Melancholia Street

Free Verse Poem by Jackie Chou

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Melancholia Street
I walk each day
down Melancholia Street.

There,
dusty-haired dandelions
sprout through black cracks.

The gaping windows
of the gray houses
expose pale yellow walls.

Their inhabitants
wear coarse fabrics
in dark shades of blue.

There is no ocean,
just the roaring traffic,
by Melancholia Street.

Nor is there a lull
in the swoosh of cars
drowning out my heartbeat.

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Jackie Chou is a poet of Japanese short-form poetry and free verses from Southern California. Her two collections of poems, Finding My Heart in Love and Loss and The Sorceress, can be purchased on Amazon. Besides writing, she loves to watch Jeopardy and talent competitions on TV.

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