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 March 14, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here Your Next Mistake by Melodie Yvonne My heart’s on fire and so is yoursI can’t step through these open doorsI’m froze in space and outta placeAnd I’m still here cravin’ your face I wanna be your next…
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Originally published online Feb 25, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here Shimmy Shake and Walk Away Now by Melodie Yvonne Watch me walk away nowAnd watch me shimmy shakeI’m done bendin’ to youI’ve bent so far I’m gonna break Watch me walk away nowWatch my heart I breakI…
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Originally published online Feb 12, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here You and Me by Melodie Yvonne I’m tasting blue Fla•Vor•IceAnd I taste summerThese little delusionsMake it seem funner And yes I’m awareIt should be “more” not “er”But I wish we could go backTo the children we were…
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Originally published online Feb 7, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here Confusion in Repeat by Melodie Yvonne I don’t know how I feel anymoreAbout this world we live inI don’t know what to do most daysBut I am not going to give inStill most times I’ve lost hopeAll…
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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…
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Originally published online Jan 29, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here Something to Tell You by Melodie Yvonne Now I’ve got something to tell you I just can’t explainThis truth it eats away at me and rots away my brain I just feel I’m suffocatingIn this life I…
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Originally published online Jan 9, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here Lost Human Race by Melodie Yvonne I’m lost in a soup of confusion and sadness that melts away my mind until dawnI’m lost here ‘tween tryin to stay sane and just madness and I’m doin’ everything wrongAnd…
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Originally published online Jan 14, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here Cold Concrete Home by Melodie Yvonne Sittin’ here listenin’ to industrial cricketsFolks walkin’ ‘round like they’re lost on a missionAnd I never wanted to be stuck here this wayBut here I sit, here I live, here I…
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On November 1, 2024, Melodie Yvonne performed a moving live poetry set during the #SwiftCitySessions Pop-Ups outside the Indiana Repertory Theatre in Indianapolis. The outdoor event featured local poets and musicians sharing their work in an intimate, open-air setting as part of the #TaylorSwift weekend festivities. Check out the recap of Melodie’s live set below.…
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Originally published online Dec 27, 2017 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here How Am I Gonna Forget ‘Bout You by Melodie Yvonne Bent and broken, ripped and tornI forgot what love is forUnattended and abusedMaybe just a little usedThen I see you standing thereAnd suddenly you’re all I careThen…
