Mario

Mario

@callmemarioplz.bsky.social

DC based poet // Lover of basketball, words, and One Piece. Check out my writing below https://callmemarioplz.substack.com/

25 Followers 17 Following 41 Posts Joined Nov 2024
5 days ago
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"The Alogical Nature of Free Verse Poetry" - A lecture by Mario Melo at DC Arts Center on 03/08/26 YouTube video by Mario Melo

I was lucky enough to give a lecture on lineation, syntax, rhythm, and free verse at the DC Arts Center. Do me a favor and check this out please <3333 #poetry #writing #poetsky #everythingisnikolajokicupscale #creativewriting

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3 months ago

thanking the bus driver cleanses your soul

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3 months ago
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Part time poet, full time putting that shit on

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3 months ago

I really don’t play about the strokes

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4 months ago

Writing about writing is such a funny experience, but I love it.

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My Writing Routine As someone who wishes they wrote more

Thumbnail featuring my breakfast before writing. Make sure to read, like, and subscribe! #writingcommunity #substack #writing

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my 5x5

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4 months ago

my ex keeps stalking my tik tok profile. it’s terrifying. what do you want with me?

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4 months ago

Been trying to edit poems for my MFA app for like 7 hrs. Want to die! Writing sucks! I will persevere!

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After leaving Denver, I think about my old backyard a lot. I've laughed there, cried there, gotten way too drunk there; that yard means a lot, so I wrote about it. Enjoy, and subscribe to my Substack below to read my essays and poems. #poetrycommunity #writing #poetrysky
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4 months ago
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Love Poem #3 A Poem by Mario Melo

This is the third love poem I ever wrote. Yes, that is her cropped from the thumbnail. I hope you enjoy and subscribe to my substack! #poetrycommunity #writing #substack

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4 months ago
“For the Love of Poetry” and “On Denver, Colorado” — Lovestruck Inkwell For the Love of Poetry and On Denver, Colorado by Mario

Please please please check out my poems on the Fall 2025 edition of Lovestruck Inkwell! I have linked it below: www.lovestruckinkwell.com/fall-2025/ma... I truly appreciate whatever support you're willing to give! #poetrycommunity #writing #poetry

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Have been thinking about my mother a lot lately. She’s very important to me, so I wrote about her. Like, follow, and consider subscribing to my Substack for poetry and creative nonfiction essays! #poetrycommunity #poetry #writing

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4 months ago
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Inspired by losing internet and going to touch grass instead. #poetrycommunity #poetry

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4 months ago
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Guilt is THE motivator of my life. Perhaps success--whatever that means--will eradicate the feeling that's chased me as long as I can remember. This particular poem captures how guilt is rearing it's head in my life now. Enjoy, like, and follow me! #poetsky #writing
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4 months ago
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To Every Poet Who Has Come Before Me A Poem by Mario Melo

Running around DC open mics has made me appreciate the grind every writer who came out of here went through. It’s my turn to pay my dues, so this poem is kind of for them. Check out my other work in my little nonfiction corner of the internet! #poetry #writing

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Things I Want A Poem by Mario Melo

Let my Romantic nature out a little with tonight's poem. Check it out below, and subscribe to my Substack for more! #poetrysky #writing #poetsky

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4 months ago
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Lately, I have been inspecting aspects of my relationship to myself. Today's poem centers on my ego. Thank you for reading, and check out my Substack for more of my work. I publish poems, creative nonfiction, and literary criticism. #poetrysky #writing #poetsky
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4 months ago

Got 2 of my poems accepted to a small, little literary magazine. Your hard work pays off dude, this is unreal

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4 months ago

This show done changed my life

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4 months ago

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Post is now up on my Substack! Please read, like, and consider subscribing to support (for free) me and my work! #writersky #writing #poetsky

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I recently finished Toni Morrison's "The Dancing Mind," a speech on writing and reading, which really got me thinking. I've attached an excerpt to this link, but be sure to click to read the entire thing. Please consider subscribing for more! #writing #writersky

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4 months ago

Read, like, and subscribe! #poetrysky #poetsky #writing #substack

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In a lot of ways, love is a contradictory emotion. Something that often brings more than pain than joy, but knowing when to give up or hold on is a hard lesson to learn. This poem is about that. I hope you enjoy and consider checking out my Substack below. #poetrysky

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4 months ago
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Is this what that hole was meant for?

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4 months ago
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Procrastinating because of this stupid show smh #supernatural

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This Is a List of Things I Cannot Have: A Poem by Mario Melo

I spend a lot of time thinking about what I want. But part of growing up is realizing you can’t have everything, so I wrote a poem about that. Please click below and consider subscribing to my Substack for daily poems and weekly essays! #poetsky #substack #writing

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4 months ago

Feels like I’m wading through one of the angel graces from Supernatural

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Going to read and write about this today. #writersky

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