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It’s finally happening… the Methlehem release parties are here, and I can’t believe I finally get to celebrate this with […]
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Mercy by Melodie Yvonne Red tears fell down from your face while I prayed for a savior Brushed the hair […]
Your Last Mistake by Melodie Yvonne I wish that I could take it back so maybe you would stay I […]
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⚠️ Explicit Content WarningThis poetry excerpt from Sin and Skin contains graphic sexual language and adult themes. Intended for mature […]
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“White Pride Doesn’t Age Like Swiss Cheese” is the latest piece in Melodie’s newest collection, Seed Guzzler: And Other Succubi! […]
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Grab the entire psalms 2000:17-24 collection HERE now L’amore è Legge by Melodie Yvonne Love is law in this cold […]
Urban Ostrich by Melodie Yvonne I love you so much I can’t fucking sleep Eyes open or shut you’re all […]
Still Stumbling by Melodie Yvonne (“Still Tumbling” is the sequel to “Stumbling Up The Mountain“) One time this boy, one […]
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One Fine Day by Melodie Yvonne You call it honesty I call it gaslighting You speak the truth, but you […]
The Ceiling by Melodie Yvonne You break my fucking heart and then chastise for having feelings You slice my soul […]
Oxys, Roxys, and Suboxys, Oh my! by Melodie Yvonne Oxys, Roxys, and Suboxys, Oh my! Sometimes I think it’d be […]
Another Round by Melodie Yvonne Here on my own I sit again Another round of quit at end And I […]
Huffing Fumes by Melodie Yvonne My pumpin’ heart’s so loud here in this quiet, lonely house The passing cars light […]
This Day and Next by Melodie Yvonne Time drags on forever in this lonely time and next No matter how […]
Untitled Lust by Melodie Yvonne I can’t wait forever, but I’ll wait tonight ‘Cause somethin’ is grabbin’ a hold of […]
Untitled Coveting by Melodie Yvonne His smile, it melts the coldest heart And his touch even gives mine a start […]
Feature photo by Brian Tschuor Video courtesy of The Vogue Theatre Gallery photos courtesy of Brian Tschuor, Jon Martin, Christina […]
Southport Rd 13 by Melodie Yvonne Sometimes I just wanna sit with my train wreck by the light of my […]
Ambivalence by Melodie Yvonne I don’t wanna die, but I dont wanna live I’m so fucking tired I’ve got nothin’ […]
Photos & videos courtesy of Carnahan Hall LAFAYETTE, IN (March 12, 2021) – It was a beautiful night at Carnahan […]
This piece is #12 in the collection I Do Heroin on the Train Line So You Don’t Have To: A […]
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The Honeymoon Is Definitely Over by Melodie Yvonne Sittin’ here waitin’ and wonderin’ what’s next I’m tryin’ to stay clean, […]
I Watched Too Much Stuff About The Runaways on Hulu & I Wanna Growl Too aka Everybody Can Fuck Off […]
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Death Row Seafood Fetish by Melodie Yvonne Dedicated to bette. ❤️❤️❤️ Everyone should be so lucky as to have a […]
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Stuck Between by Melodie Yvonne Stuck between Hell and a hard place Lookin’ for just a moment of peace Tryin’ to […]
Fallin’ Somewhere Else by Melodie Yvonne I miss you every day, though, you’re missin’ someone else I’ve been tryin’ not to […]
Desensitized Monotony by Melodie Yvonne All these things they pull me down All these things don’t make a sound Make […]
This Week by Melodie Yvonne This week I fell apart, I found an end, but not a start This week […]
Somebody Else Like You by Melodie Yvonne I was wrong… there is somebody else like you You’re a dime a […]
Article & photos by Melodie Yvonne INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA (September 8, 2020) – Melodie Yvonne does a live reading of her […]
How to Dodge a Broken Heart by Melodie Yvonne Every time I fall in love I always fall apart I […]
Playin’ Chicken by Melodie Yvonne I’m feelin’ just a little scared I try to act like I don’t care But […]
Do You See Me? by Melodie Yvonne Do you see me? ‘Cause I see you I don’t know what I’m […]
Stuck in Forward by Melodie Yvonne Sometimes things break Sometimes I break I’m just as fragile as people Sometimes I […]
Heavy by Melodie Yvonne My stomach’s in knots & I can’t feel a thing ‘Cept the rootin’ and tinglin’ up […]
Foolish by Melodie Yvonne If there’s anyone else to blame then I blame you If it wasn’t all my fault […]
Bad Date: A Fool Waiting On The Right Block by Melodie Yvonne You think you’re just as slick as motherfuckin’ […]
Monotony by Melodie Yvonne Boredom wraps around me like a noose around my neck If you could die of boredom […]
The Dissembler by Melodie Yvonne What I say is usually “I’m fine” What I mean is that I’m hurtin’ I […]
Platonic Romance by Melodie Yvonne Here’s where I stop giving all of my time and my heart’s energies Here’s where […]
The Underside of Love by Melodie Yvonne The underside of you and me lies right below the surface It waits […]
The Evil That Will Be by Melodie Yvonne Sometimes I just wish I could crawl in and die Keep lookin’ […]
Wild by Melodie Yvonne It’s hard for me to listen ‘cause your words just melt away It’s not for lack […]
Nowhere by Melodie Yvonne If you can’t let me in then please just shut me out I’ve been so close […]
Waitin’ by Melodie Yvonne I sit and wonder what’s the point And then I smoke another joint It’s not enough […]
Drivin’ for Miles by Melodie Yvonne There’s an ocean of fear right at my surface Keep asking myself if all […]
Please Stay, Go Away by Melodie Yvonne I’m so friggin’ sad my heart breaks every day I pray and I […]
Tired of Dreaming by Melodie Yvonne You were in my dream again here just the other day I prayed to […]
Sometimes It’s Too Late by Melodie Yvonne Sometimes it’s so hard to trust in my fate I’ve sure learned a […]
Be Love by Melodie Yvonne Narcissistic stupid bullshit Floods the world like it’s atomic Everybody’s out for somethin’ Everybody’s out […]
Fading Away by Melodie Yvonne Your face is in the picture of my mind still all the time The way […]
Looking Away by Melodie Yvonne I can’t forget myself with you ‘cause there’s no telling what I’d do I just […]
Video courtesy of Nel Hoon “Vernie’s Garden” is inspired by and dedicated to Nel Hoon and Vernie Long <3 <3 […]
Simple Things by Melodie Yvonne I dream this lonely dream I’m in, I’m waitin’ for your face I’m waitin’ to […]
Again by Melodie Yvonne I don’t wanna live inside this sin I’m living in I don’t wanna lay awake reliving […]
Control by Melodie Yvonne When I’m thinking ‘bout you are you thinking ‘bout me too? When I’m all here flustered […]
Falling Without Sound by Melodie Yvonne Even when I reach out you don’t feel me So why would you think […]
Love Me or Love You by Melodie Yvonne Spend most of my time fakin’ it’s fine When really my shit […]
Feel Him Touching Me – Lyrics by Melodie Yvonne/Music by Bette Combs I feel him touching me all up and […]
Just A Stray by Melodie Yvonne How can you see me and just turn away How can you go on […]
Poppy Seed by Melodie Yvonne There’s an inch of life between us and I can hardly breathe You’re everything I’m […]
Love Letters by Melodie Yvonne I’m writing these letters to you ‘Cause I just don’t know what else to do […]
Just One More Night by Melodie Yvonne You’re like a drug and I can’t get enough Your face etched a […]
Baby in the Corner by Melodie Yvonne I feel your vibes all jived with mine for just one moment We […]
Lovesick by Melodie Yvonne Why do I gotta be so damned lovesick like this Hopin’, prayin’, wishin’ all for just one […]
Love For Today by Melodie Yvonne You don’t have to give me the world Just please don’t take it away […]
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Make the Night by Melodie Yvonne I’m lost inside and don’t know why And it just breaks my heart I […]
All I Am is All I Was by Melodie Yvonne Sometimes you’re still all I see when I close my […]
Tryin’ to Forgive You by Melodie Yvonne I hope somebody ruins your life The way you fucked up mine I […]
Understated by Melodie Yvonne My frustration here is understated But I’m so tired of being berated I just want that […]
Rain Check (Here to Fight) by Melodie Yvonne A rain check on my moral gain Will not be good another […]
You On Repeat by Melodie Yvonne I loved your heart there from the start but soon we came undone We […]
Come Back Home by Melodie Yvonne Ramey How can it be over when it never really started? But if it’s still […]
We Are All by Melodie Yvonne Ramey We are all broken But we are all fixed We are all patched up […]
Taking A Swim by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Swimming in a sea of endless negativity I’m drowning Crying and praying for just […]
Passin’ Time by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Everything is quiet in this big old empty house Just the ticking of the clock […]
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My Lyin’ Heart by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Was it just my lyin’ heart lyin’ ‘bout youIt’s everything up in my […]
Tryin’ to Carry On by Melodie Yvonne Ramey When it gets dark and hard to breathe you’re standing right in […]
He Carries Me by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Loves not gone it’s just enfolded And it comes when it supposed to […]
Arsonist on Fire by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I wanna save your life But I just can’t spend all of mine […]
Rich In My Heart by Melodie Yvonne Ramey No one says I wanna be poor Everyone says I want a bit […]
Leave Me the Love by Melodie Yvonne Ramey All rash anger is heart murder and it scars my soul Just […]
Just His Toy by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I’m walkin’ around in a body of flesh so of course I’ll be […]
A Thousand Real Goodbyes by Melodie Yvonne Ramey No one else can stay here There’ll be no more friends I […]
The End of Michigan by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Time moves too fast, too fast in this state Time moves so […]
Know What It’s Like by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Do you know what it’s like to have a gun to your […]
Human Just Like Me by Melodie Yvonne Ramey It breaks my heart still every day to know that I won’t […]
Written with love for Iconoclast Open Mic Poetry at the Irving Theater <3 <3 <3 A huge thanks to Devon […]
My Shower Song by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Sometimes when I shower I think I’ve got the power To sing the […]
Goodbye to Denial by Melodie Yvonne The time I found your gear was like a bullet to my gut I […]
Atomic by Melodie Yvonne Ramey You made me Cinderella But you forgot my shoe You left me way past midnight […]
Eternal Love by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I love you with every ounce of me I love you because you set […]
Stuck Like Glue by Melodie Yvonne Ramey My love for you is like the glue That holds the tides tight […]
Seed Guzzler Part Mine: I Gave Eight and Owe Me One by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Neglect for seeing others ways […]
Seed Guzzler Part Ate is Enough by Melodie Yvonne Ramey You’ve got a list of your fake friends That scrolls […]
Previously Ate by Melodie Yvonne Ramey You’ve made me feel much less than worthless For all I did you’ve made […]
Hope Insomniac by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I’ve never been so much in love that didn’t love me back My heart […]
Back to the End by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I still see your face in my mind And it’s breaking my […]
Nothing Left by Melodie Yvonne Ramey The petty little things you do Only get a rise out of you And […]
I’m Only Human by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I know sometimes I make you mad And maybe days I make you […]
Super Grace by Melodie Yvonne Ramey The power of discernment Is something you can see It’s inside everybody And even […]
No, Really, You Can Keep Him by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I am not trying to take your husband I am […]
Spinnin’ by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I got the fire of God in my belly But the Devil’s mush in my […]
I Just Get Addicted to Things by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Had so much struggle and strife in my life It’s […]
Maybe by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Should I have said you won’t see me again? Should I have told you that […]
On Fire by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I’m tryin’ to learn the difference ‘tween distraction And the path you’ve led me […]
Taste Life by Melodie Yvonne Ramey She don’t need just a record deal She needs to get the hell outta […]
A Melodie’s Prayer by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Father please calm me and give me my tongue Give me the words […]
Your Savior by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Never underestimate my love for you always know I’ll be there if you’re feeling […]
Yours Everlong by Melodie Yvonne Ramey How do I tell you that you’re going to lose me When you’re the […]
Oh Nope It’s Gone by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Why should I be sad that, oh nope it’s gone Because it […]
My Weird Eyes by Melodie Yvonne Ramey The brightness it frightens me most everyday ‘Cause my weird eyes they work […]
13 written by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Dedicated to Shannon Hoon <3 <3 <3 Every day you remind me of what […]
Hurry by Melodie Yvonne Ramey My life is marked with hurry and it’s causin’ me much trouble My idle hands […]
All for You by Melodie Yvonne Ramey We were taught here from a young age How the Lord wants us […]
Boomerang by Melodie Yvonne Ramey You’re a dirty coyote that needs kept on a leash All of that power needs […]
Kin by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I see through you and the things you do I see your evil brimming I […]
Mongoose by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I see you washed in evil I see you bathed in blood You spilled it […]
Sorry, Not Sorry by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Sometimes I’m sorry is just for yourself Sometimes I’m sorry don’t help no […]
Hurt So Bad by Melodie Yvonne I see your heart but you don’t see mine And mine is aching all […]
Melodie Yvonne Ramey Live @ Last Sunday Poetry Reading with Writers Guild at Bloomington BLOOMINGTON, IN (April 29, 2018) – The […]
How Do I Go by Melodie Yvonne Ramey How do you stop feeling bad unless you stop feeling at all How […]
Someone Here to Call You Mine by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I know that I’m supposed to be an instrument And […]
No Worries, Baby by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Sometimes it’s hard to keep a smile in your eye When you’re walking […]
Walls by Melodie Yvonne Ramey If you’re only gonna be here for three months then why be here at all? […]
Demons in Human Clothes by Melodie Yvonne Ramey (This piece was written simultaneously and belongs with Angels in Human Clothes) […]
Angels in Human Clothes by Melodie Yvonne Ramey (This piece was written simultaneously and belongs with Demons in Human Clothes) […]
Your Next Mistake by Melodie Yvonne My heart’s on fire and so is yours I can’t step through these open […]
Killing Raven by Melodie Yvonne If you’d have come straight home from work I wouldn’t think you’re such a jerk […]
Shimmy Shake and Walk Away Now by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Watch me walk away now And watch me shimmy shake […]
You & Me by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I’m tasting blue Fla•Vor•Ice And I taste summer These little delusions Make it […]
Confusion in Repeat by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I don’t know how I feel anymore About this world we live in […]
Something to Tell You by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Now I’ve got something to tell you I just can’t explain This […]
Seed Guzzler Part Six Feet Under the Bridge: The Trip Trapping Troll by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Your words fall not […]
Cold Concrete Home by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Sittin’ here listenin’ to industrial crickets Folks walkin’ ‘round like they’re lost on […]
Lost Human Race by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I’m lost in a soup of confusion and sadness that melts away my […]
How Am I Gonna Forget ‘Bout You by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Bent and broken, ripped and torn I forgot what […]
Awake by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I’m not sure if I’ll sleep again It’s still so hard to be your friend […]
Safe From The Rain by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I am nothing but this wicked thing that tries to slink to […]
Floatingly Flowingly by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I float I float in a bubble I float in a bubble in between […]
#metoo? by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Pretending I’m in outerspace So I don’t have to see your face Those leering eyes […]
My Love for You by Melodie Yvonne Ramey My love for you is like a river running deep and true […]
Where Were You by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Where are you to see me through To set my soul on fire […]
Burnin’ All My Bridges by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I never meant to lose you while I was tryin’ to find […]
I Love the Way He Loves Me by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I love the way He loves me though He […]
Where am I gonna go? by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Where does it all come from? Where does it all go? […]
I Wish You by Melodie Yvonne Ramey What I wish I truly do Is just to be alone with you […]
Like Kings by Melodie Yvonne Ramey What happens when you find out that you finally stand for somethin’ After all […]
Money Does by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Money is as money does Money trumps the toughest drug And if you fail […]
Goin’ Crazy by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Are you out there, are you far? Why’s it gotta be so hard? Can’t […]
Thoughtful Goodnight by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I’m in a strange town feelin’ lost in my head It’s one of those […]
All My Fault by Melodie Yvonne Ramey All you are is all my fault You’re just an endless pit […]
Soul Beacon by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Finally you’re done hurting these people, Your cruelty and misery knows no equal But […]
No Vacancy by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Sometimes this house just swallows me whole It’s so hard to see that I’m […]
Hurricanes by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Hurricanes in and hurricanes out All that’s left here in my mind is doubt Why […]
Bounce by Melodie Yvonne Ramey The rising sun’s so bright I gotta hide from it ‘til noon I’m sodomized by […]
Resurrection by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Self aware yet unaware Doesn’t get me anywhere Too scared to run too scared to […]
Waste Me by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Feelin’ your body heat under my skin It feels so good but I know […]
Melody Medicine by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I don’t care if you love me now ‘cause all I gots is time […]
Body For Hire by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I’m feelin’ quite nothing, just less than you’d guess I’m feelin’ quite awful […]
Cryin’ Today by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I’m sad and I feel like cryin’ today I don’t understand why this won’t […]
Dirty Little Spills by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I stopped right here by your front door And dared to peek inside […]
Jogging Sideways by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Runnin’ away is all that I’m good at So it’s a surprise why my […]
Unthawed by Melodie Yvonne Ramey You’re all that I am and all that I’m not I’m nobody’s girl but your […]
Stealing Home by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Stop being that guy that I want you to be Just please remind me […]
I’m Leaving by Melodie Yvonne Ramey You look at me like you think something Your eyes are what give you away […]
Falling by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I don’t know if I’ve met you But I do know that I love you […]
Pixelated Nation by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Over processed miracles and unrequited dreams Eat away our innocence so much more than […]
Spark by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I wanna feel everything all of the time I’m taking the world and I’m making […]
Pariah by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I’ve got a sickness like I’m a pariah I can’t control myself Wanna get higher […]
Lookin’ At Stars, Lookin’ At You by Melodie Yvonne I miss the starlit sky at night All blinded by these […]
Sing to Me Sweetly by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I feel you in me, deep in my soul When everything else […]
Don’t Care If You Love Me by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I never say stuff I don’t mean But sometimes don’t […]
Write by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Dedicated to Vernie <3 <3 <3 “Write” is what’s emblazoned here upon this shy book […]
Everlasting Vixen by Melodie Yvonne Ramey How I feel most every day is something that’s not written I put these […]
These Eyes by Melodie Yvonne Ramey I’m not sure how you see so still, my eyes are always dancing No […]
Seed Guzzler Part Fournicate: The Christian Casanova by Melodie Yvonne Ramey Sly as a fox and shady as fuck Climbin’ […]