Long Melinda Poems

Note: This is the 2nd half of one of my MANY long story works, and the 1st half can be accessed, of course, at "poems by Mark Stellinga" on the soup.
My wife and I were...

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The guy slipped in around 8 p. m....the place was fairly packed...and wearing what they call a ‘hoodie’, quickly took a seat
Just inside the window, and I guessed - by how he looked - having...

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I was born fifty years ago on April 10th 1964
Looking back through the years I began to explore

My mama said when it was time for me to be born
I decided to come early and fast...

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The Gift
                                 ...

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The summer sun brought a new kind of love into our lives,
And it made us both shine - 
something neither one of us had done
In a long time.

We both fell too hard,
Discovering something that was...

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Inspired by the love between Melinda and Jim, especially the storyline in Season 4 of Ghost Whisperer.

Hold out for Everything
By Michelle Morris
29/02/2024

You're talking about choosing comfortable
You doubt that you can have True Love
You're not trusting...

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The Waterbed Sea

Melinda went to sleep in her waterbed,
(Not on it, but in it, is what I said,)
Took not a mask, not a snorkel nor fin,
Just a deep breath 
and she jumped right in.

//Swim, sweet...

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They came in singing and the beagle jumped off the couch.
Ran straight to the door, yipping with excitement. It was beginning.
Are we the first? Melinda asked. The kids were laden with presents
Glad they were, kid’s...

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Inspired by Episode 1, Season 1, of the wonderfully heartwarming TV show, "Ghost Whisperer". Never underestimate the difference you make in the lives of others. Each of us has a gift. Stay safe and blessed....

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there was a man who invested heavily when Bill Gates
started Microsoft and he became a multi-billionaire.
Looking at a picture of Bill and his wife, Melinda
both had pale indoor faces spending their time writing
checks to Africa.
The...

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TGIF, TGIF, TGIF, TGIF;
Four letters and my best friends.
"You go next,"
Into the chasing room I went.
I came out after some moments, "What a lovely red dress,"
Melinda said,
And they all agreed - yes.
I thought to myself...

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She walks the streets of the French Quarter each night at three am.
They named her Melinda, in this, Her Immortal Life.
Melinda knows that you, like so many others before, 
     ...

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Im sorry girl but I know I ****ed up, 
I know I can at times get so drunked up, 
But truth is girl we got to go our own way and suck it up, 
I...

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This is the first day
Of the beginning of my life,
This is the start
Of a long, hard strife.

Getting over you will
Surely be hard to do.
But I can't go on like this,
I have to live my life...

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I have no time Melinda argues
You need to take time for you, we tell her.
I am way to busy! She shrieks.
She is on her own last nerve.
We see it.

One aunt says she will watch the...

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Vanilla twilight
runs down my fingers
As I lick them
I think of you
And don't feel so alone

Come walk with me
Thru the cold November rain
Come stay with me
Because I needed time
Remember when it was like paradise

Let's walk the...

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There was a time
In the past
When I thought our love
Would surely last.

I knew I was ready
To settle down.
But you still wanted
To run around.

I waited and waited,
It seemed like forever,
For that special day when
We would be...

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Death of a Vagrant


I am your mother, hold out your hand
Trace the lines of fate, tragic, pre-planned
You’re exhausted and empty, tired and cold
Fingers yellow with smoke, clothes smell of mould,
Frail body so white, with face...

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Looking through the memories
I've kept all this time,
Thinking of all the things we did
When you used to be mine.

Everything I could find
That reminded me of you,
I kept very deep in my heart
With memories old, yet...

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