Poetry by Melodie Yvonne

Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world

Tag: survival story

  • Stumbling Up The Mountain

    Originally published online March 15, 2017 & in the collection I Do Heroin On The Train Line So You Don’t Have To: A Hitchhiker’s Guide To My Galaxie — available here Stumbling Up The Mountain by Melodie Yvonne I find it amazing how some people can affect us in such fundamental ways in the blink…

  • Cold Concrete Cage

    Originally published online Feb 18, 2021 & in the collection I Do Heroin On The Train Line So You Don’t Have To: A Hitchhiker’s Guide To My Galaxie — available here Cold Concrete Cage by Melodie Yvonne Sittin’ here listenin’ to industrial cricketsFolks walkin’ ‘round like they’re lost on a missionAnd I never wanted to…

  • Old Town Shuffle

    Originally published online Feb 18, 2021 & in the collection I Do Heroin On The Train Line So You Don’t Have To: A Hitchhiker’s Guide To My Galaxie — available here Old Town Shuffle by Melodie Yvonne Everything’s real quiet as we sit in the carWe’re a little down the road, but not very farHow…

  • Just Another Night aka Hey! I Hung Out With You At That House On State Street

    Originally published online Feb 18, 2021 & in the collection I Do Heroin On The Train Line So You Don’t Have To: A Hitchhiker’s Guide To My Galaxie — available here ⚠️ Explicit Content WarningThis poetry excerpt from I Do Heroin On The Train Line So You Don’t Have To contains serious subject matter relating…

  • The Ballad of Hayden Pike

    Originally published online Feb 12, 2021 & in the collection I Do Heroin On The Train Line So You Don’t Have To: A Hitchhiker’s Guide To My Galaxie — available here ⚠️ Explicit Content WarningThis poetry excerpt from I Do Heroin On The Train Line So You Don’t Have To contains material relating to drugs…