’m gonna miss youThough I never got to kiss youBaby, baby, I’m gonna miss youAnd I’m hopin’ you’ll miss me too Fuck my heart, my…
