Mario
@callmemarioplz.bsky.social
DC based poet // Lover of basketball, words, and One Piece. Check out my writing below
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thanking the bus driver cleanses your soul
December 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
thanking the bus driver cleanses your soul
Part time poet, full time putting that shit on
November 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Part time poet, full time putting that shit on
I really don’t play about the strokes
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I really don’t play about the strokes
Writing about writing is such a funny experience, but I love it.
November 14, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Writing about writing is such a funny experience, but I love it.
Thumbnail featuring my breakfast before writing. Make sure to read, like, and subscribe! #writingcommunity #substack #writing
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My Writing Routine
As someone who wishes they wrote more
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November 14, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Thumbnail featuring my breakfast before writing. Make sure to read, like, and subscribe! #writingcommunity #substack #writing
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my ex keeps stalking my tik tok profile. it’s terrifying. what do you want with me?
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
my ex keeps stalking my tik tok profile. it’s terrifying. what do you want with me?
Been trying to edit poems for my MFA app for like 7 hrs. Want to die! Writing sucks! I will persevere!
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Been trying to edit poems for my MFA app for like 7 hrs. Want to die! Writing sucks! I will persevere!
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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October 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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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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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Love Poem #3
A Poem by Mario Melo
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October 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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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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
“For the Love of Poetry” and “On Denver, Colorado” — Lovestruck Inkwell
For the Love of Poetry and On Denver, Colorado by Mario
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October 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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
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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October 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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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Inspired by losing internet and going to touch grass instead. #poetrycommunity #poetry
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October 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Inspired by losing internet and going to touch grass instead. #poetrycommunity #poetry
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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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October 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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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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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To Every Poet Who Has Come Before Me
A Poem by Mario Melo
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October 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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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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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Things I Want
A Poem by Mario Melo
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October 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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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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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October 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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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Got 2 of my poems accepted to a small, little literary magazine. Your hard work pays off dude, this is unreal
October 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Got 2 of my poems accepted to a small, little literary magazine. Your hard work pays off dude, this is unreal
This show done changed my life
26 years ago today, the very first episode of OnePiece aired!
October 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This show done changed my life
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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
Post is now up on my Substack! Please read, like, and consider subscribing to support (for free) me and my work! #writersky #writing #poetsky
October 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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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
Post is now up on my Substack! Please read, like, and consider subscribing to support (for free) me and my work! #writersky #writing #poetsky
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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October 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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
open.substack.com/pub/callmema...
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October 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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
callmemarioplz.substack.com
callmemarioplz.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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
callmemarioplz.substack.com
callmemarioplz.substack.com
Is this what that hole was meant for?
October 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Is this what that hole was meant for?
Procrastinating because of this stupid show smh #supernatural
October 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Procrastinating because of this stupid show smh #supernatural