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  1. Most Days

    Most Days by Joyce Melton Most days I can hold my own, Most days I'm not alone. Some days I'm sick and tired Of missing you. Most nights I can sleep all right, Most nights when the moon is bright. Some nights I'm tense and wired From missin ...

    - 2019/01/28 - 2:09am - 4 comments

  2. November Street

    Synopsis: For Jeanne, who never saw the November when I missed her most. ...

    - 2006/11/18 - 9:06pm - 10 comments

  3. Only Just a Glance

    Joyce Melton General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Transgender Posted by author(s) Originally posted 2007-05-19.                     Only Just a Glance   by J.E. Melton Things are seldom what they seem. Is life nothing but a dream? Love is only just ...

    - 2015/08/10 - 10:14pm - 3 comments

  4. Messages to the Aliens

    Joyce Melton General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Posted by author(s) Is there anybody out there? Messages to the Aliens by J. E. Melton I thought I might be crazy so I wrote myself a letter. I never mailed it though, I ought to have known better, N ...

    - 2015/07/31 - 12:55am - 11 comments

  5. Blue Daisies

    Erin Halfelven Joyce Melton General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Posted by author(s)   Blue Daisies by Joyce Melton Don't cry my sweet, don't cry my love. We've paradise on earth and heaven above. You've stolen my heart--I'm ...

    - 2015/07/31 - 1:10am - 6 comments

  6. Another Christmas

    Joyce Melton General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Posted by author(s) Another Christmas by Joyce Melton Another year ending, Another Christmas come and gone. We learned some sad songs, And some glad ones, too.   And that's why I'm sending, ...

    - 2016/01/02 - 1:04am - 12 comments

  7. Something Lovely

    Joyce Melton General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Wedding Dress / Married / Bridesmaid Posted by author(s)   Something Lovely Something borrowed, something blue, Something old, something new, Something lovely happened tonight. Something bright, some ...

    - 2017/11/13 - 2:04am - 3 comments

  8. Space Opera

    Joyce Melton General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Non-Transgender Science Fiction Posted by author(s) Space Opera By J.E. Melton There is a ship that sails the darkest ocean O’er shoreless seas beyond the reach of tide. She is the Starship the might ...

    - 2020/05/01 - 9:02pm - 14 comments

  9. Missing

    Joyce Melton General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Non-Transgender Senior / Sixty+ Posted by author(s) Missing I made bread without oil, green beans without salt and ate them with hot tea on the last cool day before summer. I had no milk for the tea, ...

    - 2011/05/30 - 1:46pm - 10 comments

  10. Brain in a Jar

    Joyce Melton General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Comedy Posted by author(s)   Brain in a Jar Reality sucks It’s eternally true What happened to me Could happen to you One evening you’re fine, You know who you are, But the dawning light shows You’re ...

    - 2018/04/02 - 4:07am - 10 comments

  11. Missing a Hug

    Joyce Melton General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Posted by author(s) While crying about my own and Cathy's mom, a funny thing happened. A happy, silly, little song started tripping around in my brain. I couldn't stop it, so I had to write ...

    - 2017/04/14 - 1:17pm - 18 comments

  12. Every Flower Dies

    Joyce Melton General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Non-Transgender Posted by author(s) Sometimes the weight of loss seems unbearble. We all have someone we know we will always miss....   Every Flower Dies by Joyce Melton Last night I saw the moonligh ...

    - 2022/03/08 - 8:51pm - 2 comments

  13. Chunky

    Joyce Melton General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Non-Transgender Posted by author(s) I wonder if there were another me If she would like eating peanut butter on toast At four in the morning? Would she spread the peanut butter thin, but not too thin ...

    - 2022/07/19 - 5:53pm - 3 comments

  14. What It's Not

    Joyce Melton General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Posted by author(s) A song to sing with the sunrise... What It's Not by Joyce Melton It’s not about you. (Pomp, pomp.) It’s not about you. (Pomp, pomp.) It's not what you hear. It's no ...

    - 2023/03/01 - 7:53pm - 8 comments

  15. Gentle Lady

    Author:  Joyce Melton Audience Rating:  General Audience (pg) Publication:  Verse, Poetry, Lyric Permission:  Posted by author(s) With other recent losses, I was moved to repost this from 2004/10/30. +++++ I went for a drive near the ocean and a song came ...

    - 2019/02/08 - 1:34am - 8 comments