Poetry by Melodie Yvonne
Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world
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Originally published online April 6, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Meet me in the Middle — available here I Own Me by Melodie Yvonne All this time it’s been my heartinside breaking mine.All these years it’s been myselfas enemy I find.All this sadness, all this ragethat tears myself apart,I did this and I…
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Originally published online Mar 26, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here Seed Guzzler by Melodie Yvonne Anxiety is quite sadisticHide my bullshit in these limericks Let it out to keep my heart saneNeed a shield for all this mind rain One foot in and one foot out ofReality…
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Originally published online Mar 26, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here Ode to a Freezing Valentine’s Day by Melodie Yvonne How can you be so cruel,when my heart’s lying there on the floor? How come you just can’t see,this realio trulio heart in me? I went naked where…
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Originally published Mar 25, 2016 Thursday I’m Still Burning by Melodie Yvonne Your face is in front of the eyes in my mindMy VHS brain is set on rewind I play and I pause the moment I seeI’m tryin to be sly, but you’re lookin’ at me That gaze you return is almost too muchI turn away…