Poetry by Melodie Yvonne
Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world
Tag: poems
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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…
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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…
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Originally published online May 21, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Dead in My Head by Melodie Yvonne Lost scraps of paper float through the windWondering if I’ll ever see them againLost bits of memory flow through my mindI try to forget and leave them behindYour words…
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Originally published online May 20, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here My Hero by Melodie Yvonne You are Superman, but I don’t need a liftYou are Captain America, but I’ve got the giftYou’re quick just like The Flash but you’re wasting all my timeAnd I just don’t…
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Originally published online May 13, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here I’m A Real Shell by Melodie Yvonne Are you a real person, or are you just a shell?Sent here from heaven, or sent straight from hell?Will you take me with you to climb up this mountain,Or…
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Originally published online May 10, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here “M” is for Migraine by Melodie Yvonne Hormones and weather wreak havoc on meChop off my head it might set me freeIf this keeps it up I’ll be a disgrace‘Cause I’m walking around missin’ half of…
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Originally published online May 3, 2017 & in the print collection Seed Guzzler: And Other Succubi — available here Seed Guzzler Part Twat: Lil Miss Match Light by Melodie Yvonne A face to strike a match on but she sure looks nice in jeansBedazzled backhand pockets are priority over teethBut somehow without warning, she still…
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Originally published online April 28, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here I Run by Melodie Yvonne I run ‘cause I think if I’m smooth enough I can run into your armsI smile ‘cause I think if I’m cute enough I’ll win you with my charmsBut all I…
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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…
