Poetry by Melodie Yvonne
Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world
Tag: spoken word
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Originally published online May 31, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Love Letters by Melodie Yvonne I’m writing these letters to you‘Cause I just don’t know what else to doAnd all of these things in my headAre all the things I should have saidEach letter I set on…
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Originally published online May 31, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Just One More Night by Melodie Yvonne You’re like a drug and I can’t get enoughYour face etched a place in my brainMy thoughts are all rotating right around youWhen you near me my heart goes insane…
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Originally published online May 12, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Baby in the Corner by Melodie Yvonne I feel your vibes all jived with mine for just one momentWe energized the air and now I can’t control itAnd if I do I’ll just spend all that time…
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Originally published online May 11, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Lovesick by Melodie Yvonne Why do I gotta be so damned lovesick like thisHopin’, prayin’, wishin’ all for just one kissYour face behind my eyes already just like thisWhy do I gotta be so damned lovesick like…
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Originally published online May 11, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Love For Today by Melodie Yvonne You don’t have to give me the worldJust please don’t take it awayYou don’t have to tell me you love meIf there’s no love there’s nothin’ to say You don’t have…
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Originally written Oct 5, 1993 & published on Photographic Melodie — view here Outside the Walls by Melodie Yvonne(Originally written for Creative Writing at JCHS in October 1993) As I walk out my door, I feel the same as any other time. I know that when I leave the security of my home I must,…
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Originally published online March 16, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Understated by Melodie Yvonne My frustration here is understatedBut I’m so tired of being beratedI just want that piece of pieThat got everyone else here high I’m sick of being not quite realIt’s not fair I don’t…
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Originally published online April 19, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Make the Night by Melodie Yvonne I’m lost inside and don’t know whyAnd it just breaks my heartI look and look most every dayBut still I fall apart I spin around in circlesAll the while just standing…
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Originally published online March 22, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available hereThis piece can also be found in the print collection Seed Guzzler: And Other Succubi — available here Tryin’ to Forgive You by Melodie Yvonne I hope somebody ruins your lifeThe way you fucked up mineI hope you…
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Originally published online March 30, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here All I Am is All I Was by Melodie Yvonne Sometimes you’re still all I see when I close my eyesSometimes all these thoughts of you just keep me paralyzedI don’t know why it’s been so long…
